On Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 08:23:17PM +0200, Oliver Gerlich wrote: > > The best solution is to use a vde_switch with libpcap and libnet. This > > allows > > intercepting packets meant for the guests (via libnet) and forwarding them > > thru > > vde. libpcap allows for packets in vde to be passed on to the lan. This also > > allows for a sort of seamless bridging between host and guest lan. > > (Technically > > a tap device is still required to be able to talk to the host, but my > > understanding > > is that libpcap handles this automatically.) Plus, the nic remains eth0. > > > > I am not sure how libpcap and libnet would work with DHCP or ARP, but since > > they work on the ethernet level I suppose a single dhcpd server on eth0 > > would > > work in this case, but I am not 100% sure. > > > > Sounds interesting! How do I set this up? Couldn't find anything on > Google, and personally I have no idea how to do this :) > > Oliver
I should have stated that VDE doesn't actually have a version of vde_switch which uses libpcap or libnet - so it will have to be written first. I'm working toward that end, but right now its been a slow start. -- Infinite complexity begets infinite beauty. Infinite precision begets infinite perfection. _______________________________________________ Qemu-devel mailing list Qemu-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel
