[Simh] How to set up network bridge for SIMH on Solaris host?

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Hi,

On Sun, 3 Jan 2016 14:32:54 +0100
Hans Rosenfeld <rosenfeld at grumpf.hope-2000.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 03, 2016 at 09:46:23AM +0000, lists at openmailbox.org wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Can anyone please explain how to set up a network bridge on a Solaris
> > host for SIMH? I have searched the net and can't find any examples of
> > people running SIMH on Solaris. Thank you.
> 
> What version of Solaris?

10

> 
> On illumos I usually just create a vnic over a real ethernet interface,
> and attach the simulator to that:
> 
> # dladm create-vnic -l rge0 simh0
> 
> rge0 is my ethernet interface, simh0 is the name of the vnic. You can
> then attach simh to simh0 as you would attach it to any other ethernet
> interface. This will allow you to communicate with the host as well as
> with the network it is attached to.

I will try this with Solaris 10, unless dladm isn't supported on that
version. Thanks a lot for the suggestion!

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