Sorry I thought I clicked Reply instead of Reply All. So I restarted my laptop, ran virsh net-destroy default && virsh net-start default. Then created a new VM out of Debian 12 KDE Live ISO (to avoid any trailing configurations). Still the issue persists. nmcli in the guest says enp1s0: disconnected. But ps axf | grep dnsmasq gives this: 4341 pts/0 S+ 0:00 | \_ grep --color=auto dnsmasq 3995 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/default.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/lib/libvirt/libvirt_leaseshelper 3996 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --conf-file=/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq/default.conf --leasefile-ro --dhcp-script=/usr/lib/libvirt/libvirt_leaseshelper What am I missing :( Thanks you On Tuesday, May 21st, 2024 at 6:51 PM, Michal Prívozník <mprivozn@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Please keep the list on CC so that others can benefit from the > conversation too. > > On 5/21/24 14:34, Arun Mani J wrote: > > > Thanks for the reply! > > > > I recreated the NAT network using the guide from https://wiki.libvirt.org/Networking.html. > > > > The configuration now reads as: > > <network> > > <name>default</name> > > <uuid>33376669-6292-44c9-b26b-9d2ee69826a7</uuid> > > <forward mode="nat"> > > <nat> > > <port start="1024" end="65535"/> > > </nat> > > </forward> > > <bridge name="virbr0" stp="on" delay="0"/> > > <mac address="52:54:00:78:76:0f"/> > > <ip address="192.168.122.1" netmask="255.255.255.0"> > > <dhcp> > > <range start="192.168.122.2" end="192.168.122.254"/> > > </dhcp> > > </ip> > > </network> > > > > There is a dhcp section but still I'm not able to get my guest working. > > > > I have dnsmasq-base package installed in my host. However I'm not sure how to see if that is running. Like I opened Systems Monitor and can't find any process with that name. > > > > So may be that's the problem? > > > Well, have you restarted the network? You need the 'virsh net-destroy > default && virsh net-start default' combo to restart it. After that you > should see dnsmasq process, e.g. via 'ps axf | grep dnsmasq'. > > Michal
