[pve-devel] [PATCH] add routed network mode

[Dietmar Maurer]

> >>Well, I am open to better solutions if you know any? But this was the
> >>only way to get it work here.
> 
> Do you mean it doesn't work without proxy_arp ?
> 
> (I see proxy_arp like a protection for some hosting provider which block
> unknown mac adress, which seem ok for bridged network, but I don't see
> why we need this for routing,as tap macaddress arp request shouldn't go
> out through eth0)

Yes. Else other nodes in the cluster do not know which host the VM is on.

It basically just announces where other hosts should send packets for this IP.

> about network guest configuration, I have done a setup like this:
> 
> ip: 192.168.1.1
> netmask : 255.255.255.255
> gateway : 192.168.1.1
> 
> seem to works. (I can ping host ips).
> 
> 
> Note that I don't have yet tested to go outside proxmox host, I need to
> setup routes on my external routers for packets return .
> 
> 
> About dhcp, how does it work without bridge ?
> Can dnsmasq listen directly on the guest tap interface ?

I guess that is the plan.