Neil, thank you for the suggestion. Actually, I was able to get this working using dnsmasq (rather than avahi). The trick was to manually add the ipaddress for the virtual network (e.g. 192.168.122.1) as the first nameserver listed in /etc/resolv.conf on the host machine. This solution has less overhead than using avahi since it doesn't require additional software on the client. Thanks again for the assistance. Kay -----Original Message----- From: libvir-list-bounces(a)redhat.com [mailto:libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Neil Wilson Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 6:06 AM To: libvir-list(a)redhat.com Subject: Re: [libvirt] ssh from host to guest on default network Probably more for the user list than this one. However... I've used 'avahi' successfully to get resolution in the clients. It implements the 'Bonjour' no configuration system. Obviously the client image has to have the avahi daemons installed and correctly configured. Once you have that working in the client and the correct settings in your resolver on the host, then you can ssh into 'xyz.local' and it resolves nicely. Rgs Neil -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list(a)redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list