On Mon, 2017-04-03 at 09:25 -0700, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 04/03/2017 08:14 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > It's true that I didn't change the default. However note that W is > > showing STORAGE in its network tab without me doing any specific > > configuration (i.e. this is a new install of Windows 10) so it must be > > getting it from somewhere. > > You later said that you had added "storage" to the hosts file on W, so > I'm not sure whether you did any "specific configuration" or not. I meant no specific configuration on W. The /etc/hosts file on D has existed for a long time with no alteration. > Can you ping "storage" from W? You should be able to. Yes and no: C:\Users\poc>nslookup storage ... Name: storage Address: 192.168.1.65 C:\Users\poc>ping 192.168.1.65 Reply from 192.168.1.65: ... ... C:\Users\poc>ping storage Ping request could not find host storage. Please check the name and try again. > > I assumed it was already using bridging: > > $ route > > 192.168.122.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 virbr0 > > Nope. That's the default NAT networking, not bridged networking. > > > However I tried it anyway (after shutting down W due to excessive caution): > > $ sudo virsh iface-bridge enp3s0 br0 > > error: An error occurred, but the cause is unknown > > Logs might have more information. I'm not sure. I actually haven't > seen that error before. journalctl shows nothing. > The manual setup process for bridged networking is documented here: > https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Virtualization_Deployment_and_Administration_Guide/sect-Network_configuration-Bridged_networking.html > > https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Networking_Guide/ch-Configure_Network_Bridging.html > > Aside from the initial setup, I think bridged networking is much better > for virtualization. OK, I'll look at that. > > > The other solution would be to edit the W "hosts" file so that it can > > > resolve the name "STORAGE" to an IP address, which *should* also work. > > > > I already have it in /etc/hosts (on W), as "storage" (lower case) but I > > didn't think that mattered with WINS. > > "hosts" on Windows is c:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts. I added storage to that file and rebooted W. No difference. poc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx