Re: Problem with bridges
This sounds very much like a hardware problem. I'd try either swapping
the pieces (the NICs and the cable between them) out one at a time or
try using them one at a time with a set of known working hardware.
-Ian
On Tue, 2006-09-12 at 09:58 +0100, George Borisov wrote:
> George Borisov wrote:
> >
> > The problem is that PC2 can not reliably connect to PC1. Pinging
> > from PC2 to PC1 results in about 80% packet loss.
> >
> > However (and this is the weird thing) pinging from PC1 to PC2
> > works just fine, no packet loss at all!
> >
> > Running tcpdump on the PC1 br0 interface shows that only a few
> > packets from PC2 arrive, which is why it does not respond.
>
> OK, more weird stuff. Running tcpdump on the PC2 br0 interface
> shows all of the ping packets going out. However, running tcpdump
> on PC2 eth1 (the interface in forwarding state) shows only the
> occasional packet leaving (and these always get a reply.)
>
> Since PC2 eth2 is in blocking state and it is the only other
> member of the bridge, where are the other packets going? :-\
>
>
> --
> George Borisov
>
> DXSolutions Ltd
>
>
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