diff --git a/nixos/machines/ghatanothoa/configuration.nix b/nixos/machines/ghatanothoa/configuration.nix
index 57cc0cb..8364bea 100644
--- a/nixos/machines/ghatanothoa/configuration.nix
+++ b/nixos/machines/ghatanothoa/configuration.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     ../../modules/jitsi.nix
     ../../roles
     ../../roles/vm.nix
+    ../../modules/vmNetwork.nix
   ];
 
   services.mathebau-jitsi = {
@@ -13,5 +14,6 @@
 
   # System configuration here
   networking.hostName = "ghatanothoa";
+  vmNetwork.ipv4 = "192.168.0.25";
   system.stateVersion = "23.11";
 }
diff --git a/nixos/machines/lobon/configuration.nix b/nixos/machines/lobon/configuration.nix
index e0662be..6cb371a 100644
--- a/nixos/machines/lobon/configuration.nix
+++ b/nixos/machines/lobon/configuration.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     ../../modules/mailman.nix
     ../../roles
     ../../roles/vm.nix
+    ../../modules/vmNetwork.nix
   ];
 
   # System configuration here
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@
   };
 
   networking.hostName = "lobon";
+  vmNetwork.ipv4 = "192.168.0.22";
   system.stateVersion = "23.11";
 
   sops.secrets = {
diff --git a/nixos/machines/nodens/configuration.nix b/nixos/machines/nodens/configuration.nix
index a9ae8a2..554e407 100644
--- a/nixos/machines/nodens/configuration.nix
+++ b/nixos/machines/nodens/configuration.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     ./hardware-configuration.nix
     ../../roles
     ../../roles/vm.nix
+    ../../modules/vmNetwork.nix
   ];
 
   # System configuration here
@@ -10,5 +11,6 @@
   environment.systemPackages = [pkgs.git];
 
   networking.hostName = "nodens";
+  vmNetwork.ipv4 = "192.168.0.18";
   system.stateVersion = "24.11";
 }
diff --git a/nixos/machines/nyarlathotep/configuration.nix b/nixos/machines/nyarlathotep/configuration.nix
index 88bb1b0..57d00ff 100644
--- a/nixos/machines/nyarlathotep/configuration.nix
+++ b/nixos/machines/nyarlathotep/configuration.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     ../../modules/mail.nix
     ../../roles
     ../../roles/vm.nix
+    ../../modules/vmNetwork.nix
   ];
 
   # System configuration here
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@
   };
 
   networking.hostName = "nyarlathotep";
+  vmNetwork.ipv4 = "192.168.0.17";
   system.stateVersion = "24.05";
 
   sops.secrets = let
diff --git a/nixos/modules/mail.nix b/nixos/modules/mail.nix
index 5384c40..b8e51f1 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/mail.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/mail.nix
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ in {
         # We don't want this in order to not need to persist borg cache and simplify new deployments.
         BORG_UNKNOWN_UNENCRYPTED_REPO_ACCESS_IS_OK = "yes";
       };
-      repo = "borg@bragi:nyarlathotep"; # TODO for https://gitea.mathebau.de/Fachschaft/nixConfig/issues/33
+      repo = "borg@192.168.1.11:nyarlathotep"; # TODO for https://gitea.mathebau.de/Fachschaft/nixConfig/issues/33
       startAt = "daily";
       user = "root";
       group = "root";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/mailman.nix b/nixos/modules/mailman.nix
index 5383374..66ee109 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/mailman.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/mailman.nix
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ in {
         # We don't want this in order to not need to persist borg cache and simplify new deployments.
         BORG_UNKNOWN_UNENCRYPTED_REPO_ACCESS_IS_OK = "yes";
       };
-      repo = "borg@bragi:lobon"; # TODO for https://gitea.mathebau.de/Fachschaft/nixConfig/issues/33
+      repo = "borg@192.168.1.11:lobon"; # TODO for https://gitea.mathebau.de/Fachschaft/nixConfig/issues/33
       startAt = "daily";
       user = "root";
       group = "root";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/vmNetwork.nix b/nixos/modules/vmNetwork.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..133d101
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/vmNetwork.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  config,
+  ...
+}: let
+  inherit
+    (lib)
+    mkOption
+    types
+    last
+    init
+    ;
+  inherit
+    (lib.strings)
+    splitString
+    concatStringsSep
+    toInt
+    ;
+  cfg = config.vmNetwork;
+in {
+  imports = [];
+
+  options.vmNetwork = {
+    ipv4 = mkOption {
+      type = types.str;
+      description = "the ipv4 adress of this machine";
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = {
+    networking = {
+      interfaces.enX0.ipv4.addresses = [
+        {
+          address = cfg.ipv4;
+          prefixLength = 16;
+        }
+      ];
+      defaultGateway = let
+        addr = splitString "." cfg.ipv4;
+        addrInit = init addr;
+        addrLastInt = builtins.toString (toInt (last addr) + 127);
+      in
+        concatStringsSep "." (addrInit ++ [addrLastInt]);
+      # https://www.hrz.tu-darmstadt.de/services/it_services/nameserver_dns/index.de.jsp
+      nameservers = ["130.83.22.63" "130.83.22.60" "130.83.56.60"];
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/nixos/roles/hostmap.nix b/nixos/roles/hostmap.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 66f8615..0000000
--- a/nixos/roles/hostmap.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-# This data is taken from /etc/hosts from azatoth
-{
-  bragi = {
-    ipv4 = "192.168.1.11";
-  };
-  tsathoggua = {
-    ipv4 = "192.168.0.13";
-  };
-  nyogtha = {
-    ipv4 = "192.168.0.14";
-  };
-  hastur = {
-    ipv4 = "192.168.0.15";
-  };
-  cthulhu = {
-    ipv4 = "192.168.0.16";
-  };
-  nyarlathotep = {
-    ipv4 = "192.168.0.17";
-  };
-  nodens = {
-    ipv4 = "192.168.0.18";
-  };
-  uvhash = {
-    ipv4 = "192.168.0.19";
-  };
-  aphoom-zhah = {
-    ipv4 = "192.168.0.20";
-  };
-  dagon = {
-    ipv4 = "192.168.0.21";
-  };
-  lobon = {
-    ipv4 = "192.168.0.22";
-  };
-  yibb-tstll = {
-    ipv4 = "192.168.0.23";
-  };
-  eihort = {
-    ipv4 = "192.168.0.24";
-  };
-  ghatanothoa = {
-    ipv4 = "192.168.0.25";
-  };
-  toth = {
-    ipv4 = "192.168.0.26";
-  };
-  ithaqua = {
-    ipv4 = "192.168.0.27";
-  };
-  cthugha = {
-    ipv4 = "192.168.0.30";
-  };
-  sanctamariamaterdei = {
-    ipv4 = "192.168.0.92";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/nixos/roles/vm.nix b/nixos/roles/vm.nix
index aff9f22..32fba6d 100644
--- a/nixos/roles/vm.nix
+++ b/nixos/roles/vm.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {modulesPath, ...}: {
   imports = [
     (modulesPath + "/virtualisation/xen-domU.nix")
-    ./vmNetwork.nix
   ];
 }
diff --git a/nixos/roles/vmNetwork.nix b/nixos/roles/vmNetwork.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index d4a0ff7..0000000
--- a/nixos/roles/vmNetwork.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  config,
-  ...
-}: let
-  inherit (lib) mapAttrsToList;
-  inherit (lib.attrsets) foldAttrs concatMapAttrs;
-  inherit (lib.asserts) assertMsg;
-  inherit (lib.lists) filter last init;
-  inherit (lib.strings) splitString toInt concatStringsSep;
-  inherit (builtins) elem toString;
-  hostmap = import ./hostmap.nix;
-  myhostName = config.networking.hostName;
-  # To turn the hostmap around suitable for networking.hosts the following simple code almost works
-  # concatMapAttrs (hostname: ipData: { ${ipData.ipv4} = [hostname]; }) hostmap
-  # but breaks as soon as we want to map two different names to the same ip.
-  # So the code looks uglier than one would expect.
-  globalhosts = foldAttrs (a: b: a ++ b) [] (mapAttrsToList (hostname: ipData: {${ipData.ipv4} = [hostname];}) hostmap);
-  # We replace our own ip with 127.0.0.1 in /etc/hosts
-  myhosts = concatMapAttrs (ip: hosts:
-    if (elem myhostName hosts)
-    # nixos maps the hostname to the loopback 127.0.0.2 by default, so we exclude it here.
-    # there is also a default localhost to 127.0.0.1 in place
-    then {"127.0.0.1" = filter (x: x != myhostName) hosts;}
-    else {${ip} = hosts;})
-  globalhosts;
-  myIp = assert (assertMsg (hostmap ? ${myhostName}.ipv4) "${myhostName} has no ip configured in nixos/roles/hostmap.nix"); hostmap.${myhostName}.ipv4;
-in {
-  networking = {
-    hosts = myhosts;
-    interfaces.enX0.ipv4.addresses = [
-      {
-        address = myIp;
-        prefixLength = 16;
-      }
-    ];
-    defaultGateway = let
-      addr = splitString "." myIp;
-      addrInit = init addr;
-      addrLastInt = toString (toInt (last addr) + 127);
-    in
-      concatStringsSep "." (addrInit ++ [addrLastInt]);
-    # https://www.hrz.tu-darmstadt.de/services/it_services/nameserver_dns/index.de.jsp
-    nameservers = ["130.83.22.63" "130.83.22.60" "130.83.56.60"];
-  };
-}