How did you create the pre-existing tunnel? I would like to duplicate the issue you're having here on my test hosts.
On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Cali Ente <calientepermane...@gmail.com>wrote: > 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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