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Virtual Machine Hosting Explained
There are multiple ways of setting up networking for virtualisation on our dedicated hosts. Which ways will work for you depends on what set up you have.
If you have a dedicated host on a public (shared) VLAN, then access is restricted on the switch to only a single MAC address. This is not true for private VLANS.
If you own a private VLAN, you can bridge the interfaces on the virtual machines to the interface on the host. This means that all packets simply get directed through the bridge to the outside world. These packets will have the IP address of the virtual machine they originate from, so this isn’t an option for public VLANs.
If you don’t own a private VLAN, all is not lost, you will just need to set up the host machine to route the packets correctly. You can do this with Proxy ARP or with an internal bridge.
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