Vista Networking Workaround: Difference between revisions

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Vista has no ne2000 driver, and the rtl8139 driver does not work with the qemu emulated device.
This issue is now resolved and Vista works with the rtl8139 driver since CVS February and newer.
 
To get Vista to network correctly, specify the ne2k_pci device on the qemu command line:
qemu -net nic,model=ne2k_pci
 
and use the Windows 2000 driver disk, available [http://phaq.phunsites.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/drivercd.iso here].
 
Note: I found that the rtl8139 driver worked with kvm and Vista just fine.  I also found the download link above to be broken.  So you might also try:
qemu -net nic,model=rtl8139
 
Note: that's because the emulated rtl8139 was fixed with the last QEMU CVS merge. Vista guests '''should''' use rtl8139, as Vista's rtl8139 driver now works.
 
Note: We don't need to keep adding notes like a change-log to constantly update from the previous users comments. MediaWiki maintains a history as well as a discussion section. Post what is current for the end user to read and any user can view what was previously here by clicking history.

Revision as of 20:06, 2 November 2009

This issue is now resolved and Vista works with the rtl8139 driver since CVS February and newer.