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17.4. DNS and DHCP
IP information can be assigned to guests via DHCP. A pool of addresses can be assigned to a virtual network switch for this purpose. Libvirt uses the
dnsmasq program for this. An instance of dnsmasq is automatically configured and started by libvirt for each virtual network switch that needs it.
Figure 17.4. Virtual network switch running dnsmasq