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

Sun Jun 1 15:12:49 UTC 2014
Digimer <lists at alteeve.ca>

On 01/06/14 11:10 AM, Jim Perrin wrote:
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> On 05/31/2014 12:50 PM, Robert Heller wrote:
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>>        <target dev='macvtap0'/>
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> 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.
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> That's pretty much how macvtap works.
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> http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Guest_can_reach_outside_network,_but_can't_reach_host_(macvtap)
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> https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/8833/bridged-networking-with-kvm-and-macvtap/

I use traditional bridges and they work great. The guest connects, 
essentially, directly to the outside world and the host can talk to the 
guests.

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