Don't know if this we'll help, but I was able to solve some problems with bridges listed in /etc/network/interfaces by replacing "allow-hotplug" by "auto".
All my interfaces are auto, like this (simplified here): ------------ auto eth0 iface eth0 inet manual auto eth1 iface eth1 inet manual auto eth2 iface eth2 inet manual auto eth3 iface eth3 inet manual auto br0 iface br0 inet static bridge_ports eth0 eth1 auto br1 iface br0 inet static bridge_ports eth2 eth3 ------------ If it can be of any help... I feel like this /etc/network/interfaces way of configuring the network is getting old, less and less appropriate as time goes on. Fabien
