On 09/18/2015 11:51 AM, Ob Noxious wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 4:33 AM, Tom Eastep <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
> Now...
> Shell# ip link add name vbridge type bridge (or : brctl addbr vbridge)
> Shell# ip link set dev vbridge address 00:11:22:33:44:55 up
> 
> => Everything works fine!
> 
> See the subtlety? Setting the MAC address WHILE creating the bridge
> triggers some sort of side effect :-(

Interesting.

> 
> Anyway, thank you! Because without you insisting on the uselessness of
> promiscous mode for this setup, I wouldn't have gone deeper on the matter.

You're most welcome -- glad to hear that you got it sorted out.

-Tom
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