# ERROR Failed to find bridged network interface **URL:** \ **Category:** Pritunl VPN\ **Created:** [April 27, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/error-failed-to-find-bridged-network-interface/1002 "2023-04-27T12:58:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drew](https://forum.pritunl.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@drew](https://forum.pritunl.com/u/drew)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/error-failed-to-find-bridged-network-interface/1002/1 "2023-04-27T12:58:32Z")
Hi I have trouble with pritunl VPN on bridge mode. Server not start with error ERROR Failed to find bridged network interface OS: Debian 11 Log: [vpn][2023-04-27 15:49:31,038][ERROR] Failed to find bridged network interface network = “192.168.238.0/24” [vpn][2023-04-27 15:49:31,132][ERROR] Server error occurred while running Traceback (most recent call last): File “/usr/lib/pritunl/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pritunl/server/instance.py”, line 1528, in \_run\_thread self.bridge\_start() File “/usr/lib/pritunl/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pritunl/server/instance.py”, line 467, in bridge\_start self.bridge\_interface, self.host\_interface\_data = add\_interface( File “/usr/lib/pritunl/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pritunl/server/bridge.py”, line 253, in add\_interface bridge = Bridge(network) File “/usr/lib/pritunl/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pritunl/server/bridge.py”, line 22, in **init** raise BridgeLookupError( pritunl.exceptions.BridgeLookupError: Failed to find bridged network interface ---
**Author:** ![lai](https://forum.pritunl.com/user_avatar/forum.pritunl.com/lai/32/418_2.png) [@lai](https://forum.pritunl.com/u/lai)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/error-failed-to-find-bridged-network-interface/1002/2 "2023-05-03T18:28:53Z")
Did you actually create a bridge device on the Pritunl host? ---
**Author:** ![zach](https://forum.pritunl.com/user_avatar/forum.pritunl.com/zach/32/1105_2.png) [@zach](https://forum.pritunl.com/u/zach)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/error-failed-to-find-bridged-network-interface/1002/3 "2023-05-03T20:33:38Z")
It isn’t recommended to use bridged mode. It is most likely not the correct configuration for the use case. No online cloud providers support a bridged network. The virtual VPN network should be routed instead by removing NAT from the local network route and adding the virtual network to the local network routers routing table. ---
**Author:** ![Daniel-precision](https://forum.pritunl.com/user_avatar/forum.pritunl.com/daniel-precision/32/584_2.png) [@Daniel-precision](https://forum.pritunl.com/u/Daniel-precision)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/error-failed-to-find-bridged-network-interface/1002/4 "2023-09-08T16:33:24Z")
Would Routing method and adding the virtual network routers routing table, able to assign ip address of the VPC Network, so if you connect to another virtual machine on cloud on private network, it will show an ip of the network instead of vpn server? ---
**Author:** ![raheelfida](https://forum.pritunl.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/c5a1d2/32.png) [@raheelfida](https://forum.pritunl.com/u/raheelfida)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 4:45am UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/error-failed-to-find-bridged-network-interface/1002/5 "2024-05-23T04:45:55Z")
This is not working either. my requirement is to provide internet also, it should not NAT behind the Local Interface or IP. as per the attached picture, I want that pritunl server that assign IP Should be visible to other as is in local network , instead of NAT. ![XAl8qcoSRa2pRd4KeBFw_accessing_a_private_network](https://forum-static.pritunl.com/original/1X/ab80d9feadc69a9495801b87fee23d58cfd2d249.png)