NetworkManager disturbs network bridges

Bug #417383 reported by Sense Egbert Hofstede
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NetworkManager
Fix Released
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network-manager (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Wishlist
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Bug Description

When creating an ethernet bridge by manually adding the necessary lines to /etc/network/interfaces everything works perfect, as long as you set "Network disabled' to enabled in the nm-applet. Otherwise network-manager will interfere by adding the same IP-address br0 is using to eth0. Because of this you can't access the internet with network-manager enabled.

Network-manager should leave bridges alone.

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Sense Egbert Hofstede (sense) wrote :
affects: ubuntu → network-manager (Ubuntu)
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

Thanks for the report, this looks like bug http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=546197 ; so basically there's no support for bridges yet there.

summary: - [karmic] NetworkManager disturbs network bridges
+ NetworkManager disturbs network bridges
Changed in network-manager (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Triaged
Changed in network-manager:
status: Unknown → Confirmed
Changed in network-manager:
importance: Unknown → Wishlist
Changed in network-manager:
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Changed in network-manager:
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox) wrote :

NM has been ignoring interfaces listed in /etc/network/interfaces for a while now, I think we can consider this bug closed and Fixed.

One thing that comes to mind however is that NM might be failing to understand the bridged devices and still think of eth0 as a valid, single interface if there is no "auto eth0" entry, or if it just can't parse the config for the bridge.

Also, you can now create bridges directly in NetworkManager, which is another way to avoid running into this kind of issue.

Closing as Fix Released; please feel free to reopen / file a new bug if you run into further issues with bridging and NetworkManager.

Changed in network-manager (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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