<html> <head> <style></style></head> <body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'> I think I could try the first solution. Can you explain me how do I create the port used by dnsmasq?<br><br>For example, is it correct to execute <br># ovs-vsctl add-port virbr1 port2 tag=2<br>to create a port for the vLan whose tag is 2 named "port2"?<br><br>Daniele Milani<br><br><br><div>Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:54:21 -0700<br>Subject: Re: [libvirt] Problem with Open vSwitch and dnsmasq<br>From: aatteka@nicira.com<br>To: dano1988@hotmail.it<br>CC: libvir-list@redhat.com; roberto.sassu@polito.it<br><br><br><br><div class="ecxgmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 6:10 AM, Daniele Milani <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dano1988@hotmail.it">dano1988@hotmail.it</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div class="ecxHOEnZb"><div class="h5"> <div><div dir="ltr"> Dear all,<br>I have the following situation:<br>-I replaced the standard bridge driver with the Open VSwitch one;<br>-I started a NAT-network on Libvirt (bridge name virbr1);<br>-I started a Virtual Machine (VM1) on Libvirt, and I tagged his interface (vnet0) with tag=2;<br> -if I run "# ovs-vsctl show" I obtain:<br><br>Bridge "virbr1"<br> Port "vnet0"<br> tag: 2<br> Interface "vnet0"<br> Port "virbr1-nic"<br> Interface "virb1-nic"<br> Port "virbr1"<br> Interface "virbr1"<br> type: internal<br><br>-the problem is that it is impossible to assign to VM1 an IP, because the dnsmasq daemon does not accept the tagged DHCP Discover frame.<br> <br>Does someone know if there is a way for dnsmasq to accept tagged frames through "virbr1", and send a tagged DHCP Offer packet back to VM1?<br><br></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div>I believe you would need to run dedicated dnsmasq process instance per each VLAN that you have. By<br> default I guess dnsmasq runs on virbr1, hence it does not see the tagged traffic that comes from vnet0.<br><br>You could try to:<br><ol><li>add another port to that bridge with the same VLAN as VM has. And run a separate instance of dnsmasq there; or</li></ol><br><br><br>change the tag of virb1 port, but this might lead to other issues (e.g. then non-tagged VMs will not get DHCP leases).<br>Perhaps someone else can suggest something easier...<br><br></div><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="padding-left:1ex"> <div class="ecxHOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div><div dir="ltr">Greetings,<br>Daniele Milani<br><br> </div></div> </div></div><br>--<br> libvir-list mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:libvir-list@redhat.com">libvir-list@redhat.com</a><br> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list</a><br></blockquote></div><br></div> </div></body> </html>