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Originally Posted by falko

but you must have

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
        address 127.0.0.1
        netmask 255.0.0.0

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.1.32
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        network 192.168.1.0
        broadcast 192.168.1.255
        gateway 192.168.1.254

in vm01's /etc/network/interfaces and xen0.xcski.com in vm01's /etc/hostname.

Yes, that's what I've ended up doing, and it works, but it goes against the intention of the howto. The howto was showing how you could have one basic set-up, and then copy it an instantiate it for several different virtual systems. If you have to edit the copy for each system, that's not as smooth as only having to edit the configuration file for each one.