Understood.
I'll give it a try and let you know how I go.
Thanks.


On Sun, Aug 26, 2018, 00:20 hiro <23hiro@gmail.com> wrote:

> nothing in the fqa mentions the tap device's mac address (which linux
> generated randomly in order not to conflict with whatever you might be
> using on the other side).
>
> look at the tap device as an ethernet interface that is plugged into
> the same L2 switch as the VM's virtual interface.
>
> you don't want mac address collisions in one L2 network, so yes, use a
> different one for the VM.
>
>