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Re: [Xen-users] bridged network and networkmanager?

To: Thilo Riessner <thilo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] bridged network and networkmanager?
From: "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 12:31:52 +0100
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On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 10:48:34AM +0200, Thilo Riessner wrote:
> After a long time of trying to get the network working between a linux dom0 
> and a windows xp domU, I found a hint in the README.SuSE (in the document 
> folder /usr/share/doc/packages/xen of the SuSE rpm-package), that there are 
> problems using bridged mode of xen together with networkmanager. Switching 
> off the networkmanager indeed solved the problems. Are there any patches / 
> workarounds to get both running? 

With network manager the best way is to setup a bridge device which does
*not* enslave the physical device. Guests will attach their VIFs to this
bridge. Run dnsmasq on the bridge to service DHCP & DNS, and use IPTables
to do MASQ to the real LAN. So guests can always talk to each other whether
there is a connection or not. By using MASQ, then traffic will automatically
be routed to LAN or WLAN according to what networkmanager has activated.

Dan.
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