Network bridge on stretch

[user321]

Hello,

I need to have a network bridge to use it with lxc containers.
I used this code in /etc/network/interfaces on Stretch 2017-08-16, but on Stretch 2017-09-07 the network connection fails if I use it:

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auto br0
iface br0 inet dhcp
    bridge_ports enxb827ebeb1620
    bridge_stp off
    bridge_fd 0
    bridge_maxwait 0

I want to use it on Stretch 2017-09-07. Another problem is that predictable interface names does not work on this version. The interface names are eth0 and wlan0. Can anyone help me?

[DougieLawson]

There's a raspi-config option in latest Stretch to re-enable predictable names.

[SurferTim]

Which interfaces do you want to bridge? I see only one interface on br0 in your /etc/network/interfaces file.

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    bridge_ports enxb827ebeb1620

[user321]

I don't want to bridge two interfaces. I need an additional interface for lxc.
I followed this tutorial https://wiki.debian.org/LXC/SimpleBridge (Host device as bridge)

[epoch1970]

To rephrase what DougieLawson said,
- either reinstate the previous behaviour regarding network interfaces names via raspi-config, this was changed between the 2 releases you've used
- or "bridge-ports eth0" from now on.

[user321]

Is it possible to do this with wlan0? I read that wifi does not support bridging because it is not possible to have multiple mac adresses for one wifi interface.

[sparkie777]

I read that wifi does not support bridging because it is not possible to have multiple mac adresses for one wifi interface.

it depends. Basically bridging is possible always.

- wlan configured as a wireless access point easily supports bridging
- wlan configured as a wireless client basically supports bridging too (with some constraints). And only with some tweaking around. Further reading: BridgeNetworkConnectionsProxyArp - Debian Wiki (this overcomes the "multiple mac addresses for one wifi interface" problem)

[epoch1970]

- wlan configured as a wireless client basically supports bridging not

FTFY.
Let's keep it simple and clear. It does not work out of the box, hacking around this limit is fiddly and once you're a hero and done you'll be rewarded with poor service.
Just use routing in this case. There are many "bridging wifi" threads on this forum that actually relate to routing...

[sparkie777]

It does not work out of the box,

that's what I said.