Bugs item #2883570, was opened at 2009-10-22 00:16 Message generated for change (Settings changed) made by avik You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=893831&aid=2883570&group_id=180599 Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: None Group: None >Status: Closed >Resolution: Invalid Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: dmitryb77 (dmitryb77) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: KVM needs easier network bridging support Initial Comment: Setup: Triple core Phenom II, 64-bit Ubuntu Karmic Koala, Ralink wireless NIC. Repro: 1. Attempt to create a bridged connection using a wireless NIC. 2. Spend hours reading half-baked howtos and fail. 3. Throw in the towel and use VirtualBox where bridging "just works" after you select it through a combo box. Result: Wireless bridging is darn near impossible with KVM (yet VirtualBox bridges just fine on the same machine). Wired bridging requires manual (and hence error prone) editing of configuration files. This is compounded by the fact that if you screw up a network config on the remote host, you lose access to it and have to go there (or use an expensive "enterprise" remote console thingamabob) to correct your error. Expected result: >From my (fairly limited) understanding, VirtualBox implements bridging to in their code using a driver. KVM should consider doing the same thing. Currently, bridging is a major pain in the ass, and NAT is useless for most intents and purposes, since you can't connect to a NATted machine from the outside. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Avi Kivity (avik) Date: 2009-10-25 07:50 Message: qemu/kvm is not a complete stack; it's just the virtual machine monitor. You need to use a complete stack to get simple and automatic configuration. Duplicating unrelated pieces of code is not an option. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=893831&aid=2883570&group_id=180599 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
