Re: [DNG] /etc/network/interfaces bridges

2016-06-10 Thread Rainer Weikusat
Greg Olsen writes: [...] > Rainer, since it wasn't in your previous example, I'm curious to know > your opinion on the use of "bridge_waitport 0" ? This is processed by the following code in /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/bridge: if [ "$IF_BRIDGE_WAITPORT" ] then set x $IF_B

Re: [DNG] /etc/network/interfaces bridges (was: ifconfig vs ip)

2016-06-10 Thread Greg Olsen
On 2016-06-09 12:10, Rainer Weikusat wrote: [snip] > The additional two lines disable the spanning-tree protocol. That's > usually sensible unless one deal with a complicated, physicial topology > which may or does contain loops. Then, it's needed so that the bridge > can work out a loop-less v

[DNG] /etc/network/interfaces bridges (was: ifconfig vs ip)

2016-06-09 Thread Rainer Weikusat
Simon Walter writes: > After some testing, I have a question about an option in > /etc/default/shorewall: > wait_interface > If I add the bridge interface to that line, shorewall will not start > unless a container is brought up. I suppose that is why I was thinking > of bridging the bridge inerfa