[CentOS-virt] Network and IP's

Sat Sep 24 16:07:12 UTC 2011
Thomas Rønshof <tr at kyborg.dk>

Ok.. thanks. Can I use virt-manager to setup a bridged-network or shall 
i use the commandtool ? I also think that Cent os 5.6 used bridged as 
default...


Michael Schumacher wrote:
> Thomas,
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>> Well, is there any other (better) documentation, than the one from 
>> Redhat_Enterprise_6.0_Virtualization ?
>>     
>
> I agree. This is a very poor piece of documentation. Basically it is
> just a collection of descriptions of tools and parameters. It does not
> give any insight about various concepts and it does not help at all to
> choose the right solution
>
>
>   
>>> | When "playing" with Cent OS 5.x Virtualization, I could have a host
>>> | with
>>> | IP:192.168.10.40 and the guests with IP's: 192.168.10.41,
>>> | 192.168.10.42... an so on.
>>> | 
>>> | But now after installing Cent OS 6.0 as a host, I can't figure out how
>>> | to make my guest get the same IP's.
>>> | 
>>> | My host is still 192.168.10.40, but the 1. guest i make, get an IP of
>>> | 192.168.122.x !
>>> | 
>>>       
>
> I ran across the same problem. Looks like Centos is setting up a NAT
> network rather than a bridged network by default. It appears that the
> host is acting as a DHCP server for the virtualized machines.
>
>
> Hope this helps.
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>