On 01/18/2012 06:24 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:57:14 -0400 > Jorge Fábregas wrote: > >> Why is it that (on almost any site that I visit with this setup) >> they always end up assigning an ip address to br0? > > I've noticed that too, so I just give my bridges static IPs. > I've never known if the bridge can get an IP from the DHCP > server or not, so I've just avoided doing it.
Yes, a bridge -can- get an IP from DHCP. That's what I've been using forever. Here is my bridge config on one of my virt. hosts ################################### [root@foobar network-scripts]# cat ifcfg-br0 DEVICE=br0 TYPE=Bridge BOOTPROTO=dhcp ONBOOT=yes DELAY=0 [root@foobar network-scripts]# ################################### [root@foobar network-scripts]# cat ifcfg-em1 DEVICE=em1 BOOTPROTO=dhcp TYPE=Ethernet ONBOOT=yes IPV6INIT=no NM_CONTROLLED=no USERCTL=no PEERDNS=yes PEERROUTES=yes BRIDGE=br0 [root@foobar network-scripts]# ################################### hth, /kashyap > _______________________________________________ > virt mailing list > virt@lists.fedoraproject.org > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/virt _______________________________________________ virt mailing list virt@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/virt
