bridge-utils for Debian ----------------------- From ifupdown 0.6.0 we have a really configurable /etc/network/interfaces so from now on one can configure almost anything he wants of the bridge using the Debian standard way of configuring an interface, that is, if you have ifupdown installed. To be able to do that we are providing a couple of links to /usr/share/bridge-utils/ifupdown.sh, one from /etc/network/if-pre-up.d and another from /etc/network/if-post-down.d. Configuration for bridges is much easier this way. Check the manpage for bridge-utils-interfaces(5) to learn how to configure a bridge the easy way using these scripts for ifupdown. If you are configuring the bridges this way you mustn't include the interfaces you use as bridge ports on your /etc/network/interfaces configuration, bridge-utils will take care of configuring the ports for you if needed, bridge-utils won't touch the ports config at all if not needed, if you need to set something up do it using a pre-up option on the bridge interface definition. Check also the examples if you are planning to hibernate or suspend your machine as this usually breaks the bridge if the power management utilities aren't ready to cope with us. I have added examples for hibernate and pm-utils, if you have other examples or suggestions or need any, contact me. Using a bridge over bonding interfaces can be difficult, the tested bonding setups are over active-backup, balance-tlb and 802.3ad bonds. Using other modes of bonding and a bridge over them will probably not work. -- Santiago Garcia Mantinan , Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:47:16 +0100