"Cole Robinson wrote:" > > On 01/21/2014 11:29 PM, David Highley wrote: > > I was some what confused as the libvirt client was able to talk on the > > internet but then seemed not to be able to talk to a host on the local > > net. After more investigation it seems it can talk to all hosts except > > the one it is being hosted on. I'm sure it is something simple, but I > > have very little experience with libvirt. Here is the client > > configuration: > > > > > <interface type='direct'> > > <mac address='52:54:00:1b:4b:94'/> > > <source dev='p57p1' mode='bridge'/> > > <target dev='macvtap0'/> > > <model type='rtl8139'/> > > <alias name='net0'/> > > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' > > function='0x0'/> > > </interface> > > What you describe is a side effect of type='direct'/macvtap, you need a > special type of host switch for the VM to talk to the host AIUI. > > http://virt.kernelnewbies.org/MacVTap > > Also, that nic should probably be using model type='virtio'
OK, thank you for that information which explained clearly what I did not know. So I changed the model type to virtio and I changed the source dev to p57p2 a second nic on the hosting server and now I'm able to communicate with all systems on the local network. Now to get on with the next adventure configuring a bind 10 server. > > - Cole > _______________________________________________ virt mailing list virt@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/virt