Hi again, https://wiki.qemu.org/Documentation/Networking and http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/QEMU/Networking refer to qemu options -net, -netdev and -device whereas the manual for qemu 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u8 describes -nic as current.
For an virtual NE 2000 NIC this is my trial configuration. qemu-system-i386 -nic user,ipv6=off,model=ne2k_pci ... How is a static IP address set? Should a subnet be specified in /etc/network/interfaces? Analogous to a real machine subnetted on an Ethernet cable? Thx, ... P. -- cell: +1 236 464 1479 Bcc: peter at easthope. ca VoIP: +1 604 670 0140