@@ -455,6 +455,9 @@ function create_neutron_initial_network {

         if is_service_enabled q-l3; then

             # logic is specific to using the l3-agent for l3

             if is_neutron_ovs_base_plugin && [[ "$Q_USE_NAMESPACE" = "True" ]]; then

+                # Disable in-band as we are going to use local port

+                # to communicate with VMs

+                sudo ovs-vsctl set Bridge $PUBLIC_BRIDGE other_config:disable-in-band=true

                 CIDR_LEN=${FLOATING_RANGE#*/}

                 sudo ip addr add $EXT_GW_IP/$CIDR_LEN dev $PUBLIC_BRIDGE

                 sudo ip link set $PUBLIC_BRIDGE up