Thanks Ronald, This is my new method ;-) and I can use ping :-) If any thinks is ok, I can write it in the wiki. slds. - - - - - - - - Installing Plan9 network for QEMU (Linux) Do you need: * Support for tunneling in kernel, with 802.1q: tun: "Network device support" -> "Universal TUN/TAP device driver support" bridging: "Networking options" -> "802.1d Ethernet Bridging" * The bridge-utils package First, load the Tunneling kernel support as modules add "tun" to /etc/modules Load it now (do not reboot ;-)): modprobe tun * Create this script: darky:~# cat kixconf IFACE=eth0 BRIF=br0 IPORIG=`/sbin/ifconfig $IFACE | grep "inet addr" | cut -d: -f2 | cut -d" " -f1` IPGW=`netstat -nr | grep ^"0.0.0.0" | awk -F" " '{print $2} '` IPBCAST=`/sbin/ifconfig $IFACE | grep "Bcast" | cut -d: -f3 | cut -d" " -f1` echo "Interface = " $IFACE echo "Bridge if = " $BRIF echo "IP = " $IPORIG echo "Gateway = " $IPGW echo "Broadcast = " $IPBCAST ifconfig $IFACE down brctl addbr $BRIF ifconfig $IFACE 0.0.0.0 promisc up ifconfig $BRIF $IPORIG netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast $IPBCAST up brctl stp $BRIF off brctl setfd $BRIF 1 brctl sethello $BRIF 1 brctl addif $BRIF $IFACE route add default gw $IPGW darky:~# Now, configure /etc/qemu-ifup, and set the +x bit (chmod 755 /etc/qemu-ifup) like this: darky:~# ls -l /etc/qemu-ifup -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 60 2006-08-19 12:57 /etc/qemu-ifup darky:~# cat /etc/qemu-ifup #!/bin/sh ifconfig $1 0.0.0.0 promisc up brctl addif br0 $1 darky:~# Now, you can use your Plan9 as a physical node in your network, then configure the Plan9 scripts as http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Network_configuration/index.html For boot the Plan 9 you shoud use this command: /usr/bin/qemu -m 128 -hda '' -net nic,vlan=0,macaddr=00:11:22:33:44:55 -net tap,vlan=0,ifname= -localtime & slds. 2006/8/19, Ronald G Minnich : > > here's how I run qemu so as to get things going. This allows me to > drawterm into it. > > qemu qemu.vesaroot & > > Gets me a cpu kernel going > > sleep 5 && dhcpd -d > > gets me the dhcpd > > a run looks like this: > > [root@q plan9]# qemu qemu.vesaroot & sleep 5&& dhcpd -d > [1] 4674 > Connected to host network interface: tun1 > Could not open '/dev/kqemu' - QEMU acceleration layer not activated > Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server V3.0.2-RedHat > Copyright 2004 Internet Systems Consortium. > All rights reserved. > For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ > Wrote 0 deleted host decls to leases file. > Wrote 0 new dynamic host decls to leases file. > Wrote 17 leases to leases file. > Listening on LPF/tun1/46:9c:6d:94:f5:1f/172.20.0/24 > Sending on LPF/tun1/46:9c:6d:94:f5:1f/172.20.0/24 > > No subnet declaration for ath0 (192.168.0.104). > ** Ignoring requests on ath0. If this is not what > you want, please write a subnet declaration > in your dhcpd.conf file for the network segment > to which interface ath0 is attached. ** > > Sending on Socket/fallback/fallback-net > DHCPDISCOVER from 52:54:00:12:34:56 via tun1 > DHCPOFFER on 172.20.0.2 to 52:54:00:12:34:56 via tun1 > Dynamic and static leases present for 172.20.0.2. > Remove host declaration qemu or remove 172.20.0.2 > from the dynamic address pool for 172.20.0/24 > DHCPREQUEST for 172.20.0.2 (172.20.0.1) from 52:54:00:12:34:56 via tun1 > DHCPACK on 172.20.0.2 to 52:54:00:12:34:56 via tun1 > > > (note the DHCPREQUEST -- that's my plan 9) > (the error message is unimportant) > > OK, what's the config look like? dhcpd.conf: > subnet 172.20.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { > range 172.20.0.2 172.20.0.2 ; > default-lease-time 600; > max-lease-time 7200; > option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0; > option routers 172.20.0.1; > } > host qemu { > hardware ethernet 52:54:00:12:34:56; > fixed-address xtest; > } > > xtest is (from /etc/hosts): > 172.20.0.2 xtest > > > ok but how did tun1 get configured? You need to set up /etc/qemu-ifup > > [root@q etc]# cat /etc/qemu-ifup > #!/bin/sh > tun=$1 > sudo /sbin/ifconfig $1 172.20.0.1 > sudo /sbin/iptables -N nat > sudo /sbin/iptables -t nat -F > sudo /sbin/iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 172.20.0.1 -j MASQUERADE > sudo /sbin/iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -d 172.20.0.1 -o $tun > sudo echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward > [root@q etc]# > > > this allows me to drawterm into the plan 9 cpu server running on my > laptop. > > If this all works, then put it in the wiki :-) This is on FC4. > > ron > -- Rodolfo García "kix"