Mine is an old install too. In my case, I have 3 nics. Nothing in interfaces.d/
br0 is my lan br1 wan (behind router) br2 is not connected, and no, I don't want an ip address there unless is really necessary . Here is my interfaces: auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet manual auto eth1 iface eth1 inet manual auto eth2 iface eth2 inet manual auto br0 iface br0 inet static address 10.11.101.200/24 bridge_ports eth0 bridge_stp off bridge_fd 3 bridge_hello 2 up route add -net 10.99.97.0/24 gw 10.11.101.254 up route add -net 10.8.0.0/24 gw 10.11.101.254 up route add -net 192.168.0.0/22 gw 10.11.101.254 up route add -net 192.168.4.0/24 gw 10.11.101.254 up route add -net 192.168.8.0/24 gw 10.11.101.254 up route add default gw 10.11.101.254 metric 200 dns-nameservers 10.11.101.254 10.0.0.1 dns-search lxc bensa.ar flacso.org.ar lan auto br1 iface br1 inet dhcp bridge_ports eth1 bridge_stp off bridge_fd 3 bridge_hello 2 auto br2 iface br2 inet manual bridge_ports eth2 bridge_stp off bridge_fd 3 bridge_hello 2 BTW, at work I have another vivid host (only one interface) where the bridge goes up as it should: # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface auto eth0 iface eth0 inet manual auto br0 iface br0 inet static address 192.168.0.11 netmask 255.255.252.0 gateway 192.168.0.1 bridge_ports eth0 dns-nameservers 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.254 dns-search flacso.org.ar For now, at home, I've made a workaround for this problem with this snipped in rc.local: ip link show dev br0 || ifup br0 ip link show dev br1 || ifup br1 ip link show dev br2 || ifup br2 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1430675 Title: fails to set up a bridged network interface To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1430675/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs