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10 questions linked to/from Linux bridge for virtual machines not forwarding IP packets (but is forwarding ARP)
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Setting IP forwarding with a bridge
I'm familiar with how to set IP forwarding between two interfaces, and it always worked. Now I have a different scenario where I want to set IP forwarding from a local network bridge to an output ...
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Can't establish communication between two network namespaces using bridge network
I'm following this video about network namespaces in Linux, and trying to practice it myself, but for some reason it doesn't work. What I've done is: After creating 2 network namespaces named "...
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Port forwarding does not work using different gateway
Let me try to explain my home network setup: ┌────────────────────┐ │ Internet │ │ Public IP: 1.2.3.4 │ └──────────┬─────────┘ │ ...
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packets are filtered via bridge using namespaced network card
trying to make local networking experiment, and unable to ping from within the namespaced network. I'm using Fedora 37. Linux dmitry-desktop 6.1.18-200.fc37.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat Mar 11 16:...
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Linux bridge does not forward packets to TAP interface
I have the following scenario where I run a Docker container which has configured inside of it a Linux bridge br0 and attached to it I have the main interface eth0 of the container and a TAP interface ...
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KVM and brigde nic in Manjaro is not getting IP from OpenWRT router and DHCP server
I have just followed the steps in the answer of the following: Does Virt-Manager GUI have a easy way to configure networking passthrough/bridge? and everything seems to work. But the virtual machine ...
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Docker installation causes network loss
I have trying to install DOCKER in my Fedora 35 but when I install it I lost the internet connection in my machine. $ sudo dnf install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io I try to traceroute but the ...
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Bridge forwards data in Layer3(iP) rather than Layer2(ethernet)
I have some scripts working with bridge & ip netns. It used to forward packets on layer2, but after upgrading my kernel, it seems the kernel forwarding the packets on layer3. In a newer kernel, It ...
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docker, iptables and wireguard: what approach to pick?
Thanks to some help in a previous thread, I have managed to track down a specific issue, but I am not sure how to approach the potential fix. To summarize the issue: docker on my server seems to break,...
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Systemd bridge has self assigned IP on reboot
Running Ubuntu 22.04 with a TrendNet 2.5Gbe PCIe card I'm binding my NIC enp3s0 to a bridge br0 to use with a KVM that I'd like to have access to my local network. Configuring the bridge with systemd-...