Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 00:45:03 +0600 From: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tap(4) and host-only networking between host and guest Message-ID: <20151104184503.GC1117@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> In-Reply-To: <20151104131230.GA1117@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> References: <20151104075454.GA99850@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> <5639FF12.1020109@freebsd.org> <20151104131230.GA1117@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru>
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Victor Sudakov wrote:
> Julian Elischer wrote:
> > >
> > > I am experimenting with bhyve which uses tap(4) for network access.
> > >
> > > I don't want to bridge tap0 with any of the hosts's real NICs. How can
> > > I create a private network just between the host and the guest?
> > you are thinking too hard!
> >
> > tap IS the interface..
> >
> > ifconfig tap0 $address...
> > and in the VM, ifconfig vtnet0 ${some_other_address}
>
> Thank you, Julian! It works. I felt I was missing something obvious.
For some reason, after a guest is shutdown or rebooted, the IP address
on the host's tap0 interface is deleted.
It's kind of inconvenient.
--
Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
sip:sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru
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