From de44bbf565b79fbde85f654d56faae71d32b995b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: primardj <b00168148@mytudublin.ie>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:26:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] add networking options

---
 vm-start.sh | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/vm-start.sh b/vm-start.sh
index a580561..f8edf6e 100755
--- a/vm-start.sh
+++ b/vm-start.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ OPTION available
     options=<option>        additinal options to give to qemu. By default is
                             -display gtk -vga qxl
     create_disk=<loc_disk>  Def a create disk to boot on. Is necessary for using create, or need the variable INSTALLATION_DISK_LOCATION to be set.
+    net=nat                 Add a nat connection to the vm. By default there is already one #TODO
+    net=tap<tapInterface>   Connect the vm to the tap interface <tapInterface>. Please use the script set-tap.sh as root to create the tap interface. #TODO
+    net=none                The vm will have no network interface #TODO
 "
 
 MAIN_LOCATION="$HOME/virtual_machine"
@@ -103,6 +106,8 @@ start_the_vm() {
         -smp "$NPROC" \
         -net nic \
         -net user"$FORWARD",hostname="$VMHOSTNAME" \
+        -netdev user,id=id01,net=192.168.76.0/24,dhcpstart=192.168.76.9 \
+        -device virtio-net,netdev=id01 \
         -m "$MEMORY" \
         -drive file="${MAIN_LOCATION}/${LOCATION}/${VMDRIVE}",index=2,id=maindrive,media=disk \
         $OPTION