[CentOS] CentOS 6 KVM networking: What am I missing???

Sun Jun 1 15:10:16 UTC 2014
Jim Perrin <jperrin at centos.org>


On 05/31/2014 12:50 PM, Robert Heller wrote:

>       <target dev='macvtap0'/>


This is why.
> 
> The Ububtu VM can connect to the LAN the T20 is on and off into the 
> public Internet.  Machines on the LAN (eg my laptop) can connect to Ububtu 
> VM.  *BUT* the host server cannot connect to the Ububtu VM and the Ububtu 
> cannot connect to the host server.


That's pretty much how macvtap works.

http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Guest_can_reach_outside_network,_but_can't_reach_host_(macvtap)

https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/8833/bridged-networking-with-kvm-and-macvtap/

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