Network interface element not working

[Ian Pilcher]

On 4/5/22 10:12, Laine Stump wrote:
> Umm.... That's how it was intended to *not* work :-P. The whole point of 
> the self-managed libvirt virtual networks is to setup a separate subnet 
> that has all traffic routed via IP to the physical network. I'm 
> impressed you've found a hack that works for you[*], but just be 
> prepared to "pick up the pieces" if it breaks :-)

This is a lab setup.  It only has to work for a few days.

> (I hope you've removed the DHCP service, DNS service, and for that 
> matter even the IP address from the libvirt network definition. Also, is 
> the host ethernet being used (i.e. does it have an IP address) prior to 
> attaching it to the bridge? Normally when an ethernet is attached to a 
> bridge, its IP configuration is moved to the bridge device, and the 
> ethernet has no IP. I'm not sure what kind of connectivity oddities 
> would show up if you left the IP address on the ethernet itself)

Actually, the physical interface is connected to a VLAN that I'm using
extend the existing virtual environment to some physical machines, so I
want to leave the virtual network otherwise unchanged, but have the
ability to add physical machines to the virtual network (if that makes
sense).

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