From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dor Laor Subject: Re: DHCP misbehaves under Vista (like bug 2519737) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:41:22 +0200 Message-ID: <4976D1A2.4080807@redhat.com> References: Reply-To: dlaor@redhat.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org To: Duck Return-path: Received: from mx2.redhat.com ([66.187.237.31]:40477 "EHLO mx2.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1749667AbZAUHlD (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:41:03 -0500 In-Reply-To: Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Duck wrote: > > 32-bit Vista (SP1) DHCP client doesn't acquire an IP address when > using '-net user'. (Userspace networking does work if IP assigned by > hand.) IPCONFIG /RENEW times out after a longish time. > Avi just fixed it in qemu. You can take the patch with this subject: "[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Use broadcast address for slirp dhcp replies" > Interestingly, DHCP worked fine after initial install of the Vista OS > (using E1000 card), but failed after the next reboot. > > Hmmm. Doubting myself, I switched to RTL8139. Vista updated its > drivers on > startup and DHCP worked fine again, but failed after next reboot and > hasn't worked since. > > DHCP with '-net user' is working fine in XP3 guests. > > Rarely use Vista so I only noticed this at kvm-82, and again with -83. > > Host is 32-bit Slackware 2.6.27.7-smp with own-built kvm-83 binaries > and kernel modules. > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html