Sorry, I meant to say "unless I bounce dhcpd before the guest VMs are started, the guests don't get the DHCP address" - meaning they don't "hear" the ack... Silly type-o - should proof read before I post ;) On Fri, 6 Nov 2009, Scot P. Floess wrote: > > Neil: > > Yes - you definitely can...and I am... > > The problem is, unless I bounce dhcpd before and guest VM work, the guests > don't get the DHCP address... > > It's weird ;) But definitely, if I bounce dhcpd (of course after > xend/xendomains start) everything works fine - as in the dhcp addresses > are received by the guest VMs... > > On Fri, 6 Nov 2009, Neil Aggarwal wrote: > >> Scot: >> >>> I have a question about a Xen host that runs dhcpd and installing >>> guest/running guest VMs (that use DHCP)... >> >> I think you can run a DHCP server on the host for the guests to >> grab an IP address from. >> >> Neil >> >> -- >> Neil Aggarwal, (281)846-8957, http://www.JAMMConsulting.com >> CentOS 5.4 KVM VPS $55/mo, no setup fee, no contract, dedicated 64bit CPU >> 1GB dedicated RAM, 40GB RAID storage, 500GB/mo premium BW, Zero downtime >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > > Scot P. Floess > 27 Lake Royale > Louisburg, NC 27549 > > 252-478-8087 (Home) > 919-890-8117 (Work) > > Chief Architect JPlate http://sourceforge.net/projects/jplate > Chief Architect JavaPIM http://sourceforge.net/projects/javapim > > Architect Keros http://sourceforge.net/projects/keros > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Scot P. Floess 27 Lake Royale Louisburg, NC 27549 252-478-8087 (Home) 919-890-8117 (Work) Chief Architect JPlate http://sourceforge.net/projects/jplate Chief Architect JavaPIM http://sourceforge.net/projects/javapim Architect Keros http://sourceforge.net/projects/keros