QEMU/Devices/Network: Difference between revisions

| Realtek 8139C+ Fast Ethernet

| PCI

| This card is built into Windows XP+ and almost every modern Linux and BSD distribution. There are drivers available for Windows 95 and above from Realtek's website. There's also a packet driver available for MS-DOS and FreeDOS.

| Windows: Windows 95

| Intel PRO/1000 MT Desktop Adapter

| PCI

| This is the default card in QEMU. It is recommended for use in modern Windows and Linux hosts.

| Windows: Windows XP

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| Red Hat Virtio Network Card

| PCI

| Windows: Windows 2000

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| VMWare Paravirtual NIC

| PCI

| Requires installation of a special driver.

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| AMD PCNet-Fast III Ethernet Adapter

| PCI

| AMD PCnet card. Recommended for older Linux and Windows guests.

| Windows: Windows 3.1

| Novell NE2000

| PCI

| Novell NE2000 Ethernet card from the late 1980s. This card will work on older Windows hosts (Windows XP and below), Linux, QNX, BSD, and various UNIX hosts. It is recommended to use this with older hosts. While versions of Windows older than Windows XP do not include a driver for this card, there exists some third-party NE2000 compatible drivers available for Vista, 7, 8, 10.

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| Novell NE2000

| ISA

| NE2000 Ethernet card from the late 1980s. This runs on the ISA bus instead of the PCI bus. If your VM is emulating an ISA-only machine, and you want networking, then use this card. While versions of Windows older than Windows XP do not include a driver for this card, there exists some third-party NE2000 compatible drivers available for Vista, 7, 8, 10.

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| Intel i82551 ethernet

| PCI

| Intel i82551 ethernet card.

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| Intel i82557b ethernet

| PCI

| Intel i82557b ethernet card.

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| Intel i82559er ethernet

| PCI

| Intel i82559er ethernet card.

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| Intel 82545em ethernet

| PCI

| Intel Network Card, emulated by e1000.

| Windows: Windows Server 2003

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| i82801

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| PCI