On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 08:31:35PM +0100, Simon Thelen wrote > On 15-12-19 at 14:21, waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: > > Apologies if this is a duplicate/triplicate. I don't think the first > > attempts got through. Going through my backup provider (dialup) this > > time. > [..] > > For various reasons, I need another physical machine on my small home > > LAN to be able to talk directly to the 32-bit guest. I've read the > > "Network setup" at http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/KvmOnGentoo Is the > > /etc/conf.d/net being reffered to, the one on the host or on the guest? > > The webpage doesn't say explicitly. > host > > > > I also don't understand how other machines will be able to > > differentiate between the host and the guest. > The idea is to create a bridge device, and then bridge the guests > tun/tap device with the bridge and your ethernet device. This way they > all appear transparently on the network. > > The net config on that website should be fine for the host, and then > pass these command options to qemu > -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=hn0,mac="52:54:00:12:34:56" -netdev > bridge,id=hn0,br=brkvm > > You can change the mac address to your liking.
Thanks. I'll try that as soon as I get the guest booting by itself. -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
