Thanks. I'll give that a try.
On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 10:37 PM Skip Tavakkolian
<skip.tavakkol...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You could use private network addresses (10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12 or
> 192.168.0.0/16). Your /lib/ndb/local file can then be setup around a subnet
> like 192.168.9.0/24. According to the following, qemu uses 10.0.2.0/24 when
> using "user mode networking" and provides a virtual dhcp (10.0.2.2), dns
> (10.0.2.3) and cifs (10.0.2.4). Using "tap" mode, you get to pick the subnet
> in qemu-ifup script.
>
> https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/QEMU/Networking
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 9:43 AM Alexander Kapshuk
> <alexander.kaps...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I've installed Plan 9 in qemu on Linux as instructed here:
>> https://9p.io/wiki/plan9/Installing_Plan_9_on_Qemu/index.html
>>
>> Now I'm in the process of converting it into a standalone cpu server.
>> I'm following the instructions given here:
>> https://9p.io/wiki/plan9/Configuring_a_Standalone_CPU_Server/index.html
>>
>> I would like to configure a static IP address for the cpu server, so I
>> can drawterm into it from other machines on my home network.
>> My knowledge of networking is limited. I understand that I need to put this:
>> ip/ipconfig -g <gateway-addr> ether /net/ether0 <ip-addr> <ip-mask>
>>
>> into my /cfg/$sysname/cpurc.
>>
>> What I don't understand, and am asking for assistance with, is where
>> those three ip addresses in the example above have to come from. Do I
>> add them to the ethernet interface on the host system, or is there a
>> way to do this from within the Plan 9 system?
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Alexander Kapshuk.
>>
