Using the HTTP server via TAP

[Christian Helmuth]

Hello Peter,

On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 02:58:40PM +0930, Peter Nguyen wrote:
> I think i might have figured out my issue. The IP address of 10.0.0.1 
> corresponds to the TAP device, which suggests that the requests are 
> coming from the TAP device (which it should be i think, unless someone 
> can correct me).

You're right, your host acts on behalf of the XP VM.

> So i guess it might not actually be possible to get the 
> starting IP address ie. the IP address of the XP VM (which is obviously 
> not 10.0.0.1).

Wrong, it is - see below.

> Peter Nguyen wrote:
> > BTW, i used this command to run my XP instance:
> >
> > kvm -localtime -cdrom Microsoft\ Windows\ XP\ Professional\ \(SP2\).iso -m 384
> > -boot d windows.img

You configured the XP VM to use Qemu's "host networking". Please try
tap-based networking similar to your Genode VM. For more information
please refer to the Qemu documentation that is quite detailed about
this topic.

Regards
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Christian Helmuth
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