On 10/4/19 11:39 AM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > ... > I have VM in NAT mode mostly these days, but sometimes I need bridged > network to recognize some hardware on the network, Mikrotik WiFi routers > or printers so I need ability to go to bridge. I've kludged together a solution for those times here by using the NAT connection, but then running an OpenVPN client on the guest to an OpenVPN server with layer-2 adjacency to those sorts of devices. That has the added bonus of letting those layer-2 services work even from off-site (part of the reason I use LUKS!). I use static addresses in the OpenVPN setup as well, allowing controlled access to certain resources (like the control interface addresses and ports to our two 26-meter radio telescopes). > If this with NetworkManager-config-server package works, I can at most > times (if I want) plug a LAN to my laptop and be happy. I am interested in what you find! > I have Dell Vostro 15 with Core i7, 12GB RAM and 512GB SSD + 1TB HDD Dell Precision M6700 with Core i7-3740QM @ 2.7GHz, 24GB RAM, 500GB SSD plus 2x 1TB HGST 7K1000's. I never buy new, always gently preowned, and it's amazing to me how well the 3740QM performs relative to newer stuff.... and I paid less than 10% of MSRP for it....