[ovs-discuss] Handling ARP flows

[John Thoe]

> At that point, the packet has passed out of the domain of Open vSwitch
> into the kernel IP stack, so you need to consider reasons why the kernel
> IP stack would not respond to an ICMP packet: routing, etc.

yes which is what surprises me because if I bring the bridge down, i am able to ping the host.

Am I correct in assuming that setting IP address to the bridge is enough for what I am trying or is there a better way?