[et-mgmt-tools] virt-manager shared device problem

Adam Huffman adam.huffman at gmail.com
Wed Oct 8 15:53:55 UTC 2008


Cole Robinson wrote:
> Adam Huffman wrote:
>   
>> I'm having trouble adding a shared network device to a VM already 
>> running on an F9 host.
>>
>> What shows up in the interface is a single greyed out item - "eth0 (not 
>> bridged)".
>>
>>     
>
> The fact that the nonbridged entry is the initial selection and
> is actually selectable is a bug, which is fixed upstream and I
> believe the latest release.
>
> virt-manager doesn't set up a bridge for you, one needs to be
> preconfigured. Do you have a bridge already set up? If so:
>
>   
I didn't, but I have one now, having followed the instructions at:
http://poelcat.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/bridged-networking-in-virt-manager/
and the device is selectable in the interface.

Once added to a guest it does work.

However, now another guest on the same host, using the default NAT 
network, seems to have lost its connection.
> What are the full contents of shared device drop down?
> Output of `brctl show`?
>
>   
bridge name    bridge id        STP enabled    interfaces
br0        8000.00188b1d9acb    no        eth0
                            vnet1
pan0        8000.000000000000    no       
virbr0        8000.00ff3d160b55    yes        vnet0



Adam




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