Ethernet bridging weirdness

[jim]

   From the beginning of this thread you have claimed 
that the hardware is identical. No one has challenged 
this claim until now: it's a long shot, I know, but 
given the time you have invested it seems worth while 
to verify that the chip sets of the NICs are identical 
(the lspci command will probably yield sufficient 
detail; I'd be interested in knowing of alternative 
commands). 
   Have you exhausted searching the /proc/ directory 
(e.g. /proc/sys/net/*). 
   Also, Soren's remark re load order might offer a 
clue: I suppose you've investigated the output of the 
dmesg command; I'd be interested in knowing any other 
commands that would yield pertinent information. 




On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 10:50 -0400, Douglas Stanley wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 7:52 AM, Soren Hansen <soren at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > On 15-09-2010 00:15, Douglas Stanley wrote:
> >>> My guess is that eth2 isn't around at the time br1 has its first config
> >>> attempt. Can you try removing the "auto br1" line and add an
> >>> "allow-hotplug br1" line instead?
> >> Nope, no luck.
> >
> > Come to think of it, I'm not sure "allow-hotplug br1" should even be
> > there. Try removing that, too.
> >
> 
> So are you suggesting I have no auto br1 or allow-hotplug br1? How
> will it start on boot then?
> 
> I also tried changing auto eth2 to allow-hotplug eth2, but still nothing.
> 
> This is driving me absolutely batty! I've wasted 3 or 4 days now, when
> I have projects pilling up that need to get up and running on this
> hardware.
> 
> Does anyone know just how I can debug the sittuation?? The devices are
> abviously attempting to get configured, as they are getting entries
> put in /var/run/network/ifstate, however, they are not actually coming
> up!
> 
> Thanks,
> Doug
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