network: keep the same MAC on vif interfaces

Even when it's veth pair into network namespace doing NAT. QubesOS/qubes-issues#1143
marmarek · Oct 31, 2016 · c75b651 · c75b651
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commit c75b651
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diff --git a/network/vif-qubes-nat.sh b/network/vif-qubes-nat.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ if test "$command" == online; then
     run ip netns add "$netns"
     run ip link set "$netns_appvm_if" netns "$netns"
 
-    run ip link add "$netns_netvm_if" type veth peer name "$netvm_if"
+    # keep the same MAC as the real vif interface, so NetworkManager will still
+    # ignore it
+    run ip link add "$netns_netvm_if" type veth peer name "$netvm_if" address fe:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
     run ip link set "$netns_netvm_if" netns "$netns"
 
     netns ip6tables -t raw -I PREROUTING -j DROP