[Simh] simH, OpenVMS, TCP-IP, Linux (Long)

[Vorländer, Martin]

Ferry,

> David Hittner:
> > Also, don't forget that the host and the virtual VMS system cannot
> > communicate over the same network card.
> 
> No? On our Linux Red Hat ES 4 Systems, they can:
> 
> # ifconfig -a
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:15:60:0B:8E:9A
>          inet addr:10.152.105.86  Bcast:10.152.107.255  Mask:255.255.252.0
...
> And in the vax.ini file, the NI is configured as:
> 
> ; attach Ethernet to Network interface
> set XQ mac=08-00-2B-AC-AC-B1
> set XQ type=DELQA
> att XQ eth0
> ;
> 
> So I'd guess this is the same network card, isn't it?

It is. But from the VAX, can you

$ UCX PING 10.152.105.86

???

I doubt you can.

cu,
  Martin
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