Great. Sorry for sounding stupid (and cowardish). This means that I will only have to modify (==reinstall) the domU. No changes on the dom0 (a CentOS 5) will be required? I mean: I won't have to recompile the dom0-kernel?
Neobiker wrote: > > Of course, you can cascade 2x EFW this way, but as you see, i'm currently > testing 2.6.18 XEN kernel in EFW 2.2 Beta1 where we can use PCI-Devices > (e.g. Network Cards) within the DomU. > neobiker > > bgschaid wrote: >> >> Thanks a lot. Of course the answer doesn't make me happy, but it spares >> me the need to do further experimentation. >> >> But am I correct in assuming that the 3-Device-limit does only apply for >> one domU? Then I could cascade two firewalls? One using bridges0-2 and >> the other one bridges2-3 >> >> Bernhard >> >> >> Neobiker wrote: >>> >>> XEN only supports 3 virtual Net-Devices! >>> We have to use a newer XEN Kernel with FrontendPCI Support to get the >>> NICs physically attached in the DomU. >>> >>> neobiker >>> >>> bgschaid wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi! >>>> >>>> I set up a EFW 2.1.2 the way it is described by Bill Pye (EFW in XEN on >>>> CentOS5) using the network-fw script by Neobiker. >>>> >>>> The original setup was for 3 interfaces all of which were bridged to >>>> three physical interfaces in the machine. This works fine. I then >>>> decided that I wanted a fourth interface on the firewall and added a >>>> dummy-network-device. >>>> >>>> Now my problem is: all 4 bridges (eth0-2 and dummy0) get created, but >>>> when the EFW-domU is booted with "xm create -c efw" it hangs at this >>>> message (I'll append the complete boot message at the end, but here I >>>> show only the last few lines): >>>> >>>> Creating root device >>>> Mounting root filesystem >>>> kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds >>>> EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. >>>> Switching to new root >>>> INIT: version 2.85 booting >>>> Mounting /proc filesystem >>>> >>>> Now, I don't think that the dummy device is the problem, because I can >>>> boot the EFW with any combination of three bridged devices (But not >>>> with 4) >>>> >>>> Could anybody enligthen me what might be the problem: >>>> - Does EFW-2.1.2-Community only allow 3 network devices? >>>> - Is the problem that I did the original configuration with only 3 >>>> devices? >>>> - Did I miss something configuring Xen? >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> Bernhard >>>> >>>> PS: The full boot message: >>>> >>>> --- snipped --- >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Adding-a-fourth-interface-to-a-Endian-2.1.2-in-Xen-domU-tf4793058.html#a13733980 Sent from the efw-user mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Efw-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/efw-user
