[virt-tools-list] where are vmnet0 and other virtual interfaces defined by virt-manager

[Tapas Mishra]

On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 01:40:31PM +0530, Tapas Mishra wrote:
>> How ever I am curious to look at where are the vmnet0 vmnet 1 defined
>> by the virt-manager(which I see in brctl show)
>>  so which files should I look in?
>
> [The interfaces are called vnet0, etc]
>
> You're getting confused about what interface is named on the host side
> (vnet0 etc) and what the guest sees.  The guest sees eth0 for a Linux
> guest, it would be something completely different for a Windows guest.
>
> To list the host devices do:
>
> /sbin/ifconfig vnet0
>
I see but in my output of ifconfig I am getting some entries which are
with name vmnet1 to vmnet1 and vmnet8 so where are they coming from?