Re: [CentOS] disconnected NIC under CentOS 6

2012-05-01 Thread Boris Epstein
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Digimer wrote: > On 05/01/2012 02:46 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > > On 05/01/12 11:03 AM, Boris Epstein wrote: > >> That's precisely what I planned on doing - but I believe the network > >> adapter needs to have an address first. Then you bridge pseudo adapters > to

Re: [CentOS] disconnected NIC under CentOS 6

2012-05-01 Thread Digimer
On 05/01/2012 02:46 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 05/01/12 11:03 AM, Boris Epstein wrote: >> That's precisely what I planned on doing - but I believe the network >> adapter needs to have an address first. Then you bridge pseudo adapters to >> it. It would all be fine but I can't take this initial s

Re: [CentOS] disconnected NIC under CentOS 6

2012-05-01 Thread John R Pierce
On 05/01/12 11:03 AM, Boris Epstein wrote: > That's precisely what I planned on doing - but I believe the network > adapter needs to have an address first. Then you bridge pseudo adapters to > it. It would all be fine but I can't take this initial step of assigning an > IP address to the NIC in que

Re: [CentOS] disconnected NIC under CentOS 6

2012-05-01 Thread Boris Epstein
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 1:56 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 05/01/12 10:48 AM, Boris Epstein wrote: > > Thanks! But if it is not connected to any NIC's then how would I connect > > external devices to it in the future? > > connect the bridge to a network adapter > > > That's precisely what I planne

Re: [CentOS] disconnected NIC under CentOS 6

2012-05-01 Thread John R Pierce
On 05/01/12 10:48 AM, Boris Epstein wrote: > Thanks! But if it is not connected to any NIC's then how would I connect > external devices to it in the future? connect the bridge to a network adapter -- john r pierceN 37, W 122 santa cruz ca mid

Re: [CentOS] disconnected NIC under CentOS 6

2012-05-01 Thread Boris Epstein
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 1:46 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 05/01/12 10:38 AM, Boris Epstein wrote: > > I've got a multi-NIC machine on which I am running Centos 6.2. I am > trying > > to have a NIC configured with an IP address but not connected to > anything. > > The reason for this is to create

Re: [CentOS] disconnected NIC under CentOS 6

2012-05-01 Thread John R Pierce
On 05/01/12 10:38 AM, Boris Epstein wrote: > I've got a multi-NIC machine on which I am running Centos 6.2. I am trying > to have a NIC configured with an IP address but not connected to anything. > The reason for this is to create a network currently only used by VM's > residing on the machine, wi