Re: Multiple bhyve Guests, Single bridge/tap?

Hi! I made a little diagram of the situation that I posted of Twitter. If you are aggressive enough with the web interface you can see a full size version where the labels are clear enough to read. https://twitter.com/MUP4/status/814595352112283649 I had fun doing it. Hope it provides a

Re: Multiple bhyve Guests, Single bridge/tap?

As mentioned a bridge is the virtual equivalent of a switch. It only really makes sense to have more than one bridge if you have more than one interface on your guest(s), and want to connect those interfaces to separate networks. (Or you want some guests on a different network, possibly bridged to

Re: Multiple bhyve Guests, Single bridge/tap?

On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 10:19 AM, Vincent Olivier wrote: > Hi! > > > Use the same bridge but a different tap (each tap represents the virtual > equivalent of a NIC where the bridge is the virtual equivalent of a hub) > > > Thanks! This is very clear. For extra isolation, could I

Re: Multiple bhyve Guests, Single bridge/tap?

On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 9:50 AM, Vincent Olivier wrote: > Hi, > > I have my first arch linux virtual machine running fine on FreeBSD 11. Now > I want to make another one. Should I create a new bridge? A new tap too? It > is not clear from the documentation if these steps are

Re: Multiple bhyve Guests, Single bridge/tap?

On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 09:50:47AM -0500, Vincent Olivier wrote: > Should I create a new bridge? It depends. If you share a bridge over multiple VMs, each VM can see the traffic of all other VMs. > A new tap too? I think you need this, yes. -- Christian