Re: [Xen-users] How to make bridge with no IP

[Simon Hobson <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jonathan Tripathy wrote:

> I wish to make a bridge in my Dom0 that has no IP address assigned 
> to it. By default, Xen attaches my peth0 interface to a bridge 
> called eth0. I then have a firewall DomU with a network interface 
> which is connected to the eth0 bridge.
> The problem is, is that the setup only works if eth0 in the Dom0 has 
> an ip. If I do ifdown eth0 to remove the IP, the bridge stops 
> working.
I believe the trick is to do "ip link up" (check man pages for 
correct syntax) to make the link itself active, but you don't need to 
add an IP.
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