In my current setup I have VXlan tunneled over Wireguard which runs over Wifi. Both endpoints are Aruba AP-303H running OpenWRT version 24.10.2. For some reason, when either the Wifi or Wireguard interfaces restart the vxlan device does not get recreated. In order to recreate the vxlan device I end…

Vxlan is tricky, I learned a few things, one of them is that it is not advised to add the vxlan device as DSA device, you should be fine by adding it in a bridge and tag vlans once it is up, but not by adding it like a DSA device, it needs to be kept undefined for some reason, if not you get the iss…

I tried many hacks to fix vxlan but gave up in the end. Now I just make a mental note to remember to reboot after a config change. You highlighted some possible fixes but I remember trying everything but still the VXLAN will not come up. No errors in the logfile related to VXLAN failing to come up.…

Does it still work if restart is using in luci? For me that work, the network command would idd cause issues for me. You may need a restart of the other sides interfaces aswell until you see a mac.

yes VXLAN0 is brought back up if I click on the restart button in LUCI. It seems to me that is the only way to revive VXLAN0 after it vanishes.

I wonder what command is behind lucis restart button, maybe it is just a ifdown vxlan && ifup vxlan it is odd that only the network restart would fail, I suspect netifd related maybe. In case of a bug which I think it is, please post full config and logs, for reference, it can be useful for some to…

my config files can be found in this post. [image] Make config change -> vxlan adapter vanishes Installing and Using OpenWrt Probably not related to your problem, but this is invalid. Have you edited out the actual value? If so there is no actual need from a s…

[image] Darin755: For some reason, when either the Wifi or Wireguard interfaces restart the vxlan device does not get recreated. In order to recreate the vxlan device I end up having to either reboot OpenWRT or restart /etc/init.d/network. I think this might be a bug but I don’t see much in the …

The solution is more like a work around than anything else

The problem I am having is that any time the Wireless reassociates it triggers a network restart which kills vxlan.

That doesn’t seem to work for me unfortunately The only way that works for me is /etc/init.d/network restart

VXlan breaks on dependent network restart

Installing and Using OpenWrt Network and Wireless Configuration

papdee September 9, 2025, 12:02am 9

my config files can be found in this post.