[CentOS] problem with bridged network for a kvm guest

[Gordon Messmer]

On 05/18/2010 11:49 AM, Negative wrote:
> I'm having trouble with the bridged network setup.  I'm new to kvm, but
> I got a window xp sp2 guest set up without trouble a few days ago. I
> followed the instructions in the RH virtualization guide, and all was
> fine until I had to reboot the host machine a few days later.

This page, right?
http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.5/html/Virtualization_Guide/sect-Virtualization-Network_Configuration-Bridged_networking_with_libvirt.html

> One of the points I'm confused about is what, if anything, to write for
> the ip address in ifcfg-eth0.

Nothing.  It should look exactly like the example provided, except for 
the HWADDR.  eth0 doesn't get an IP, the br0 interface does.