problem: yast2 created bridge not usable by if{up,down,status}? openSUSE 12.1

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I created a network bridge with yast2 and when I ifconfig the bridge is not visible and when I if{up,down,status} the bridge reports as unavailable.
is there any steps I need to preform to get the bridge into working order?
the /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-brfile is present.
thanks in advance.

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Did you restart the network?


su -c 'rcnetwork restart'
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thank you, I got an error message in my logs now.
I think I need to set the bridge priority to a higher value because it appears that eth0 is loading after the attempt to load the bridge…


Mar 20 07:39:04 linux-czo8 network[3011]: ..unusedWaiting for mandatory devices:  brsandbox eth0
Mar 20 07:39:32 linux-czo8 network[3011]: 26 25 23 21 20 18 16 14 13 11 9 7 6 4 2 1
Mar 20 07:39:32 linux-czo8 network[3011]: brsandbox                           No interface found
Mar 20 07:39:32 linux-czo8 network[3011]: ..failed    eth0      device: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8
Mar 20 07:39:32 linux-czo8 network[3011]: eth0      ifplugd is running
Mar 20 07:39:32 linux-czo8 network[3011]: eth0      cable is connected
Mar 20 07:39:33 linux-czo8 network[3011]: eth0      DHCP4 client (dhcpcd) is running
Mar 20 07:39:33 linux-czo8 network[3011]: eth0      . . . but is still waiting for data
Mar 20 07:39:33 linux-czo8 network[3011]: eth0      IP address: 192.168.0.49/24
Mar 20 07:39:33 linux-czo8 network[3011]: eth0      is up
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ok, I was able to get the interface to report via ifconfig, but it reports as the same IP address.
I looked at the ifcfg.template, however I am unable to ascertain which parameter I am supposed to use to get a different IP address…
anybody got any ideas?