* [Bridge] Bridging via vtun...
@ 2009-03-08 16:40 Ray Van Dolson
2009-03-08 21:43 ` Ray Van Dolson
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From: Ray Van Dolson @ 2009-03-08 16:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: bridge
Hi all;
I'm trying to set up a bridge between two networks using vtun on Linux.
It's almost working, but I'm running into an issue...
- Client A lives on Network A 10.27/16
- Server B lives on Network B 10.49/16
- Server B has vtun running in server mode
- Client A connects to Server B via vtun and a TAP interface is set
up on both of them.
- Server B adds this TAP interface to interface br0 which also
contains eth0 on Network B:
Server B (10.49/16)
- br0 (10.49.x.x)
eth0
tap0
Client A (10.27/16)
- eth0 (10.27.x.x)
route add -host <Server B> gw <10.27.gateway>
- tap0
I have ip_forward enabled on both hosts.
Now, if I add a 10.49/16 IP to Client A's tap0 and start tcpdump'ing on
tap0 I can see lots of ARP traffic and broadcast traffic from 10.49/16.
If I run an arping:
arping -I tap0 <Server B IP>
I get a response and a tcpdump on Server B's br0 interface shows the
traffic going back and forth.
However, when I try to reach anything else on the 10.49/16 network from
Client A, I fail. So, for example:
- Client A pings 10.49.6.46
- I observe ARP who-has requests going out over tap0
- On Server B I observe ARP who-has requests passing through br0
- On 10.49.6.46 I observe ARP who-has requests coming in and ARP
responses going back to what appears to be the correct MAC address.
- On Server B I do not see any of these ARP responses
- On Client A I do not see any of these ARP responses
I can't figure out why this is. I don't have ebtables or anything
running.... I've tried messing around with proxy ARP thinking maybe
Client A's tap0 MAC wasn't getting sent out correctly...
Some notes of interest:
- Server A is a VMware Guest
- We have catalyst switches backing everything
I'm wondering if Client A's tap0 MAC address is not getting advertised
somehow into the Catalyst Switch on 10.49/16's MAC table?
Anyone have any suggestions as to what I should try next? I guess
worst case I'll try and simplify the setup and remove vtun from the
equation, but maybe someone here has some advice. :-)
Thanks,
Ray
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* Re: [Bridge] Bridging via vtun...
2009-03-08 16:40 [Bridge] Bridging via vtun Ray Van Dolson
@ 2009-03-08 21:43 ` Ray Van Dolson
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Ray Van Dolson @ 2009-03-08 21:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: bridge
On Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 09:40:29AM -0700, Ray Van Dolson wrote:
> Hi all;
>
> I'm trying to set up a bridge between two networks using vtun on Linux.
> It's almost working, but I'm running into an issue...
Just a note -- got this figured out. The problem was that my vtun
endpoint was a VMware guest running in ESX. The VMswitch was set to
Reject promiscuous mode which obviously means that the bridge code
won't work properly.
Also explains why I was only seeing broadcast traffic!
Ray
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