Quick command to list each running VM and the vnet that is associated to the VM
for vm in $(virsh list | grep running | awk '{print $2}'); do echo -n "$vm:"; virsh dumpxml $vm| grep -oP "vnet\d+" ; done
Tag: network
Cisco Aironet — Unable to Access Wireless Device That Moved to Different Access Point
I think this is a fairly esoteric issue — something that happens frequently enough but doesn’t actually impact functionality so anyone notices. We got a new WiFi doorbell that we set up inside (and could access it), took outside (and could access it) … but, when we went back inside? We could not access the doorbell. No HTTPS, no RTSP, no ICMP. Nothing.
Cisco access points maintain a list of associated wireless clients. These may also be kept in an arp table, although arp caching appears to be disabled by default. So device was on AP1, moved to AP2. Clients on AP2 (or AP3, or AP4) were able to access it since the switch has it registered on the port for AP2. Anything on AP1, however, cannot access the device. The MAC address still appeared in the associations table for AP1. You can set a lower activity timeout — the default was one day — to clear devices out more promptly. But … if the device communicates outside of its new WAP, how frequently is it going to be talking to a device on its old WAP? Generally, we’re talking to our servers (wired) or the Internet (also wired). So technically … Scott’s cell phone couldn’t reach my cell phone when I go from the bedroom to the office. But we never notice because we have minimal peer to peer communication. It’s not like doorbells are going to go walking about normally … but it was good to know a quick AP reboot would allow our cell phones to pull up the doorbell’s video feed.
Blocking Device Internet Access
We block Internet access for a lot of our smart devices. All of our control is done through the local server; and, short of updating firmware, the devices have no need to be chatting with the Internet. Unfortunately, our DSL modem/router does not have any sort of parental control, blocking, or filtering features. Fortunately, ISC DHCPD allows you to define per-host options. Setting the router to the device’s IP (0.0.0.0 may work as well) allows us to have devices that can communicate with anything on their subnet without allowing access out to other subnets or the Internet.
Windows: Network Location Awareness Service
Every once in a while, my Windows server says it has no Internet connection. It does. It can even use the connection. But the little systray icon has a yellow glif and it says there’s no connection. It’s cosmetic, but annoying. I’ve discovered, however, that there’s a “Network Location Awareness” service that can be restarted to re-evaluate the connectivity status.
