Comment 2 for bug 626662

Hello Serge,

Here are the requested outputs:

$ brctl show
ridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces
br0 8000.002219921724 no eth0
       eth1
       tap0
       tap1

$ ifconfig -a
br0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:17:24
          inet addr:xx.xx.xx.xx Bcast:xx.xx.xx.xx Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:603386007 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2296279 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:28072306331 (26.1 GB) TX bytes:391354428 (373.2 MB)

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:17:24
          inet6 addr: xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:761443820 errors:0 dropped:568 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:170054379 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:141300061621 (131.5 GB) TX bytes:160379148403 (149.3 GB)
          Interrupt:16

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:17:25
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:17

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
          RX packets:30 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:30 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:3296 (3.2 KB) TX bytes:3296 (3.2 KB)

tap0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:6f:88
          inet6 addr: xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:578969753 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2654211025 errors:0 dropped:3 overruns:9 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:500
          RX bytes:627719982664 (584.6 GB) TX bytes:350948393083 (326.8 GB)

tap1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:34:4d
          inet6 addr: xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:50380331 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2252027804 errors:0 dropped:117912 overruns:39 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:500
          RX bytes:34513623019 (32.1 GB) TX bytes:152631281449 (142.1 GB)

$ netstat -nr
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
xx.xx.xx.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 br0
0.0.0.0 xx.xx.xx.4 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 br0

Note, the gateway really is at .4 :)

$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet manual

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet manual

auto br0
iface br0 inet static
 address xx.xx.xx.xx
 netmask 255.255.255.0
 gateway xx.xx.xx.4
 bridge_ports eth0 eth1
 up iptables-restore < /etc/iptables.rules

auto tap0
iface tap0 inet manual
 pre-up tunctl -t tap0 -b -u frank
 up brctl addif br0 tap0
 down brctl delif br0 tap0
 post-down tunctl -d tap0

auto tap1
iface tap1 inet manual
 pre-up tunctl -t tap1 -b -u frank
 up brctl addif br0 tap1
 down brctl delif br0 tap1
 post-down tunctl -d tap1

Thanks for trying to help out!!