From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 9 09:15:38 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF05C1065679 for ; Wed, 9 Apr 2008 09:15:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrew@farnborough.darq.net) Received: from farnborough.darq.net (fab.darq.net [82.136.41.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 735818FC20 for ; Wed, 9 Apr 2008 09:15:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrew@farnborough.darq.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by farnborough.darq.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A3161D18C; Wed, 9 Apr 2008 10:19:03 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at darq.net Received: from farnborough.darq.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (farnborough.darq.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Wn9ChBF1S2fP; Wed, 9 Apr 2008 10:18:59 +0100 (BST) Received: by farnborough.darq.net (Postfix, from userid 1057) id 75CAB1D09B; Wed, 9 Apr 2008 10:18:59 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 10:18:59 +0100 From: Andrew Cid To: Jim Stapleton Message-ID: <20080409091859.GA14939@farnborough.darq.net> References: <80f4f2b20804081710k5af28466k17f3d38cdd6e344a@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20804081710k5af28466k17f3d38cdd6e344a@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: QEMU networking quirkiness on 7.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:15:38 -0000 Hi Jim, > The QEmu VM can access the web (I'm typing this out now in WindowsXP > running safely in it's cage, for example). But it cannot VPN into work > (timeout) or ping anything. I suspect it has to do with the way that > QEmu is given network access. Is there any way to set up QEmu to > access the network through an aliased IP address, and hence look like > any other machine on my network, rather than to hide behind my BSD > box? Is there another route I should take?+ I connect my qemu boxes via the tap interface and then bridge it to the external interface so it works like just another box on the LAN. It's quite easy to setup and works pretty well, checkout: http://people.freebsd.org/~maho/qemu/qemu.html Give us a shout if you get stuck. Andrew. -- accid.net