Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 05:22:57 -0400 From: D'Arcy Cain <darcy@druid.net> To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: Re: When is a switch not a switch? Message-ID: <5d2726bb-abb8-3648-1e56-9249a3493095@druid.net> In-Reply-To: <20201020065630.GE8272@funkthat.com> References: <57c32e6d-5572-3d3b-1a57-f3064bee7dc2@druid.net> <20201020065630.GE8272@funkthat.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --30I12hOzoiVtVZRliSK06CgeL4tZqDSMA Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="gdgEPREXL9TaObQP4DXAGnTStytJHIAQt"; protected-headers="v1" From: D'Arcy Cain <darcy@druid.net> To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Message-ID: <5d2726bb-abb8-3648-1e56-9249a3493095@druid.net> Subject: Re: When is a switch not a switch? References: <57c32e6d-5572-3d3b-1a57-f3064bee7dc2@druid.net> <20201020065630.GE8272@funkthat.com> In-Reply-To: <20201020065630.GE8272@funkthat.com> --gdgEPREXL9TaObQP4DXAGnTStytJHIAQt Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------057A5AAF8CB944A1C1DA409B" Content-Language: en-US This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------057A5AAF8CB944A1C1DA409B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 10/20/20 2:56 AM, John-Mark Gurney wrote: > By switch, do you mean use bridge? How specifically is the network > configured? Yes. I did try bridge first but I may not have understand all the nuance= s.=20 I also thought that "switch" meant the same thing as a physical switch = but=20 I guess it is more like a router. That was the point of my subject. > What you are describing sounds like what I do w/ bridge, but my use was= > slightly more complicated. >=20 > Say your host has em0 as the main network, you would create a bridge0 > interface, either via cloned_interfaces or via "ifconfig bridge0 create= ". > Then you would put the em0 interface as a member of the bridge "ifconfig bridge0 addm bge0" in my case but I also have a private network= so=20 "ifconfig bridge0 addm bge0 addm bge1" then. Or do I need two bridges? > interface. You would also add the tap interfaces of the various bhyve > vms as well (don't forget to make sure the tap interface is up on the > host, net.link.tap.up_on_open helps w/ this)... This is the part I am trying to automate so that VM can freely move betwe= en=20 hosts. Is there a way to make tap automatically add itself to a bridge? Thanks for your help. --=20 D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy@druid.net> | Democracy is three wolves http://www.druid.net/darcy/ | and a sheep voting on +1 416 788 2246 (DoD#0082) (eNTP) | what's for dinner. IM: darcy@VybeNetworks.com, VoIP: sip:darcy@druid.net Disclaimer: By sending an email to ANY of my addresses you are agreeing that: 1. I am by definition, "the intended recipient". 2. All information in the email is mine to do with as I see fit and make such financial profit, political mileage, or good joke as it lends itself to. In particular, I may quote it where I please. 3. I may take the contents as representing the views of your company if I so wish. 4. This overrides any disclaimer or statement of confidentiality that may be included or implied in your message. --------------057A5AAF8CB944A1C1DA409B-- --gdgEPREXL9TaObQP4DXAGnTStytJHIAQt-- --30I12hOzoiVtVZRliSK06CgeL4tZqDSMA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="OpenPGP_signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="OpenPGP_signature" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- wnsEABYIACMWIQSQJTNYM0vv3aTmBCs/5DDweYZnXQUCX46scQUDAAAAAAAKCRA/5DDweYZnXYbd AQCk3vPfkraXGv5YA1zbrH8GQGraOa/6q4bULnO/f8+rlgEA0wZFsP++/kA6Jc+vPtDRKfwyP2GH fKq5ApTRNXEFuwM= =62f0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --30I12hOzoiVtVZRliSK06CgeL4tZqDSMA--
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