Re: Networkmanager and Bridges

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Sun, 2009-04-26 at 14:20 +0200, Tomáš Mudruňka wrote:
> In the todays "boom of virtualization" it should be nice if network
> manager will be able to create bridges between networks.
> Something like the simple one-click ( TM ;-) ) method in ms windows ;)
> especially ability to share internet connection with some virtual
> tun/tap NICs and their network.
> 
> First step is to be aware if some interface becomed part of bridge and
> use this bridge instead of this NIC for connection. Because in other
> case the network manager can't manipulate the interface in any way.

Right; bridging is quite high on the to-do list and it's mostly a matter
of implementation.

> Much better solution for connecting virtual machines to
> network/internet is to automatically set routing, arp, dhcp and dns
> for selected device to share network with them. maybe you can use
> dnsmasq software?
> 
> This should be also usefull when sharing internet bandwith with some
> physical network or if you want to create ad-hoc network to give your
> mobile phone the internet access on the road.

NM already supports that using dnsmasq and NAT/iptables actually; it
doesn't necessarily require a bridge.

Dan