RE: [Xen-users] Connect vif to vif with a bridge. MAC failure.

["Wim Bonis" <bonis@xxxxxxxx>]

> First domU MacAddress in config file other than aa:00:00:00:00:xx.
> Second aa:00:00:00:00:11
> 
> One bridge with no ethx connected but with the ip 192.168.1.1.
> 
> Second can ping 192.168.1.1
> First not.
> 
> I tried everything. Changing the distros configs itself. 
> Changing the hostname. Some variations in the order i added 
> the doms to the bridge, I really dont know what to do anymore.
> 
> So the last thing i tried was to set the mac from the first 
> dom to one of the form aa:00:00:00:00:xx. And it works. Now 
> even the first dom can ping the second. Nice.
> 
> But why?

Mac adresses staring with the first two or three bits set are something
special (broadcast,multicast ... )

Please let you mac Address start with 00: or at least 0x: and try again.

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