From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <20180825182739.667A1156E400@mail.bitblocks.com> From: hiro <23hiro@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2018 22:59:44 +0200 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Subject: Re: [9fans] Static ip configuration for a standalone cpu server in qemu on Linux Topicbox-Message-UUID: de20ef8e-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 nothing in the fqa mentions the tap device's mac address (which linux generated randomly in order not to conflict with whatever you might be using on the other side). look at the tap device as an ethernet interface that is plugged into the same L2 switch as the VM's virtual interface. you don't want mac address collisions in one L2 network, so yes, use a different one for the VM.