Re: brconfig

[Christoph Egger <Christoph_Egger%gmx.de@localhost>]

On Wednesday 17 June 2009 15:34:23 Goran wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> new to Xen on NetBSD I have a problem with my bridge setup.
>
> First, I've booted correctly the Xen-Kernel and a Dom0:
>
> # uname -v
> NetBSD 5.0 (XEN3_DOM0) #0: Sun Apr 26 19:06:57 UTC 2009
> builds%b6.netbsd.org@localhost:/home/builds/ab/netbsd-5-0-RELEASE/i386/200904260229Z-
>obj/home/builds/ab/netbsd-5-0-RELEASE/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/XEN3_DOM0
>
> As I use a Xen3-Dom0-I386 kernel from ftp.netbsd.org I suggest bridging
> capabilities.
>
> But if so, why can't I add a bridge?
>
> # brconfig bridge0
> brconfig: unable to get interface flags: Device not configured
>
> If the kernel can't handle bridging... how can I check this?

Does "ifconfig -a" show you a bridge0 interface ?
If no, then create it with "brconfig bridge0 create".

When it exists, then add the external interface to the
bridge with "brconfig bridge0 add $ext up"
where $ext is your external interface.

Christoph