Network

The Network page contains settings related to the emulated machine’s network connectivity.

Network Card #1-#4

Network interface cards to emulate. Up to 4 independent network cards are supported.

Mode

Network emulation mode to use on this card. See Networking for more information on these.

Null Driver: emulate an empty network. All packets are dropped.
SLiRP: creates a private network with a virtual router. Similar to the NAT mode on other emulators and virtualizers.
PCap: connects directly to a host network adapter. Similar to the Bridge mode on other emulators and virtualizers.
VDE: attaches to a virtual switch created by VDE. Only available on Linux and macOS hosts.
TAP: creates or attaches to a virtual bridge through TAP. Only available on Linux hosts.

Note

If PCap mode is not listed, make sure PCap is enabled on your host and a supported network connection is present.

Adapter

Network card to emulate. Only cards supported by the machine’s expansion buses will be listed.

The Configure button opens a new window with settings specific to the selected network card, such as the MAC address for Ethernet cards, and the I/O port and IRQ for ISA cards.

Note

On most Ethernet cards, the MAC address is partially configurable and always prefixed by an Organizationally Unique Identifier belonging to the card’s manufacturer, such as 00:E0:4C for Realtek; while on some generic cards, the full MAC is configurable.
The [LPT] Parallel Port Internet Protocol network adapter requires a PLIP Network device to be attached to a parallel port.
Settings for the [COM] Standard Hayes-compliant Modem are described on Networking.

Options

Settings for the network emulation mode selected above. Only settings relevant to the selected mode will be shown.

Interface: host network adapter to use in PCap mode.
VDE Socket: virtual switch socket path to use in VDE mode. See the VDE setup guide for more information.
TAP Bridge Device: virtual bridge name to use in TAP mode. See TAP for more information.