On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 5:35 PM, Randy Barlow <ra...@electronsweatshop.com> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 01/20/2013 12:37 AM, William Kenworthy wrote: >> So what is usually recommended and works for this scenario? > > I personally use a bridged interface that allows my VMs to be on the > "physical" network. That works out pretty well. In my use case, it's > the same subnet as the host, but it should be possible to use VLANs to > accomplish having them on a separate subnet.
There's no requirement that they be on separate layer 2 segments if you want them to be on separate layer 3 subnets. Either statically configure the IPs, or: For IPv4: Have DHCP grant IPs from different pools based on source MAC or declared hostname. For IPv6: Use DHCPv6 rather than SLAAC, and follow the same principles as for DHCP-for-IPv4. Sure, giving them separate layer 2 segments helps encapsulation (and may make things easier from an autoconfiguration standpoint, depending), but it's not strictly necessary from a technology point of view. -- :wq
