On Sun, 2009-04-26 at 14:20 +0200, Tomáš Mudruňka wrote: > In the todays "boom of virtualization" it should be nice if network > manager will be able to create bridges between networks. > Something like the simple one-click ( TM ;-) ) method in ms windows ;) > especially ability to share internet connection with some virtual > tun/tap NICs and their network. > > First step is to be aware if some interface becomed part of bridge and > use this bridge instead of this NIC for connection. Because in other > case the network manager can't manipulate the interface in any way.
Right; bridging is quite high on the to-do list and it's mostly a matter of implementation. > Much better solution for connecting virtual machines to > network/internet is to automatically set routing, arp, dhcp and dns > for selected device to share network with them. maybe you can use > dnsmasq software? > > This should be also usefull when sharing internet bandwith with some > physical network or if you want to create ad-hoc network to give your > mobile phone the internet access on the road. NM already supports that using dnsmasq and NAT/iptables actually; it doesn't necessarily require a bridge. Dan _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
