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Re: Bridging eth0/br0 & NetworkManager - can they coexist?



On 02/07/12 17:34, Camaleón wrote:
>> Testing on the same subnet :)
> 
> Yes but what solution? KVM, VMware, Xen, VirtualBox...

Oh heck, sorry.  It's KVM.  I thought I'd mentioned that.  Oops.


>> Basically, you need eth0 bridged (using br0) to allow other virtual
>> machines to pick up an IP address on your real network.
> 
> Well, not in VirtualBox (or not at least not when using a windows host), 
> that should be a requirement coming from whatever VM solution are you 
> using.

It sounds like VirtualBox simply takes care of that for you, on Windows.

> You will get more flexibility (and reliability) when using "/etc/
> networking/interfaces" :-)

Looks like "man 5 interfaces" is my friend :)


> A laptop with server-like advanced networking/routing needings is so not 
> a "plain" laptop with two/tree NICs (ethernet, wireless and umts, for 
> instance) ;-)

True enough.

-- 
Steve Dowe

Warp Universal
http://warp2.me/sd


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