[PVE-User] Networking

[Dietmar Maurer]

> I have just been installing the ProxMox Vm environment.  
> First let me say, very nice!!!
> 
> But I do have two problems.
> 
> My bridged networks seem unstable.  I am running this on a 
> Big Dell server.  My local IP is 10.xx.xx.105 and then I have 
> VM at 10.xx.xx.111.  I installed a Windows 2003 server and 
> every now and then the connection drops.  Any 
> idea/recommendation what network card to emulate etc.

Best way is to use the virtio driver: 
http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Paravirtualized_Network_Drivers_for_Windows

 
> Second question has to do with CPU's .  My server has 8 cores 
> and I was wondering if I can edit somewhere how many cores 
> each VM can access?

Use --smp option of 'qm':

# qm set VMID --smp 2

- Dietmar