Description of problem: Hacks in chapter [12.2. Laptop network configuration] is obsolete now. You can use 'virtual network' managed by libvirtd instead of this hacks. from RHEL5.1 release note: > Virtual networking is now part of libvirt, the virtualization library. > libvirt has a set of commands that sets up a virtual NAT/router and > private network for all local guests on a machine. This is especially > useful for guests that do not need to be routable from the outside. > It is also useful for developers who use Virtualization on laptops. > > Note that the virtual networking capability adds a dependency on dnsmasq, > which handles dhcp for the virtual network. > > For more information about libvirt, refer to http://libvirt.org. Additional info: To use libvirtd's virtual network, you should select 'Virtual network' at virt-manager's installation. It connect vif to virtual bridge 'virbr0' which is managed by libvirtd. 'virbr0' is have almost same settings as 'dummy0'in this page. This is configured in /etc/libvirtd/qemu/networks/default.xml.
Thank you for adding notes. gt and lt are reversed. See: http://documentation-stage.bne.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Virtualization/sect-Virtualization-Virtualized_network_devices-Laptop_network_configuration.html | >interface type='network'< | >mac address='AA:AA:AA:AA:AA:AA'/< | >source network='default'/< | >target dev='vnet0'/< | >model type='virtio'/< | >/interface<
Corrected. This change should be updated to redhat.com as soon as the new documentation system is available. Regards, Chris