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Setting the TAP network for QEMU

The TAP networking backend makes use of a TAP networking device in the host. It offers very good performance and can be configured to create virtually any type of network topology.
Unfortunately, it requires configuration of that network topology in the host which tends to be different depending on the operating system you are using. Generally speaking, it also requires that you have root privileges.[1]

Note

You might need to install bridge-utils and uml-utilities on the Linux machine to set up TAP networking. Use the commands shown below to install these tools:

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