system/devices/net.rst

6 QEMU can simulate several network cards (e.g. PCI or ISA cards on the PC
7 target) and can connect them to a network backend on the host or an
8 emulated hub. The various host network backends can either be used to
18 virtual network device on your host (called ``tapN``), and you can then
24 As an example, you can download the ``linux-test-xxx.tar.gz`` archive
26 ``sudo`` so that the command ``ifconfig`` contained in ``qemu-ifup`` can
57 incoming connections. You can use a DHCP client to automatically
61 In order to check that the user mode network is working, you can ping
67 shall work, however. If you're using QEMU on Linux >= 3.0, it can use
77 connections can be redirected from the host to the guest. It allows for
83 passt_ can be used as a simple replacement for SLIRP (``-net user``).
88 passt can be connected to QEMU either by using a socket
102 If ``--socket`` is not provided, passt will print the path of the UNIX domain socket QEMU can conne…
103 ...). Then you can connect your QEMU instance to passt:
128 When passt is connected to QEMU using the vhost-user interface it can
173 Then in the source guest monitor the migration can be started::
183 QEMU can simulate several hubs. A hub can be thought of as a virtual
184 connection between several network devices. These devices can be for
186 (TAP devices). You can connect guest NICs or host network backends to