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authorDaniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>2011-06-06 11:32:04 -0400
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@@ -54,8 +54,15 @@ INSTALLATION
auto br0
iface br0 inet static
[Put your normal IP config for eth0 here...]
+ hwaddress ether xx:yy:zz:aa:bb:cc
bridge_ports eth0
+ Note: explicitly setting the hwaddress of your bridge to the same
+ MAC address as your existing NIC ("ip link show eth0 | grep ether")
+ is a good idea -- it seems to avoid periods of network connectivity
+ outages for the host when new interfaces get added to or removed
+ from the bridge.
+
* Alternately, you can create an internal-only bridge, and tell your
host to pass traffic to it: