Re: xen networking and tap0

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 11:26:57AM -0500, der Mouse wrote:
> 
> I suspect you have a bit of a misconception of what the tap interface
> is.
> 
> It's basically an Ethernet backed by a program rather than by hardware.
> So your setup will take bridged packets and send them to tap0's
> controlling process.  But you don't mention any controlling process, so
> I suspect you don't have one; the packets go nowhere.

that's not completely true; tap interfaces can be used without controlling
processes. The kernel should still be able to use it as a regular
interface for bridging purposes (it would behaves like a real
ethernet device without the cable plugged in).

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
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