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List:       openvswitch-discuss
Subject:    [ovs-discuss] problems about openvswitch
From:       jpettit () nicira ! com (Justin Pettit)
Date:       2010-04-21 9:40:28
Message-ID: 9CF045B9-F1C2-4B2D-AA54-48CE848A51E9 () nicira ! com
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Ben already answered these questions a couple of times:

	http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/discuss_openvswitch.org/2010-April/000670.html

I've unsubscribed the user, since messages to that account bounce.

--Justin


On Apr 20, 2010, at 12:30 PM, Xin Wang wrote:

> Hello,
> I have installed openvswitch on VMware (linux system), and I followed the \
> instruction to replace it for a linux kernel bridge.  mmm at \
> ubuntu:~/openvswitch-0.99.2$ cat /etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf bridge.bri.port=bri
> bridge.bri.port=eth0
> mmm at ubuntu:~/openvswitch-0.99.2
> 
> However, after setting up the bridge and interface, the internet connection in \
> VMware seems down because I can not open any website through firefox in VMware. I \
> have no idea what the problem is. 
> And last time I asked this question, you replied me as follow:
> 
> "You need to move your IP address from eth0 to bri.  The switch will take the \
> packets from eth0 before they make it to the IP stack, which is why you have the \
> local port." 
> But I still don't know the exact steps how to switch the IP address, could ypou \
> give me a more specified instruction. 
> And more, in "ovs-vsctl" , could you tell me about the differences between "bridge" \
> and "fake bridge"  and the differences between "port" and "interface", and how to \
> config them, Thank you! 
> Best regards,
> Xin
> 
> 
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