Description of problem: Networking is unreliable (often failing entirely) after the xen service is started if iptables are enabled. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): FC5test2: xen-3.0-0.20060110.fc5.2.i386.rpm iptables-1.3.4-2.1.i386.rpm How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install FC5test2 with default firewall enabled 2. yum install kernel-xen-hypervisor 3. boot into hypervisor kernel Actual results: Networking stops working once the xen service starts during boot. Services that run prior to that see the network fine. Expected results: Networking should really keep working Additional info: This is almost certainly due to Xen's extensive use of bridging. When xend starts up, part of the process involves moving the main (usually eth0) IF to a new name (typically peth0), then setting up a bridge and a new virtual eth0 which inherits the IP settings of the old physical IF. The way the iptables rules are set up does not work under this environment. Booting after "chkconfig iptables off" runs just fine.
Fixed in xen-3.0-0.20060130.fc5.3.