Re: [Bridge] Problem configuring bridge as a hub between host server and running VM guest

2011-02-17 Thread Ravi Varun Nair
configuring bridge as a hub between host server and running VM guest On Fri, 4 Feb 2011 11:17:29 -0500 Ravi Varun Nair wrote: > What I am trying to do is have a copy of all the traffic coming in on the > physical interface be given to the VM. T A better way is to use tc mirred action to

Re: [Bridge] Problem configuring bridge as a hub between host server and running VM guest

2011-02-16 Thread Andrew Woods
Hi, I'm wanting to do something similar (mirror certain frames on a physical interface to a tap device). I've never use tc before, but it seems it only works on the L3 packet level, does it also work with all L2 frames (eg STP), or will I need to use something like ebtables? Thanks, Drew On Tue,

Re: [Bridge] Problem configuring bridge as a hub between host server and running VM guest

2011-02-16 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Fri, 4 Feb 2011 11:17:29 -0500 Ravi Varun Nair wrote: > What I am trying to do is have a copy of all the traffic coming in on the > physical interface be given to the VM. T A better way is to use tc mirred action to mirror packets to a dummy or other interface. -- _

[Bridge] Problem configuring bridge as a hub between host server and running VM guest

2011-02-04 Thread Ravi Varun Nair
Hi, I am having a problem with configuring the bridge to work as a hub. My setup is the following: I have a RHEL host server on which I am running KVM. I have a Linux guest that I am running on this. A physical interface of the host is on the same bridge as the guest's interface. The bridge in