On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 1:46 PM, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote: > On 05/01/12 10:38 AM, Boris Epstein wrote: > > I've got a multi-NIC machine on which I am running Centos 6.2. I am > trying > > to have a NIC configured with an IP address but not connected to > anything. > > The reason for this is to create a network currently only used by VM's > > residing on the machine, with that NIC configured to have an IP address > > that is a part of that network, with a view of connecting real machines > to > > the same network in the future. How can I implement that? Currently ifup > > just refuses to bring that NIC up. > > create a bridge interface that isn't bridged to any NICs > > > > -- > john r pierce N 37, W 122 > santa cruz ca mid-left coast > John, Thanks! But if it is not connected to any NIC's then how would I connect external devices to it in the future? Boris. > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >