Re: FRR ospf6 and bridge interfaces.

From: Patrick M. Hausen <hausen_at_punkt.de>
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2022 21:00:47 UTC
Hello,

> Am 11.06.2022 um 22:47 schrieb Zaphod Beeblebrox <zbeeble@gmail.com>:
> 
> So... I have FRR OSPF and OSPF6 up on my lan.  As I've got a few VMs that (say) act as a VPN sever, I want OSPF and OSPF6 to pick up from the bridge that serves the VMs.
> Both OSPF and OSPF6 work fine on the physical lan interfaces (in fact, on vlan interfaces that attach to regular lan interfaces).  I'm also familiar with the rules for OSPF[6] matching the configuration, network and network length.
> But having configured the VM and the host OSPF --- which works fine and OSPF6 ... which doesn't, I think dumped traffic on the bridge.
> no OSPF6 packets on the bridge.  IPV6 pings work.  Host and VM are both 13.1-RELEASE.

Did you configure the host IP addresses on the physical bridge member or on the bridge interface?
You must do the latter.

HTH,
Patrick
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