tun0 is a preexisting tunnel, so what I'm trying to do is get OVS to communicate with this preexisting tunnel.
On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Dmita Levy <dlevy...@fiu.edu> wrote: > I'm still a little confused as to what it is you're trying to accomplish; > if you create a GRE port like this > > # ovs-vsctl add-port br0 tun0 -- set interface tun0 type=gre > options:remote_ip=192.168.1.10 > > > the tunnel should work with no problems. From what you're saying, it seems > like you're creating a tunnel and trying to add an additional tunnel > adapter? What does your topology look like? > > On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Cali Ente > <calientepermane...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Are you referring to something like this? >> ifconfig >> tun0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr >> 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 >> UP BROADCAST POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1424 >> Metric:1 >> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 >> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 >> collisions:0 txqueuelen:10 >> RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) >> ... >> ... >> ovs-vsctl add-br bro >> >> This creates a gre port named tun0 on the bridge device bro but it does >> not seem to be associated with the actual tun0 net device in anyway >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Dmita Levy <dlevy...@fiu.edu> wrote: >> >>> Hello Cali, >>> >>> Have you tried using tunctl to create the tunnel adapter and then adding >>> that adapter to the bridge the gre port is assigned to? That being said, >>> what are you using the tun adapter for - is it tun/tap to tap VM's into the >>> bridge? >>> >>> On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Cali Ente <calientepermane...@gmail.com >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> As I thought, in that case, does anyone know of a way to connect a >>>> linux tun device to OVS? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Jesse Gross <je...@nicira.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 8:54 AM, Cali Ente < >>>>> calientepermane...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> > Hey all quick question, when creating a tunnel port in OVS using the >>>>> set >>>>> > interface=gre does this connect to a preexisting tun or does OVS >>>>> make it's >>>>> > own? For example I have a tun0 device that I want to attach to my >>>>> OVS port, >>>>> > and it cannot be added (incompatible device), so I thought that I >>>>> merely >>>>> > needed to add it with the GRE option. >>>>> >>>>> OVS GRE does not use or require an existing device. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> discuss mailing list >>>> discuss@openvswitch.org >>>> http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
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