Network bridge without IP address on Debian
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There are Xen setups where it is necessary to set up a network bridge without an IP address. Instead of working with Xen’s own scripts (network-script more-network-bridges), you can configure the bridge using Debian tools. All you need to do is install the bridge-utils. Works with Debian Lenny and Squeeze.
Bridge Config #
Setup eth2 als Bridge: /etc/network/interfaces
auto br2
iface br2 inet manual
bridge_maxwait 5
bridge_ports eth2
Xen Config #
Xen domain “myxen”, configuration in /etc/xen/
[...]
vif = [ 'bridge=br2' ]
[..]
The IP address is then configured directly in the Xen domain.