Re: proposed wiki page for qemu+qemu networking with vde

[Stanley Lieber <stanley.lieber@gmail.com>]

On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Andreas Wagner
<andreasbwagner@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I propose a new wiki page with the following content. It includes
> networking with VDE, something I didn't see mention of anywhere in
> relation to plan9.
>
>
> Networking (Linux host)
> =======
>
> # get vde2 with your package manager...
>
>
> # set up a tap interface
> sudo tunctl -u <username> -t tap0
>
>
> # start a virtual switch connected to the tap interface
> vde_switch --tap tap0 -daemon
>
>
> # connect the switch to the network of the host. Use dhcp.
> slirpvde --dhcp --daemon
>
>
> Installation
> =======
>
> Create a disk image.
>
>    qemu-img create -f qcow2 9front.qcow2.img 10G
>
>
> Boot from the iso ( http://code.google.com/p/plan9front/wiki/mirrors )
>
>    qemu -hda 9front.qcow2.img -cdrom 9front.iso -boot d -vga std -m
> 768 -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:00:EE:03 -net vde #Consider using kvm if
> your cpu supports it.
>
>
> Install. ( http://code.google.com/p/plan9front/wiki/install )
>
>
>
> Usage
> ====
>
> Booting into your 9front install.
>    qemu -hda 9front.qcow2.img -cdrom 9front.iso -boot c -vga std -m
> 768 -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:00:EE:03 -net vde
>
>
> In 9front.
>
> ip/ipconfig
> ndb/dns -r
>

I think this would be good as part of a more general qemu page. There
are particulars
for configuring host networking on several different operating systems.

-sl