[Simh] PDP-11, RSTS/E, DECnet/E 4.1, DELQA

[Hittner, David T (IS)]

You can also use bridged TAP-32 virtual adapters.

Look at the FAQ, 2.10 (windows bridging) + 2.11 (wireless issues)
http://simh.trailing-edge.com/pdf/simh_faq.pdf

Dave


> -----Original Message-----
> From: simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com 
> [mailto:simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com] On Behalf Of Wilm Boerhout
> Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 2:27 PM
> To: SIMH Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Simh] PDP-11, RSTS/E, DECnet/E 4.1, DELQA
> 
> David Holland vaguely mentioned on 13-4-2009 13:19:
> > <snip>
> >
> >
> >     twisted in a maze that I'm at Witt's end. Maybe it's 
> better to run
> >     each
> >     SIMH instance in a VMware VM and get symmetrical 
> problems at least.
> >
> >     Pity that libcap doesn't like the Microsoft Loopback device, I'm
> >     sort of
> >     assuming the VMware virtual adapters will work.
> >
> >
> > They will once you do the appropriate things to enable 
> promiscuous mode:
> >
> >  
> > 
> http://www.vmware.com/support/ws5/doc/ws_net_advanced_linux_vadapter_p
> > romiscuous.html
> >
> > (Yes, its WS5, but the steps are the same for newer Workstation, as 
> > well as VMWare Server -  I'm not certain what's required for ESX.)
> >
> > FWIW, I've successfully clustered VMS 7.3 VAX (under 
> SIMH/Linux) + VMS
> > 7.3 Alpha (under SRI's PersonalAlpha/WinXP) both running on 
> the same 
> > VMWare Server host.  DECNet to a 3rd Linux box on the LAN worked as 
> > well, so it _IS_ possible.
> >
> > The ethernet bridge utilities and another utility called "taptap" ( 
> > http://www.retrocomputinggeek.com/retrowiki/SIMHNetworking/ ) helps 
> > significantly on the Linux side.
> >
> Well, it definitely was the wireless adapters. I managed to 
> pry my daughter's computer from her hands for a while, and 
> set up both laptops with cables to my router. Adjacency was 
> immediate. When either connection was replaced by a wireless 
> connection (to the same router) it went dead as far as DECnet 
> was concerned.
> 
> Thanks for the pointer to retrocomputinggeek, nice stuff there
> 
> /Wilm
> 
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