Re: network bridge default MTU -- apparent change

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On 03/11/2010 02:52 PM, Joe Conway wrote:
> On 03/11/2010 02:31 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
>> Check all interfaces under "ifconfig -a" and see if any of the participants in the 
>> bridge have a small MTU.  IIRC, the smallest MTU will be propagated
>> to the bridge so it doesn't overrun the least-capable interface.
> 
> # ifconfig -a
> br0       UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST  MTU:576  Metric:1
> eth0      UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
> lo        UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
> sit0      NOARP  MTU:1480  Metric:1
> virbr0    UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
> vnet0     UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:576  Metric:1
> wlan0     BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
> 
> I had failed to notice vnet0 before -- that seems to be the culprit! Now
> the next question is why did it change (or get added?), and how do I fix
> it? Thanks for getting me to the next step!

Interestingly after a reboot:

--------------------
# brctl show
bridge name     bridge id               STP enabled     interfaces
br0             8000.18a9051f09f0       no              eth0

# ifconfig
br0       UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:576  Metric:1
eth0      UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
lo        UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
--------------------

So what is causing br0 MTU == 576 here?

Now, if I start up a VM:

--------------------
# brctl show
bridge name     bridge id               STP enabled     interfaces
br0             8000.18a9051f09f0       no              eth0
                                                        vnet0

# ifconfig
br0       UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:576  Metric:1
eth0      UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
lo        UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
vnet0     UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:576  Metric:1

# ifconfig vnet0 mtu 1500

# ifconfig
br0       UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
eth0      UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
lo        UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
vnet0     UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
--------------------

So I can at least work around the issue this way after starting the VM,
but still don't understand the root cause.

Joe



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