Comment 12 for bug 673705

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Derek Simkowiak (ubuntu-cool-st) wrote :

This bug is probably a duplicate issue as this:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/qemu-kvm/+bug/584048

The problem is with Linux bridging. When adding or removing a MAC address (like for KVM, VirtualBox, or even LXC) then if the bridge changes its MAC, this symptom happens. See comment #60 at the URL above, and also see this:

https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2010-July/msg00450.html

The workaround is to use a MAC address that starts with "fe" (or any high really high number) for your guests. This causes the kernel to default to the hardware MAC for the bridge.