[ILUG] bridge networking and KVM

[Gavin McCullagh]

Hi,

On Mon, 18 Jul 2011, Jean Francois Bucas wrote:

> # The primary network interface (no address)
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet manual
> 
> # The primary bridge interface (DHCP configured)
> auto kvmbr0
> iface kvmbr0 inet dhcp
>         bridge_ports eth0
>         bridge_stp off
>         bridge_fd 0
>         bridge_maxwait 0
> 
> You will need at least one bridge with an IP to be able to connect to
> the KVM host. The bridge will cleverly see if the incoming packets are
> for the host or the guests and will forward accordingly.

Ah, I see it now.  And I can also see how I was reading the docs wrong.

Thanks for your replies Jef and Mark.

Gavin