[CVALE] kvm networking

[Ian Sterling]

:-)  You're very welcome, Patrick.

I saw the networking question, and the way you worded it hit with the
data freshly implanted into my mind thanks to my CCNA classes.  I just
*had* to pipe in. :-)

--Ian...

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Patrick Bennett
<stnick at bennettbungalow.com> wrote:
> I know, it's a terrible choice of names, isn't it.  I think it stands
> for "kernel virtual machine" - a new kernel module that provides
> linux-kernel-native vmware-like capabilities.
>
> It doesn't have to NAT, it can be a simple routed subnet also, however
> NAT is the default, I think.  Any way, if "bridging the guest's NIC to
> the host's NIC", for me, has not been all that simple.  However, I
> finally did revisit this page
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM/Networking and managed to get it
> working .... the info there is /almost/ right (for my setup anyway), and
> after a bit of struggle I did get it working!  Still no dhcp on the
> guest though - only static ip's are working - I'll cross this bridge
> later.  Perhaps when I have some time I'll write a little how to.
>
> Thanks Ian for sending me back to the drawing board with a fresh
> outlook, sometimes that's exactly what I need.
>
>   -Patrick
>
>
>
> Ian Sterling wrote:
>> Wouldn't you do this just by bridging the guest's NIC to the host's
>> NIC?  From what you're saying here, looks like that app is NAT'ing its
>> guest systems...  (BTW, the only kvm I know of is
>> Keyboard-Video-Mouse, so I'm not sure exactly what you're talking
>> about here...)
>>
>> --Ian...
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 12:16 AM, Patrick Bennett
>> <stnick at bennettbungalow.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Can anyone out there give me a tip or point me to some online tutorials
>>> on how to make a kvm guest's network interface communicate on the same
>>> subnet as the host's lan (eg. local subnet is 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0,
>>> host is 192.168.1.100, guest is 192.168.1.101)?  VMWare is able to do
>>> this with relative ease of setup, however all the documentation I've
>>> been able to find for kvm assumes the guests will be on a seperate and
>>> distinct subnet and gives no hints of how to do it any other way.  Thanks!
>>>
>>>    -Patrick
>>>
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