[CentOS] Centos 6 - Networking: Some Queries -- GURUS HELP PL

Mon Jun 11 10:30:17 UTC 2012
Ross Cavanagh <ross.cav at gmail.com>

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> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 3:42 PM, Ross Cavanagh <ross.cav at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> I'm just jumping in and may not have read everything, but having the NAT
> > option will still allow Internet access to the guest if the host is setup
> > to allow this (which is the default on most virtual hosts as far as I'm
> > aware). But you may find it harder to access the NAT guest if you're
> trying
> > to access it from another system on the same network as the host system.
> >
> > You can always setup multiple NIC's on the guest.
>
> Now I wonder why I did not think of so simple an idea! Simply put in a
> multi-port NIC card,
>
> Another questions...I put in another network port & I end up with 3
> NICs & 3 bridges...One providing Internet access, One providing
> routing to virtual hosts and one providing route to ltsp network.
>
> Now, traffic among these three networks will be routed automatically
> or do I have to put in some code to enable traffic between these three
> networks & internet access to the virtual host & ltsp network?
>
> It shouldn't be a problem, because if it's different networks, the system
will send them accordingly (as far as I'm aware). If it does come to any
issues with the networks, you can always setup static routes if required.