"Noctaire" <noctaire@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:48BE9F84.1050208@xxxxxx
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>> It seems a strange thing to do, but it is possible.
>
> Strange why...?
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>> When you enable the second NIC, you would connect the vm to the virtual
>> network linked to that NIC.
>
> Does the NIC have to be configured on the host? Can it be disabled in the
> host's OS or just given a dummy address? I want to ensure the host does
> NOT attempt to route over it.
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>> On the host, you would disable VMNS on the first network card (so that
>> it was not accessible from a VM). On the second NIC you would disable
>> everything except VMNS (so that only the vm could access the network).
>
> I wouldn't want to do that, would I? I have other VMs on this host that
> route over the first NIC.
>
> James I suggest that you re-read what I wrote and think about it. How would it
possibly work if the NIC was disabled? What you are doing is isolating the
NIC from the IP stack on the host but allowing it to see the IP stack in the
guest(s).