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

[Ron Young]

Hi All:

   I have resolved my problem with simh networking...there was an old
   version of libpcap installed from the ubuntu repository on the system...

   Removing the repository version and following the 0readme_ethernet.txt
   and Phillip's instructions everything work like a charm.

   thanks again

   -ron
> 
> Hi All:
>
>   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).
>
>   Does anyone have a straight-forward procedure (config files, specific
>   packages, etc) that is known to work?
>
>   my setup is:
>
>      ubuntu 10.10 (32bit) Linux 2.6.32-33-generic-pae
>      simh-3.8.2-rc2 (from the downloaded zip file simhv38-2-rc2.zip)
>      wired ethernet interface (eth1 ip: 192.168.2.xx/24).
>
>      Downloading the taptap.c version referenced on the 
>      retrocomputinggeek.com webpage results in an empty file/blank page
>      in browser).
>      
>      I tried two different versions of taptap: taptap-1.0.tar.bz2 
>      (http://www.munted.org.uk/programming/taptap/) and taptap-modified.c 
>      (http://www.itsecuritygeek.com/files/taptap-modified.c)
>
>   Any help would be greatly appreciated,
>
>   thanks
>
>   -ron

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