<html><head></head><body>Hi, <br>
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I am a networking guy and the Linux way seems more natural to me. First there is a bridge. That bridge bridges some interfaces, one of which may be the local os. <br>
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Nowadays it is all VMs anyway, and all interfaces are bridges to connect /disconnect the VMs on the fly. Same as simh.<br>
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I have mostly used the RH and derivatives and never found the bridges a problem with the standard tools. <br>
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Anyway, use whatever is easy for you among gets the job done. <br>
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Peter<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On March 4, 2016 7:41:19 PM GMT+01:00, Rhialto <rhialto@falu.nl> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">On Fri 04 Mar 2016 at 18:10:18 +0100, Peter Svensson wrote:<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"> Bridged virtual interfaces is what you use for other virtual machines,<br /> why not simh?<br /></blockquote><br />Linux has the EXTREME annoyance that once you connect an interface to a<br />bridge, it stops being usable as an "internet endpoint". In other words,<br />your internet connection is suddenly broken. That means that to fix it,<br />you have to transfer all your settings to the bridge. That is IPv4<br />address, IPv6 address, firewall rules that may apply, the lot.<br /><br />That in turn makes bridges completely unsuitable for casual use. If you<br />want to use them, better set up your system permanently with a bridge,<br />so at least the casually attaching a simulator to it is doable.<br />(And doing that confuses NetworkManager...)<br /><br />See<br /><a
href="http://www.microhowto.info/troubleshooting/troubleshooting_ethernet_bridging_on_linux.html#idp87072">http://www.microhowto.info/troubleshooting/troubleshooting_ethernet_bridging_on_linux.html#idp87072</a><br /><br />Whoever thought this idiotic setup made sense, I don't know. I do know<br />that the BSDs work much more sensibly.<br /><br />-Olaf.</pre></blockquote></div></body></html>