[Simh] VMS/VDE: Almost there

Johnny Billquist bqt at softjar.se
Mon Oct 5 11:59:30 EDT 2015


On 2015-10-05 17:57, Jordi Guillaumes i Pons wrote:
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>>> Johnny, VDE works at layer 2 and has no idea about IP addressing or routing.
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>> Right. But the point was that the VDE should be between just the simh and the MAC, and not bridged with the WiFi. Sounds like it is bridged to the WiFi in this case…
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> Oh, you mean using the mac as a router (ip forwarding enabled). Then you are right and the mac itself would have to provide DHCP services to the “tap” interface where the virtual switch is accesible. TBH I’ve never tried this myself, and I’d advise to use static IP configurarion in the VMS side.

Yes. That was what I meant. :-)

	Johnny



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