Subject: Re: [cube@cubidou.net: Re: Moving ethfoo in the main tree]
To: Quentin Garnier <cube@cubidou.net>
From: Hubert Feyrer <hubert@feyrer.de>
List: tech-kern
Date: 12/13/2004 12:18:47
On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, Quentin Garnier wrote:
> The tun/tap mode uses a device such as ethfoo which emulates a complete
> Ethernet segment between the host.  It makes it appear as a separate
> computer which, for example, would be linked to the host with a cross-
> over cable.
>
> While I haven't tried it, I don't see anything that could prevent two
> instances of qemu from doing network communication that way, the host
> will server as a router in that situation.

Ah... no go to have that on the same subnet, e.g. maybe bridge on the 
host, instead of route? FWIW, simh-vax just works for this kind of 
setup...


  - Hubert

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