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On Sat, Oct 01, 2005 at 01:30:06PM +0200, Oliver Gerlich wrote:
> That means it would work if the host NIC is connected to a switch? Then
> the switch would send packets from the guest which are meant for the
> host back to the host NIC and everything's fine! Or did I misunderstand
> that now?
> 
> Regards,
> Oliver Gerlich

If the switch sends packets from the host NIC back to itself, I believe that
would work.

If you have 2 nics on the host computer connected to the same hub, that will
also work (one nic can receive the guest packets sent out from the other nic).

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