<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> sean darcy wrote: Initial info: all answers refer to KVM, GNOME, and no VMM. YMMV. <blockquote cite="mid:c195ebf70904281548w513008f8v4a908ffe8f88e256@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I've an xp virtual machine on qemu/kvm, F11. I'd like to be able reach it over the network - for instance with NX. To do that, I'm trying to set up bridged networking. The howto at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Networking">http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Networking</a> says: As of time of writing (Fedora 9) NetworkManager does not support bridging, so it is necessary to disable it, and revert to "classic" network initscripts Still true? If not, how do you set up bridging on NM? </pre> </blockquote> A small script can do it for you and will not interfere with NM operation (AFAIK - works for me). Attach the NIC to the bridge. <blockquote cite="mid:c195ebf70904281548w513008f8v4a908ffe8f88e256@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">A howto on setting up kvm networking on F9 (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.linux-kvm.com/content/using-bridged-networking-virt-manager">http://www.linux-kvm.com/content/using-bridged-networking-virt-manager</a>) and the ubuntu howto's talk about creating a tap interface. The libvirt.org doesn't. Is a tap interface required/useful? </pre> </blockquote> If the VM is a client and originates all connections, you don't need tap, and the outgoing IP will be the host, doing masquerade. <blockquote cite="mid:c195ebf70904281548w513008f8v4a908ffe8f88e256@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Do I need a physical network card for each bridged vm? Is this what the tap interface is for? </pre> </blockquote> Not that I can see, I have three servers and several test machines on a single bridge and it works fine. <blockquote cite="mid:c195ebf70904281548w513008f8v4a908ffe8f88e256@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">And finally where does the kvm driver disk ( NETKVM-20081229.iso ) fit in all this? Do I need to install it in the xp vm before I ...?? </pre> </blockquote> Also: I have done this on FC{6,9,10} but not FC11 yet, I simply don't have an extra machine with hardware VM which I can use at the moment. I lack the courage or need to try KVM under KVM. <pre class="moz-signature" cols="80">-- bill davidsen <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:davidsen@tmr.com"><davidsen@tmr.com></a> CTO TMR Associates, Inc "You are disgraced professional losers. And by the way, give us our money back." - Representative Earl Pomeroy, Democrat of North Dakota on the A.I.G. executives who were paid bonuses after a federal bailout. </pre> </body> </html>