On 2020-04-27 12:59, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > On 2020-04-26 20:53, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 2020-04-27 11:49, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: >>> both physical network cards are on the host machine. the >>> vm's connect through qemu-kvm "Network bridge: br0" to >>> the host machines and then get routed to the internet >>> through en12, via iptables >> >> Yes, I know what you've done. I just don't know why. >> >> I have full connectivity using the virtual devices. So, same question. Why use physical HW? > > Because it simulates actual servers I have installed. > eno2 is hooked to the internet and eno1 is hoooked > up to a [switching] hub that fans out to multiple client > workstations. The server is also the firewall What would not work if you used Virtual HW instead of actual HW? All of my VM's can access all of the other servers on 3 different LAN segments. > > I have used virtual LANs before to do certain things > to VM's, such as isolate them from the local network > I'm not talking VLAN's here. I'm talking virtio. -- The key to getting good answers is to ask good questions. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
