> Is anyone running a Windows HVM guest with networking? I recently
tried
> to connect a Windows 7 HVM guest to my network using vif-nat. For some
> reason, the setup does not work. Oddly, Dom0 lists the vif interface
> associated with the guest as "NO-CARRIER" even though the DomU Windows
> guest seems to recognize its virtual network interface (RTL8139C+).
>
> I have no problem with a similarly configured guest running Linux.
>
> I am using:
>
> xen-4.7.1-6.fc25.x86_64
>
> The guest configuration is:
>
> name = "windows64"
> memory = 2048
> vcpus = 1
> builder = "hvm"
> altp2mhvm = 1
> vif = [ "script=vif-nat,ip=10.0.0.2/32,gatewaydev=wlp3s0" ]
> disk = [ "tap2:tapdisk:aio:/path/to/disk-windows64.img,xvda,w",
> "tap2:tapdisk:aio:/path/to/spare-vfat.img,xvdb,w" ]
> serial = "pty"
> sdl = 1
Does it work if you use the default vif bridge?
It does indeed. I switched to vif-bridge, and everything worked. I am
a little suprised by this, because I thought from the point of view
of Xen both of these configurations were rather similar; I thought the
difference was in the Dom0 network configuration.
The reason I prefer vif-nat is that it makes using my WiFi interface
easier. I have to go through some trouble to bridge vif/Ethernet to WiFi.
I am left with another question: does this mean there is a bug in Xen
or the vif-nat script? If there is a bug, what else could I provide to
help fix it?
--
Mike
:wq