[pox-dev] forwarding.l2_learning module giving warning for DHCP packets.

2013-04-09 Thread Karthik Sharma
I have 4 virtual Machine (Ubuntu 12.04) running on a host that is also running Ubuntu 12.04 The Virtual Machines are named as vm-1 vm-2 vm-3 switch-vm Below are the network settings on switch-vm Adapter 1: Intel PRO/1000 MT Desktop (Bridged adapter, eth0) Adapter

Re: [pox-dev] forwarding.l2_learning module giving warning for DHCP packets.

2013-04-09 Thread Murphy McCauley
By default, switches usually send incomplete packets to the switch in case of a table miss. For many protocols (including TCP), the incomplete packet is usually enough to parse all the headers and it's just payload that gets chopped off. In the case of DHCP, it often means that the DHCP

Re: [pox-dev] forwarding.l2_learning module giving warning for DHCP packets.

2013-04-09 Thread Murphy McCauley
Probably no traffic is going through OVS. Your vm_x VMs have two interfaces. The first one (in bridged mode) connects them directly to some other network. They seem to be getting IP addresses, probably form a DHCP server, and the default route probably goes through these interfaces and not

Re: [pox-dev] forwarding.l2_learning module giving warning for DHCP packets.

2013-04-09 Thread Karthik Sharma
I see. Is there some opensource tool that I can use to send traffic from one mac interface to another like ping? I have disabled the multihoming on vm_1,vm_2 and vm_3 now Just the switch_vm has an IP. Regards, Karthik. On 10 April 2013 15:50, Murphy McCauley murphy.mccau...@gmail.com wrote: