I have a problem with host/client network connection.

When I start the client with '-net nic -net user', the client accesses the internet reasonably well (ping does not work).

My problem is that I am trying to connect to my internal network (ssh, etc) but cannot get it to work. When I use '-net nic -net tap', I get a message,

/etc/qemu-ifup: could not launch network script
qemu: -net tap: Device 'tap' could not be initialized

If I use '-net tap,script=no', then I get the normal grub prompt and the system will boot, but of course, I have no network connection (eth0 does exist) on the client. On the host tap0 is created.

My question is how do I connect the client and host? I have no problem with writing a specific script, but I don't know how the host and client should be tied together. Once I get that done, I don't think extending things with iptables would be a problem.

Can someone point me in the right direction? I've looked at http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Networking, but I can't seem to get the advice to work.

Thanks,
-- Bruce