Just use veth1/vif0.1 as your connection from dom0 to xenbr1: brctl addif vif0.1 ip link set veth1 address 00:16:3e:f1:e2:d3 arp on up ip addr add 192.168.1.1/24 dev veth1 to remove it: ip link set veth1 down ip addr flush dev veth1 brctl delif vif0.1