On Thu, 2009-09-17 at 19:24 +1200, Aidan Gauland wrote: > Nick Rout wrote: > > One must ask "why" - the network is the computer after all :) > > If you are doing this at home, do you mistrust the other users on your LAN? > > If you are doing it at school or similar I can understand. > > The answer to that is "for convenience". What's the alternative? I've read > about TUN/TAP and bridging, but I'm hoping a simpler method exists. Is there > one? > > And any closed-source/proprietary options are out of the question here. > Thanks anyway to those who have suggested VMware, etc. :) > > --Aidan I think you're making a mountain out of a molehill.
The answer depends on the virtualisation software you choose. For example, using the "illegal" vmware server software, there are three networks that can be enabled, offering differing levels of visibility. No extra software required. It configures the client and server network iterfaces automagically. I suggested it because it requires no special kernel, and is a simple install. I'm sure xen will be the same... there's plenty of information on virtualization on howtoforge. Cheers, Steve
