On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 01:09:47PM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > <quote who="Sridhar Dhanapalan"> > > > It still looks like having proper network bridging (so the VMs are > > directly on the network just like any other host) is a pain in the bum. > > The solutions I've seen involve performing some arcane rituals with brctl > > and co. > > Bridging is brain-meltingly simple on Debian-based systems. Quick example of > /etc/network/interfaces with a single bridge set up: > > auto br0 > iface br0 inet static > address 192.168.10.200 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > gateway 192.168.10.1 > bridge_ports eth0 eth1 eth2 > > ^ Only *ONE* extra line to say "sudo make me a bridge", xkcd-style ;-)
this is mine for virtualbox on debian
auto brVB
allow-hotplug brVB
# All the vbox interfaces will attach to this interface
iface brVB inet static
bridge_ports none
address 192.168.1.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
I then just use routing
>
> (There are additional parameters you can add if you want to, but they're all
> optional.)
>
> - Jeff
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