Paravirtualized networking

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Paravirtualized Networking

Host side

run kvm with command-line: -net nic,model=virtio

Guest side - Linux

sudo modprobe virtio_net

to have virtio_net driver, you need to upgrade the kernel to higher than 2.6.25.

refer to Virtio

Guest side - Windows

You can find Windows drivers at Downloads page.