TAP Interface has a limitation ?

For 2 days, i’ve been working on a topology about inter-vlan routing, all in an emulated environment, Dyna(mips/gen) + two tap interfaces as my nodes.

tap0 in VLAN 2, tap1 in VLAN 3 , VLANs on the same switch ( 3660 + NM-16ESW as my switch), dot1q link between switch and router… bla bla bla

Well, it didn’t work, can’t ping each tap from another, so what’s going on ? I checked my configuration twice… then three times, then four…. then search for some tutorials about inter-vlan routing… ( oh my god :s ) but always the same problem…

So i’ve just check those two tap interfaces on the same switch trying to ping each from other!

debug ip packet , debug ip icmp… always nothing…

Why not try arping? let’s go, debup arp…. always no response…!

Well I finally capture the traffic… and what did i see ?

From both sides of the switch… no trace of any ARP response… the tap interface didn’t want to tell what was its MAC address to fill the CAM table :(

If any has an answer about this… I’m ready to hear it!

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