I notice that, when i use qemu 0.10.50 (which from kvm-0.87.tar.gz), the guest OS CAN NOT get the ip from dhcp server. When i use qemu 0.10.0 (which from debian's kvm-0.85 package), the guest OS CAN get the ip from the SAME dhcp server. Please help, thank you. My kvm network use bridge mode My kvm launch script: #!/bin/sh NUM="9" IMG="./openbsd-amd64.qcow2" CDROM="/ntfs2/iso-cdrom/clonezilla-live-1.2.1-39.iso" #CDROM="/kdchome/john/software/install46.iso" #KVM="/usr/bin/kvm" # <--------- 0.10.0 which from debian kvm 0.85 package KVM="/opt/kvm/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -L /opt/kvm/share/qemu/" # <--------- 0.10.50 which from kvm-0.87.tar.gz source code USERID="$(whoami)" PID="./pid.log" iface="$(sudo /usr/sbin/tunctl -t tap${NUM} -b -u ${USERID})" ${KVM} -hda ${IMG} \ -net nic,vlan=${NUM},model=e1000,macaddr=00:AA:BB:CC:DD:0${NUM} \ -net tap,vlan=${NUM},ifname="${iface}",script=/etc/kvm/kvm-ifup,downscript=/etc/kvm/kvm-ifdown \ -localtime \ -usb -usbdevice tablet \ -k en-us -monitor stdio \ -soundhw all \ -cdrom ${CDROM} \ -m 1024 -vga cirrus -boot d $@ sleep 3 sudo /usr/sbin/tunctl -d ${iface} exit $? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html