[et-mgmt-tools] [PATCH] Add usermode networking to the list of available network types

Soren Hansen soren at ubuntu.com
Wed Jan 16 17:18:56 UTC 2008


On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 04:50:15PM +0000, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> There is no point choosing a MAC address if you're using user mode
> network because you don't have any control over usermode network
> stack. 

Not true. At least some OS's (Ubuntu to name one) assigns persistent
names to NIC's based on their MAC.  It might be convenient for you to be
able to switch between virtual, bridged and usermode networking, but
keep the same MAC (and hence interface name).

-- 
Soren Hansen
Ubuntu Server Team
http://www.ubuntu.com/
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