Using Tap

• 1. Option
  
• 2. Network card
  
• 3. Installing a Tap adaptor
  
• 4. Connection between a host OS and a guest OS
  
• 5. Connection to the Internet when a host OS is Windows 2000
  
• 6. Using Tap with VLAN
  
• 7. Notes
  

1. Option

Options are:
-net nic -net tap,ifname=my-tap
Use ifname to set a name of Tap.
my-tap is the name of my TAP-Win32 Adapter.

2. Network card

NE2000 PCI, RTL8139, PCNET and NE2000 ISA cards are available for the network card.
-net nic,model is used to set the model. See here.

-net nic -net tap,ifname=my-tap
-net nic,model=rtl8139 -net tap,ifname=my-tap
-net nic,model=pcnet -net tap,ifname=my-tap
-M isapc -net nic -net tap,ifname=my-tap

3. Installing a Tap adapter

Please use a OpenVPN ver.2.0 from OpenVPN. It supports on Windows 2000/XP. Windows 98/Me are not supported. name is a name of connection of TAP-Win32 Adapter V8 in Network and Dial-up connections in control panel. Please rename it if it is Local Area Connection 2 or 3.
You can also see it like this.

[Dos Prompt] openvpn --show-adapters
Available TAP-WIN32 adapters [name, GUID]:
'my-tap' {xxx-yyy-zzz}

Then set IP address from property of my-tap.


Don't use the same network address as a physical network!
For example, if the physical network is 192.168.0.x, use different IP address 192.168.200.y for TAP-Win32 Adapter.
REBOOT!

4. Connection between a host OS and a guest OS

5. Connection to the Internet when a host OS is Windows 2000

If you use Windows 2000 as a host OS, it is difficult a little to see the Internet. It is easier on Windows XP. Use Internet Connection Sharing(ICS).

When you use ICS, an IP address of Tap is forced to 192.168.0.1. If you use a router in a real network and use 192.168.0.1 as the router's address, you can not use the network. Please set the router to use 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.x as a network.

Then right-click on a real network adapter and select property. Select sharing and check to use ICS. Then push OK. The IP address of Tap adapter is set to 192.168.0.1


Set an IP address of the guest OS to 192.168.0.2. You can ping to guest OS and host OS. Then set DNS server's address in the guest OS, you can browse the Internet.

6. Using Tap with VLAN

Use one Tap for Win32 Adapter and two guest OSes.

                                             ICS
     Redhat1  NE2000 ----------- Host TAP --------- Host NIC -------- Router------ Internet
        192.168.0.2       |    192.168.0.1       192.168.100.2      192.168.100.1
                          |      (fixed)                            (DNS server)
               Redhat2 NE2000
                      192.168.0.3

term1$ qemu -L ./pc-bios -hda redhat1.img -net nic -net tap,ifname=my-tap
                  -net socket,listen=localhost:1234
term2$ qemu -L ./pc-bios -hda redhat2.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:01
                  -net socket,connect=localhost:1234

Redhat1 guest> ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.2
Redhat1 guest> route add default gw 192.168.0.1 eth0

Redaht2 guest> ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.3
Redhat3 guest> route add default gw 192.168.0.1 eth0

nameserver 192.168.100.1

7. Notes

When I use ZoneAlarm, ping doesn't work. A firewall software may block network packets.
Don't use the same network address as the physical network!
For example, if the physical network is 192.168.0.x, use different network 192.168.10.y.