Re: [Xen-users] Xen 3.1 networking questions

[Stephan Seitz <s.seitz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Florian Engelmann schrieb:
> Ok at the moment I use NAT and i can connect to the internet, but I
> always have to change the router. Xen starts a new vifx.0 interface
> which is my domUs router. The IP changes every time. How to fix that???
> 
> here are my configs:
> xend-config.sxp (dhcp does not work anyway):
> (network-script 'network-nat dhcp=yes')
> (vif-script vif-nat)

> domU.cfg:
> vif  = [ 'ip=10.0.0.100' ]
> ip = '10.0.0.100'
> netmask = '255.0.0.0'
> gateway = '10.0.0.1'

You should define a mac adress at your vif line like
vif = [ 'mac=00:16:3E:52:8E:37' ]
This prevents NIC reassigning.

I assume, the ip, netmask and gateway parameter are deprecated, but i'm not
really sure about that.
I've never tried dhcp, but in former Xen Version (2.x) there has been
dhcp = 'dhcp'
available in the domU's cfg.



> /etc/network/interfaces
> auto eth0
> #iface eth0 inet dhcp
> iface eth0 inet static
> address 10.0.0.100
> #gateway 10.0.0.254
> netmask 255.0.0.0
> 
> 
> the gateway is then set by xen to 10.0.0.1 but i have to change it with:
> route del default gw 10.0.0.1
> and
> route add default gw 10.0.x.xxx
> 
> while 10.0.x.xxx is the ip of dom0s vifx.0
> 
> strange....
> 
> 
> 
> Florian Engelmann schrieb:
>> I just found this guide:
>> http://de.xen-forum.net/viewtopic.php?t=479&highlight=1und1
>>
>> But it is not working for me. I searched now 2 days but there is no
>> real documentation of networking in xen 3.1 out there. I would like to
>> enable NAT networking and dhcp on the privates LAN side. But I don't
>> know how to setup xen-NAT at all and how to enable xen-dhcp. Isn't
>> there any documentation? Is xen open source still in development or
>> stopped it after citrix bought xensource?
>>
>> Florian Engelmann schrieb:
>>> Hi,
>>> after hours of testing my last hope is the mailinglist. I have got a
>>> root server (www.1und1.com) and I just installed debian etch amd64 on
>>> it. I maanged to compile xen 3.1 from source and also my 1st HVM
>>> virtual guest is running fine (Windows 2003). But 1und1 uses a
>>> absolut strange network setup I have never seen before and I do not
>>> understand why it is working at all!?!
>>> These are the settings the root Sever is getting with DHCP (and they
>>> are working...):
>>>
>>> ifconfig:
>>> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:19:99:0D:CD:05
>>>          inet addr:87.106.189.xxx  Bcast:87.106.189.203 
>>> Mask:255.255.255.255
>>>          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>>>          RX packets:15579 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>>>          TX packets:15257 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>>          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>>>          RX bytes:1026640 (1002.5 KiB)  TX bytes:5709824 (5.4 MiB)
>>>          Interrupt:16 Base address:0x6000
>>>
>>> route -n:
>>> Kernel IP routing table
>>> Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref   
>>> Use Iface
>>> 10.255.255.1    0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH    0      0       
>>> 0 eth0
>>> 10.0.0.0        0.0.0.0         255.0.0.0       U     0      0       
>>> 0 eth0
>>> 0.0.0.0         10.255.255.1    0.0.0.0         UG    0      0       
>>> 0 eth0
>>>
>>> the route is also set with dhcp but after updating from sarge to etch
>>> i had to use a trick to set the route because dhcp3 did no more use
>>> the modified (by 1und1) dhcp script.
>>>
>>> So this is my /etc/network/interfaces:
>>> auto lo eth0
>>> iface lo inet loopback
>>>
>>> iface eth0 inet dhcp
>>>       up ip route add 10.255.255.1/32 dev eth0
>>>       up ip route add default via 10.255.255.1
>>>
>>> auto eth0:0
>>> iface eth0:0 inet static
>>>       address 87.106.189.xxx
>>>       netmask 255.255.255.255
>>>       broadcast 87.106.189.xxx
>>>
>>> # xxx = always the same number (yes ip and broadcast are equal...)
>>>
>>> I am abolute no network specialist but I never thought a netmask of
>>> 255.255.255.255 is valid and a client can communicate without a
>>> reachable gateway... but it works...
>>>
>>> I installed my 1st HVM guest and tried to setup networking. Bridging
>>> does not work because windows does not allow those strange network
>>> settings, so I think NAT would be the solution, wouldn't it? But I
>>> did not find any documentation about how to setup NAT with Xen 3.1.
>>> What IP do I have to setup at my dom0?
>>> Can I use eth0:x to set it up?
>>> Do I have to add any IP settings to my guest config:
>>> vif = [ 'type=ioemu, bridge=xenbr0' ] ?
>>> Should I use DHCP on the private LAN or static IPs?
>>> Can I use a 192.168.x.x network or do I have to use 10.x.x.x (I red
>>> about it)?
>>> Do you have any good links about NAT and Xen 3.1?
>>>
>>> Many thanks for your help!
>>> Greetings Florian
>>>
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