[gentoo-user] Re: KVM networking help (solved)

[Nilesh Govindrajan]

On Jul 17, 2013 11:58 PM, "Nilesh Govindrajan" <me@××××××××.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I need some help settling up networking with KVM machines.
>
> I have one public interface with four publicly accessible IPs.
>
> I want to run a private virtual network for the VMs, such that every VM
can access every other VM and host, also host can access every VM (required
for NAT).
>
> So far I tried this:
>
> Create two tap interfaces.
> Add them to a bridge
> Assign IP to bridge
> Set different MACs for VMs' NICs.
>
> This let's me access one VM to another also VM to host (not sure about
this, ping works).
> But I'm not able to use host to VM (ping works), I'm not able to connect
to sshd running inside VM from host.

Alon, thanks a lot for the guide. It worked.
Also was missing a iptables rule to allow bridging traffic.

William, sounds interesting, will check it out later.

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