Completely newbie, need help configuring network

Mihai Dobrescu msdobrescu at gmail.com
Thu Oct 20 13:28:10 UTC 2022


H, thanks for the tips.
It is a simple selection/option in VirtualBox, a nobrainer selection.
I'll read the first link, bur the second gives a security warning, so I'll
skip.

I wish there is a simple choice in virt-manager UI too.

Best Regards.

On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 4:05 PM Bob Power <b_power at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Not sure this is a virt-manager question: probably more of a general
> virtual networking question.
>
> Curious: Did you have this in VirtualBox ?
>
> Anyway, I'd look at MacVTap - Linux Virtualization Wiki
> <https://virt.kernelnewbies.org/MacVTap>
>
> MacVTap - Linux Virtualization Wiki
>
> <https://virt.kernelnewbies.org/MacVTap>
>
>  - " Typically, this is used to make both the guest and the host show up
> directly on the switch that the host is connected to."
>
> .... I tried it in RHEL 8.4 (at the time) but had unworkable performance
> issues but later found a note about "intel_iommu=pt" at
> https://www.linuxsecrets.com/3417-creating-kvm-virtual-passthrough which
> might address that. ( the VF stuff there not supported in RHEL last I
> looked )
>
> Currently I use PCI passthru to use a 2nd host NIC directly in a VM but
> then that only works for 1 VM so if you have an unspecified number of VMs
> that's not gonna work for you.
>
> Sorry can't be of more help.
>
>
> On Wednesday, 19 October 2022 at 21:42:02 BST, Mihai Dobrescu <
> msdobrescu at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I've switched from VirtualBox to Virt Manager and I need to have virtual
> machines in the same subnet as the host.
> How could I achieve that? I've spent all day looking at various articles
> on how to do that, but I could not manage to achieve it.
> Is there a reliable step by step procedure?
> I use a Gentoo derivative.
>
> Thank you,
> Mihai Sorin Dobrescu
>


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Mihai Sorin Dobrescu
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