From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Alexander Kapshuk Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2018 17:33:14 +0300 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] Static ip configuration for a standalone cpu server in qemu on Linux Topicbox-Message-UUID: d942200a-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Thanks. I'll give that a try. On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 10:37 PM Skip Tavakkolian wrote: > > You could use private network addresses (10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12 or 19= 2.168.0.0/16). Your /lib/ndb/local file can then be setup around a subnet l= ike 192.168.9.0/24. According to the following, qemu uses 10.0.2.0/24 when= using "user mode networking" and provides a virtual dhcp (10.0.2.2), dns (= 10.0.2.3) and cifs (10.0.2.4). Using "tap" mode, you get to pick the subne= t in qemu-ifup script. > > https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/QEMU/Networking > > > On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 9:43 AM Alexander Kapshuk wrote: >> >> I've installed Plan 9 in qemu on Linux as instructed here: >> https://9p.io/wiki/plan9/Installing_Plan_9_on_Qemu/index.html >> >> Now I'm in the process of converting it into a standalone cpu server. >> I'm following the instructions given here: >> https://9p.io/wiki/plan9/Configuring_a_Standalone_CPU_Server/index.html >> >> I would like to configure a static IP address for the cpu server, so I >> can drawterm into it from other machines on my home network. >> My knowledge of networking is limited. I understand that I need to put t= his: >> ip/ipconfig -g ether /net/ether0 >> >> into my /cfg/$sysname/cpurc. >> >> What I don't understand, and am asking for assistance with, is where >> those three ip addresses in the example above have to come from. Do I >> add them to the ethernet interface on the host system, or is there a >> way to do this from within the Plan 9 system? >> >> Thanks. >> Alexander Kapshuk. >>