[Simh] running on Debian

[Johnny Billquist]

Wait, so you think it's easier to have to setup the bridge, and all 
associated activities to that, and then setup the interface in simh, 
compared to just setup the interface in simh?

How do you figure that?

	Johnny

On 2016-03-04 18:10, Peter Svensson wrote:
> I have always found the tap+bridge style easier than pcap. It works just
> as you would expect a separate computer to work. With pcap I was never
> sure what happened when talking to the local computer.
>
> Bridged virtual interfaces is what you use for other virtual machines,
> why not simh?
>
> Peter
>
> On March 4, 2016 4:46:50 PM GMT+01:00, Mark Pizzolato
> <Mark at infocomm.com> wrote:
>
>     Joshua,
>
>     PLEASE consider Scott's configuration as advanced configuration details
>     that you may want to deploy when you are polishing up what you're putting
>     together.  DO NOT start with this stuff.  Start with basic pcap networking
>     and migrate your existing system environment to a simh instance and
>     get that completely working before considering this stuff.  In other words,
>     learn to walk before you try running!
>
>     - Mark
>
>     On Friday, March 4, 2016 at 7:15 AM, Scott Bailey wrote:
>
>         Sigh. No matter how many times I re-read before sending, it
>         doesn't matter.
>         Let me expand on this:
>
>             1. in /etc/rc.local, I have this snippet to make sure the
>             network tap
>             device I need is ready to go:
>
>             if ! ip link show tap0 ; then
>             tunctl -t tap0
>             ifconfig tap0 up
>             brctl addif br0 tap0
>             fi
>
>             Here, tap0 is the device I am setting up for my virtual VAX
>             and br0 is
>             my physical interface. (As a reminder, going through this
>             rather than
>             putting simh directly on the physical interface is what
>             enables your
>             virtual VAX and your Debian host to talk to each other.)
>
>
>         Actually, of course, br0 is a bridge device that lets me connect
>         tap0 to my
>         physical interface. I have this in /etc/network/interfaces:
>
>         # The bridge interface
>
>         auto br0
>         iface br0 inet static
>         bridge_ports eth1
>         address X.Y.Z.3
>         broadcast X.Y.Z.255
>         netmask 255.255.255.0 <http://255.255.255.0>
>         gateway X.Y.Z.1
>
>         That is, if you current specify a device (like eth1) directly,
>         transfer its settings to
>         br0 and attach the original NIC as a bridge port. [Or change
>         instances of "eth1"
>         to "br0", then add the "bridge_ports eth1" line.] Then continue
>         as I originally
>         described...
>
>         Cheers,
>         Scott
>
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