Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 19:12:30 +0600 From: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> To: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tap(4) and host-only networking between host and guest Message-ID: <20151104131230.GA1117@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> In-Reply-To: <5639FF12.1020109@freebsd.org> References: <20151104075454.GA99850@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> <5639FF12.1020109@freebsd.org>
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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.
And if I need the VMs to talk to one another, I think I can bridge
several tapN devices on the host.
--
Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
sip:sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru
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