Host and Guest VM cannot communicate when using macvtap (direct) devices

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • With a VM running on a KVM hypervisor, the VM (guest) and hypervisor (host) cannot communicate via the network.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • libvirt
  • macvtap 'direct' network devices

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