Enabling Bridging

To enable bridging

  1. In /etc/sysctl.conf file, add the following parameters:
    • net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-ip6tables = 1
    • net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables = 1
  2. Execute the following commands:
    sudo modprobe br_netfilter
    sudo sysctl -p
  3. Verify the bridging using the command
    sysctl net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables
    sysctl net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-ip6tables