Re: I do not have internet on my GNU/Hurd vm

[Joshua Branson]

Svante Signell <svante.signell@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sat, 2019-01-26 at 10:46 -0500, Joshua Branson wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> At the moment I do not have internet access on my GNU/Hurd vm.  I'm not
>> certain how to go about fixing it.  I'll attach the script that I use to
>> start my vm.  I would be open to any help.
>
> #-net user,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:2222-:22;
> Why do you forward tcp to port 2222 on the local host?

I think I got that from the Instant Development Environment page...

https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/contributing.html#index4h2

>
>            hostfwd=[tcp|udp]:[hostaddr]:hostport-[guestaddr]:guestport
>                Redirect incoming TCP or UDP connections to the host port
>                hostport to the guest IP address guestaddr on guest port
>                guestport. If guestaddr is not specified, its value is x.x.x.15
>                (default first address given by the built-in DHCP server). By
>                specifying hostaddr, the rule can be bound to a specific host
>                interface. If no connection type is set, TCP is used. This
>                option can be given multiple times.
>
> I use, e.g:
> -net user,hostfwd=tcp::5556-:22
>
> #-redir tcp:2222::22;
> man qemu-system does not show this option!
>
>            Note: Legacy stand-alone options -tftp, -bootp, -smb and -redir are
>            still processed and applied to -net user. Mixing them with the new
>            configuration syntax gives undefined results. Their use for new
>            applications is discouraged as they will be removed from future
>            versions.
>
> # -machine kernel_irqchip=off
> Not needed on a fairly recent qemu-system
>

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