Assign an IP address to a bridge fail

Pierre Dupond 76nemo76 at gmx.ch
Mon Jul 22 08:50:22 UTC 2019


Hi,

     Thanks for the tip. I have slightly modified

the file "/etc/rc.conf" and now the network is setup correctly. You have to

note that the command "inet 172.16.0.11" (in the variable
"ifconfig_bridge0")

should appear first otherwise the address is not set.


By the way, since there is 4 igb cards on this machine, it seems to be a
good

idea to add this instruction: kern.ipc.nmbclusters="131072" in the file
"/boot/loader.conf"

as it is mentioned in the man page of the "igb" driver and in this link:

  
https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/hardware/tuning-and-troubleshooting-network-cards.html


best regards,


-----------------------------------------------Functioning file
rc.conf-----------------------------------------------------------

#The configuration of the network. The four
#network cards of the APU are used here as a unique bridge.
#
#Since this machine is often used as a server,
#having a bridge can avoid to cable an external
#switch to connect to it some other net devices.
cloned_interfaces="bridge0"
ifconfig_igb0="up"
ifconfig_igb1="up"
ifconfig_igb2="up"
ifconfig_igb3="up"
#Only one variable "ifconfig_bridge0" should be defined
#and the address specification should be the first parameter.
#With this solution the bridge is correctly configured at boot,
#otherwise some strange and wrong things happen and the network
#does not work.
ifconfig_bridge0="inet 192.168.1.11/23 addm igb0 addm igb1 addm igb2
addm igb3 up"
defaultrouter="192.168.1.1"
#To have all the interfaces (present and future, for instance
#when dynamically created) with the IPv6 capability
ipv6_activate_all_interfaces="YES"
#
#Force the creation of temporary IPv6 address. Complicate
#tracing
ipv6_privacy="YES"
#All the network prefixes used on this interface.
ipv6_prefix_bridge0="2000:0:0:0 fd:0:0:0"
#Prefer IPv6 address when possible by using rules
#described in RFC 6724.
ip6addrctl_enable="ipv6_prefer"
ifconfig_bridge0_ipv6="inet6 fd::2 prefixlen 64"
ifconfig_bridge0_alias0="inet6 2000::2 prefixlen 64"
ipv6_defaultrouter="fd0::1"
#
#Reste de la config
#------------------
#
clear_tmp_enable="YES"
hostname="oche.local.sourire.ch"
sshd_enable="YES"
ntpdate_enable="YES"
ntpd_enable="YES"
powerd_enable="YES"
# Set dumpdev to "AUTO" to enable crash dumps, "NO" to disable
dumpdev="AUTO"
zfs_enable="YES"

Le 21/07/2019 à 23:16, Kamila Součková a écrit :
>
>
> On Sun, 21 Jul 2019, 20:30 Pierre Dupond, <76nemo76 at gmx.ch
> <mailto:76nemo76 at gmx.ch>> wrote:
>
>     Hi all,
>
>               I am facing a strange problem. Just after installing a fresh
>
>     Freebsd 12 on an Pc Engines APU machine, I build a bridge with the 4
>
>     network cards.
>
>
>     If I try to setup the address of the bridge in the "/etc/rc.conf"
>     file,
>     I can not ping (outside the address
>
>     given to the bridge). But if I comment the line for setting the
>     address
>     in the file
>
>     "/etc/rc.conf" and I set the address manually with the command
>
>     "ifconfig bridge0 inet 172.16.0.11 netmask 255.255.254.0" the ping
>     works.
>
>     Do I have made an obvious mistake in the "rc.conf" file? What could be
>     the reason of this problem?
>
>     Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>     best regards,
>
>
>     ----------------------------------Content of the rc.conf
>     file----------------------------------------------------------
>     root at oche:~ # cat /tmp/rc.conf
>     cat: /tmp/rc.conf: No such file or directory
>     root at oche:~ # cat /etc/rc.conf
>     cloned_interfaces="bridge0"
>     ifconfig_bridge0="addm igb0 addm igb1 addm igb2 addm igb3 up"
>     ifconfig_igb0="up"
>     ifconfig_igb1="up"
>     ifconfig_igb2="up"
>     ifconfig_igb3="up"
>     ifconfig_bridge0="inet 172.16.0.11 netmask 255.255.254.0"
>     defaultrouter="172.16.0.10"
>     #
>     #Reste de la config
>     #------------------
>     #
>     clear_tmp_enable="YES"
>     hostname="oche.local.sourire.ch <http://oche.local.sourire.ch>"
>     sshd_enable="YES"
>     ntpdate_enable="YES"
>     ntpd_enable="YES"
>     powerd_enable="YES"
>     # Set dumpdev to "AUTO" to enable crash dumps, "NO" to disable
>     dumpdev="AUTO"
>
>     -----------------------------------------------Info about the
>     bridge and
>     ping commands
>
>     bridge0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric
>     0 mtu
>     1500
>             ether 02:91:bc:80:6d:00
>             inet 172.16.0.11 netmask 0xfffffe00 broadcast 172.16.1.255
>             id 00:00:00:00:00:00 priority 32768 hellotime 2 fwddelay 15
>             maxage 20 holdcnt 6 proto rstp maxaddr 2000 timeout 1200
>             root id 00:00:00:00:00:00 priority 32768 ifcost 0 port 0
>             groups: bridge
>             nd6 options=9<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED>
>     root at oche:~ # ping 172.16.0.11
>     PING 172.16.0.11 (172.16.0.11): 56 data bytes
>     64 bytes from 172.16.0.11 <http://172.16.0.11>: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64
>     time=0.221 ms
>     64 bytes from 172.16.0.11 <http://172.16.0.11>: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64
>     time=0.202 ms
>     64 bytes from 172.16.0.11 <http://172.16.0.11>: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64
>     time=0.203 ms
>     ^C
>     --- 172.16.0.11 ping statistics ---
>     3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
>     round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.202/0.209/0.221/0.009 ms
>     root at oche:~ # ping 172.16.0.10
>     PING 172.16.0.10 (172.16.0.10): 56 data bytes
>     ping: sendto: Host is down
>     ping: sendto: Host is down
>     ping: sendto: Host is down
>     ping: sendto: Host is down
>     ^C
>     --- 172.16.0.10 ping statistics ---
>     4 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss 
>
>
> You're redefining ifconfig_bridge0 in your rc.conf (you have it there
> twice). 
>
> Also, there were some issues with bridge config in rc.conf, but I
> don't recall the details. In any case, not having ifconfig_bridge0
> twice is a good start. 
>
> Best, 
> Kamila 
> (sent from my phone) 
>


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