On Thu, 2024-12-12 at 08:30 +0100, Otto Moerbeek wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 11:41:26PM +0100, ASV wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 2024-12-11 at 20:43 +0000, Zé Loff wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 07:49:13PM +0100, ASV wrote:
> > > > Hi everyone,
> > > > I'm stuck on trying to use an alias from a VM. Everything works
> > > > from
> > > > its main ip address 10.0.0.53 but from an alias, in this case
> > > > 172.16.20.1, I can't manage to make comms going out from it.
> > > > 
> > > > For example with "ping -I 172.16.20.1 <whatever-ip>" or openvpn
> > > > binding
> > > > from it. There's no firewall active and there is no block from
> > > > the
> > > > border firewall for that IP address. At this point I'm
> > > > wondering if
> > > > that could work at all.
> > > > 
> > > > For the record the configuration of the VM is pretty much based
> > > > on
> > > > the
> > > > "Option 4" of the official OpenBSD guide at
> > > > https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq16.html#VMMnet
> > > > 
> > > > any hing would be appreciated.
> > > > Thank you.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > *** VSWITCH configuration
> > > > veb0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST>
> > > >         description: switch1-SWITCH01
> > > >         index 7 llprio 3
> > > >         groups: veb
> > > >         em1 flags=3<LEARNING,DISCOVER>
> > > >                 port 2 ifpriority 0 ifcost 0
> > > >         vport0 flags=3<LEARNING,DISCOVER>
> > > >                 port 8 ifpriority 0 ifcost 0
> > > >         tap0 flags=3<LEARNING,DISCOVER>
> > > >                 port 11 ifpriority 0 ifcost 0
> > > > vport0:
> > > > flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST>
> > > > mtu
> > > > 1500
> > > >         lladdr fe:e1:ba:d0:fa:31
> > > >         description: INTERNAL
> > > >         index 8 priority 0 llprio 3
> > > >         groups: vport
> > > >         inet 10.0.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.0.255
> > > > 
> > > > *** VM configuration
> > > > switch "SWITCH01" {
> > > >     interface veb0
> > > > }
> > > > vm "VM-01" {
> > > >     memory 800M
> > > >     enable
> > > >     disk /root/VM-01.qcow2
> > > >     interfaces 1
> > > >     interface { switch "SWITCH01" }
> > > > }
> > > > 
> > > > *** VM NIC output
> > > > vio0:
> > > > flags=808b43<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,ALLMULTI,SIMPLEX,MULT
> > > > ICAS
> > > > T,AU
> > > > TOCONF4> mtu 1500
> > > >         lladdr fe:e1:bb:d1:0a:30
> > > >         index 1 priority 0 llprio 3
> > > >         groups: egress
> > > >         media: Ethernet autoselect
> > > >         status: active
> > > >         inet 10.0.0.53 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.0.255
> > > >         inet 172.16.20.1 netmask 0xffffffff
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > That alias's netmask doesn't look right to me.  Also, does the VM
> > > host
> > > have an appropriate routing rule for that subnet?  What does
> > > "route
> > > get
> > > 172.16.20.1" say?
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > Hi, below the command output. About the netmask, IIRC the alias
> > comes
> > with a /32 subnet.
> 
> Nope, you specified that. The /32 guideline is for extra alias IPs in
> an
> already existing net on an interface.
> 
>         -Otto
> > 
> > # route get 172.16.20.1
> >    route to: 172.16.20.1
> > destination: 172.16.20.1
> >        mask: 255.255.255.255
> >   interface: vio0
> >  if address: 172.16.20.1
> >    priority: 1 (local)
> >       flags: <UP,HOST,DONE,LLINFO,LOCAL>
> >      use       mtu    expire
> >       44         0         0
> > 
Thanks a lot Otto, I definitely messed the subnet definition up.
I'll try ASAP.

Thanks for your time.

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