[Simh] what is the recommended way to config network for simh/VAX

[Peter Svensson]

On Wed, 7 Sep 2011, Ron Young wrote:

>    I recently upgraded my ubuntu box to version 10.10 and I'm trying to
>    get openvms/vax (hobbyist 7.2 CD) to use networking with simh
>    3.8.2-rc2. Since I haven't played with vms for many years, I'm using
>    Phillip Wherry's web page as an installation guide 
>    (http://www.wherry.com/gadgets/retrocomputing/vax-simh.html)
> 
>    I'm confused on what is the correct method to configure the
>    network. I've tried several different approaches with no success
>    (and some like bridging with taptap as described at 
>    http://www.retrocomputinggeek.com/retrowiki/SIMHNetworking/ ended
>    up "hanging" the interface -- no fun when working remotely).

I would suggest using simh with native tap support tuntap.zip : 

http://sourceforge.net/projects/simh/files/Unofficial%20Patches/3.8.1/

It works perfectly for me.

Peter