Gary Dale wrote: > OK, I think I've got it now. I found > http://blog.cynapses.org/2007/07/12/qemu-kvm-internal-network-setup/ > which provided some additional settings for the -net options. > > Using a made-up mac address and -net tap,ifname=tap0,script=no gave me > an IP address from my local network and allowed Windows Update to locate > 8 updates. However, I still couldn't browse the Internet, which was > confusing. Moreover, network operations seemed slow.
If windows is able to locate updates it means everything on the IP (internet protocol) side works as expected. > Including model=rtl8139 seems to be important. Once I did that, I could > get out onto the Internet. Note that rtl8139 is the default model of the virtual NIC, so this parameter -- "model=rtl8139" -- does nothing for you. > The kvm networking page doesn't mention these essential command line > settings. Perhaps you could ask the page maintainer to include them? No, because for different cases the setup is different, and none of them are essential. For all others default setup (without -net parameters at all, which gives you user-mode networking) works just fine (but it is slow). I repeat: what you describe is impossible to get "using" a bug in kvm. Saying that kvm guest can't connect to internet is like saying that firefox is unable to display pages - it is solely your local setup, firefox works for millions of people worldwide. And the whole thing is really a support/help request, which is not a good thing for BTS. > I'd do it myself but I'm still having a network issue - br0 doesn't come > up when I boot - I have to start in single-user mode, run dhclient br0, > then resume the boot. I don't feel comfortable offering people network > advice when I'm having a basic problem like that. :) >From what I see, your network setup (/etc/network/interfaces you provided before) is correct, at least I don't see any obvious issues. Maybe it's your bad karma? :) /mjt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
