On 2020-04-27 16:34, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 4/26/20 10:22 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> 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. > > My understanding of his explanation is that the second ethernet is a private network connecting his VMs to other physical computers. > Right. I suppose there may be situations one would want that. I've just not had the need. I noted that the ifcfg-br0 script contained NM_CONTROLLED=no. I never had, and I don't know if it is possible, to have a mixture of connections with some controlled by NM and others not. The first issue that I would see is that /usr/sbin/ifdown points to a /etc/alternatives entry. So, you'd either be calling the NM version which is a script that uses nmcli or the network-scripts version which doesn't So, I believe you'd have compatibility issues. -- 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
