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On Thu, 2010-04-15 at 10:53 +0800, Xi Shen wrote: |
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> bridge allow your vm to connect to the internet directly. the vm will |
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> connect to the dhcp server as your host machine do. |
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> vde creates a vlan on your host, and your vms connect to that vlan. |
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> and your host machine will act like a gateway to your vm. |
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> people say vde is easier to config if you have many vms. i actually |
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> never tried bridge. maybe i should try it some time. |
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Yeah, libvirt does the same thing. It creates a virtual tap device |
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which you can put your vms on, then it runs dnsmasq on that interface |
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for dhcp/dns, and acts as a NAT/gateway for the vms. |
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It's pretty much the same thing AFAICT. I'm sure there are differences |
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but they sound pretty similar to me. |
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