[ovs-discuss] How to get 2 vms on 2 different physical hosts to communicate using openvswitch

[Jesse Gross]

On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 05:06:44PM -0700, Aishwarya wrote:
>> Added a bridge on both host 1 and host2. Also added a tap interface for the
>> vms on both hosts. Next, I added the tap interfaces to the bridge on both
>> hosts. Then I added eth0(the physical interfaces of both hosts) to the
>> bridge. As soon as I do this, the machine just hangs. Any suggestions?
>
> No idea.  I've seen no similar reports.

Are you connecting over eth0 when making this configuration change?