The switch application does not work under my vlan configuration, and it should not as each the two end hosts reside in different subnets.

It seems that the routing module expects all datapaths to be within the same openflow vlan instance. Basically this means that if H1 is in one vlan instance and H2 is in the other, then these hosts will never be able to communicate. I do not know if this issue is specific to hardware openflow implementations, but I believe so.

The solution that I have found so far is to put all datapaths in the same vlan. This seems to solve the problem, and the routing module picks up routes.

Let me know if I have missed something.

Cheers.

Martin Casado wrote:
What I don't understand is why I don't see packets sent to Nox in the debugging output you sent out. I would expect some output from authenticator or routing. My suspicion is that the switch is not forwarding packets to Nox under the VLAN configuration you're testing.

Does the switch application work under your VLAN configuration?

Hi Martin,
If I put the two end hosts in the same vlan and ping them it works fine. But when they are in different vlans the arp requests are not resolved, the only flow which is added is the one I quoted in my original email. So I am positive that the packets are making it to nox. What is the scenario in which the routing module works best? Could you give me some pointers as to how the routing module works?

Thanks for your help,


On Oct 13, 2009, at 9:30 PM, Martin Casado wrote:

All I see are the LLDP packets being received. Are you sure that packets from the end hosts are making it to Nox? If not, perhaps there is a switch mis-configuration.

What happens if you run "switch" instead of routing? If this doesn't work as well, then it is almost certainly a switch issue.

.martin



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