Thanks a bunch wes.. works now, you're a genius. I didn't know it would
override -net user... need to spend more time playing with qemu.
On 9/17/07, Wes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Yep.
> As soon as you specify '-net nic' it over-rides this default setting and
> therefore requires the additional -net user or -net tap afterwards
>
> On 9/18/07, Haydn Solomon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for response Wes. I have a windows xp running under kvm without
> > using any -net parameters ( I remember reading that -net user is default )
> > and it works "out of the box". I had assumed that it would be same for
> > windows 2003 server apart from the fact that the kvm wiki website says
> > specifically that rtl8139 must be used as network driver for this OS. I did
> > consider scanning through qemu forums before posting this question but I
> > wanted to make sure there was no special case behaviour for this OS as my
> > windows xp works.
> >
> > On 9/17/07, Wes < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Haydn,
> > >
> > > The '-net nic' clause on it's own tells qemu to create a virtual nic
> > > in the guest but doesn't tell qemu how to connect it to the host. after
> > > '-net nic' you need another -net clause, such as '-net user' to use qemu's
> > > internal NAT or '-net tap' to create a tun/tap virtual interface on the
> > > host
> > > (useful for binding to bridges and such). I believe the qemu
> > > documentation
> > > has more info on this.
> > >
> > > Wes
> > >
> > >
> > > On 9/18/07, Haydn Solomon < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm unable to get my networking functioning for windows 2003 server
> > > > R2 virtual machine. This is the first time I've installed 2003 Server
> > > > under
> > > > kvm ( release 40 ) and had no problems installing.
> > > >
> > > > Once it iwas installed I start the 2003 server machine with the
> > > > following parameters.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > /usr/local/kvm/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
> > > > -hda server2k3r2.img \
> > > > -m 512 \
> > > > -no-rtc \
> > > > -localtime \
> > > > -usb \
> > > > -usbdevice tablet \
> > > > -net nic,model=rtl8139 \
> > > > -cdrom /home/hsolomon/isos/en_win_srv_2003_r2_enterprise_cd1.iso &
> > > >
> > > > Is there some parameter i'm missing for getting networking going?
> > > > Any guidance will be appreciated. Thanks.
> > > >
> > > > Haydn
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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