Re: [ovs-discuss] why ovs it does not ask the controller

2015-05-02 Thread Ben Pfaff
I noticed that you mentioned wireless. Are you sure that isn't the problem? The FAQ says: ### Q: I can't seem to use Open vSwitch in a wireless network. A: Wireless base stations generally only allow packets with the source MAC address of NIC that completed the initial handshake. Therefor

Re: [ovs-discuss] why ovs it does not ask the controller

2015-05-01 Thread Minh Nghiem Gia
Thanks Ben for your confirmation. I used wireshark to capture packets on the bridge br0 and physical wlan NIC (wlan0). I executed a simple ping from the PC to the gateway. No arp cache so I only saw arp request for the gatway. when OVS still has normal rule, I saw the arp packet on both br0 and wla

Re: [ovs-discuss] why ovs it does not ask the controller

2015-05-01 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Fri, May 01, 2015 at 03:51:07PM +0900, Minh Nghiem Gia wrote: > I have a simple question, however I could not find any way to answer is > "why ovs has no rules, it does not ask the controller". In theory, when a > new packet comes, if there is no matching found, the switch will ask the > control

[ovs-discuss] why ovs it does not ask the controller

2015-04-30 Thread Minh Nghiem Gia
Hi openvswitch developers, I have a simple question, however I could not find any way to answer is "why ovs has no rules, it does not ask the controller". In theory, when a new packet comes, if there is no matching found, the switch will ask the controller for actions. In fact, I can see the Packe