On Fri, 2017-09-22 at 08:38 -0700, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 09/21/2017 11:30 PM, Cristian Sava wrote: > > Why do I need to specify this long list of parameters for basic > > things? > > > If you're doing this for virtualization purposes (as opposed to > creating > a network bridge with multiple interfaces), the simpler answer is: > > virsh iface-bridge eth0 br0 --no-stp Well, it's not that simple: [cristi@localhost ~]$ sudo virsh iface-bridge enp5s0 br0 --no-stp [sudo] password for cristi: error: An error occurred, but the cause is unknown [cristi@localhost ~]$ sudo systemctl stop NetworkManager [cristi@localhost ~]$ systemctl start network Job for network.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status network.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. This is from my F26 home desktop with F23 and F28 in virtual (I don't care here of dirrect connection to the main interface but I tested virsh) Yes I can fix it but ... On the same box, following https://fedoramagazine.org/build-network-bridge-fedora/ all is working as expected with NM and without NM_CONTROLLED=NO And sure I can write a simple script and use it ... so, let's stop this debate and leave things as they are. Sorry for the late response C.S. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx