Re: [Xen-users] pfsense

[Alexandre Kouznetsov <alk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello.
(no need to CC me, i read the list)

On 11/03/12 20:39, jacek burghardt wrote:
> I have pfsense box running on another 860 that works fine .
Great!

> I dont know how xen assigns Mac to network what if Mac address is
> diffrent on network card than on virtual will that cause issues. Is
> there a way to assign network card to hvm on this box
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenNetworking explains well, how the 
MAC's are assigned. It has nice pictures, you will like it. In short, 
the VM's network card should not have the same MAC address as the 
physical card. The MAC for the virtual card is generated on the fly each 
time the VM is started, or specified via config file.
And yes, you can give your HVM the whole network card, with PCI 
passthrough. http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenPCIpassthrough.html 
explains how.
> On Mar 11, 2012 6:15 PM, "Alexandre Kouznetsov" <alk@xxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:alk@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     Hello.
>
>     Tricky setup you have got there. I would suggest to slow down, and
>     make things work one by one, not all together at the same time.
>
>     El 11/03/12 15:34, jacek burghardt escribió:
>
>         I have dell poweredge 860 I had installed xen 4.2 unstable on
>         1TB hard
>         drive. I had configured two bridges xenbr0 and xenbr1. Pfsense
>         installed
>         fine on hvm.
>
>     Double check, if you are plugging right stuff in the right jacks.
>
>         Now my cable modem can't obtain ip address from Comcast.
>
>     Is your modem configured as router, or as a bridge? If it's a
>     router, ask the question to Comcast support, whatever is it's issue,
>     it should have nothing to do with Xen or your Pfsense.
>     If it's a bridge, consider to make it work in router mode first with
>     your pfsense VM.
>
>         Should I setup the xenbr1 bridge to dhcp ?
>
>     Generally, "42" would be the answer.
>     Describe your network topology before asking that.
>
>         Do I need to configure virtual network card to have same mac address
>         that my network card
>
>     Generally, no. Leave each MAC address on the place it belongs,
>     unless specifically need to change that and know exactly why.
>
>     If the modem is acting as bridge and your ISP expects to know your
>     computer's MAC address, consider asking them to register your VM
>     "external" MAC. Tell them you are going to use your own router, and
>     this is the MAC address of it's WAN interface.
>
>     --
>     Alexandre Kouznetsov

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