[Simh] Broken ethernet code?

[Gregg C Levine]

Hello from Gregg C Levine
Galen, are you using Tiger? Or the cat that came before it? Networking
for user written programs, in Tiger, is, ah, broken. Very broken. A
fix is expected soon.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com
[mailto:simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com]
> On Behalf Of Galen Tackett
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 8:41 PM
> To: simh at trailing-edge.com
> Subject: Re: [Simh] Broken ethernet code?
> 
> 
> On May 11, 2005, at 12:56 PM, Mark Pizzolato wrote:
> 
> > I've never used OS X myself, so I can't suggest how you might turn
> > something on or off.
> >
> > Meanwhile, "show xq eth" uses a pcap API which lists the readily
> > available interfaces on the machine.  This list is formed
differently
> > on different machines, and on some systems doesn't include
interfaces
> > which don't have IP addresses.  You might want to try to configure
> > en1 with a IP4 address (which you don't have to use, but which
might
> > get you beyond where you are now).
> >
> > Does the simh vax work if you attach xq to en0?
> >
> >
> > - Mark
> >
> > --- Galen Tackett <gtackett at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Mark,
> >>
> >> Hey, it looks like you might be on to something!
> >>
> >> After attaching xq to en1, "show xq eth" produces:
> >>
> >>    0  en0  (No description available)
> >>    1  tap0 (No description available)
> >>    2  tun0 (No description available)
> >>
> >> No sign of en1!
> >>
> >> I did install tap and tun around the time things broke, just
never
> >> drew
> >> the connection before.
> >>
> >> I don't need them it turns out. Is there some easy way to turn
them
> >> off?
> >>
> >> Galen
> >> On May 10, 2005, at 5:01 PM, Mark Pizzolato wrote:
> >>
> >>
> 
> Mark,
> 
> Assigning an IP address to en1 didn't help, but setting xq0 to en0
does
> at least get me past where I was.
> 
> I was using an additional ethernet card to allow my simh vax to talk
to
> my Mac. It also turns out that if I try to use TCP/IP (in the guise
of
> TCPware) on the simulated VAX VMS system, it apparently steals
frames
> away from the Mac itself. Whenever I have this happening Safari or
> other network applications start acting funny--screens that only
> partially load but with no error message, for example.
> 
> Maybe we can investigate why the second interface isn't recognized.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Galen