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

[Dietmar Maurer]

> >>host config:
> >>auto eth0
> >>iface eth0 inet statis
> >>address 192.168.1.2
> >>netmask 255.255.255.0
> >>gateway 192.168.1.1
> 
> >>guest config:
> >>iface eth0 inet statis
> >>address 192.168.1.3
> >>netmask 255.255.255.0
> >>gateway 192.168.1.1
> 
> 
> Don't understand, guest and host have same gateway ? (where is defined
> 192.168.1.1 ?)

The VMs are in the same network as the host in above use case, so we use the same setup.
The provider will tell you what gateway you need.

> 
> 
> >>Because requiring an additional bridge generates a lot of unresolved
> problems (migration?).
> >>Isn't above setup simpler? - Normally, the user does not need to setup
> anything.
> 
> 
> I think it resolve migration, if your client is on the same external network
> than proxmox host.
> If client is behind a front router, I doesn't work because router direct forward
> to proxmox host with hardcoded route.

But this is nothing we can solve anyways.

> >>And AFAIK it works perfectly for hosters like hetzner/OVH which apply
> mac restrictions.
> 
> Ok, great, I was not sure about this.