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It works...<div>use the TUN interface and the bridging, works just fine.</div><div><br></div><div>Dan.<br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 14:14:24 -0600<br>> From: tivo.overo@gmail.com<br>> To: simh@trailing-edge.com<br>> Subject: [Simh] VAX XQ and wireless networking<br>> <br>> Is this even possible? I have SIMH 3.9 on Linux Mint 12, running the<br>> VAX with OpenVMS 7.3. It works great, except for networking. The<br>> hardware is ASUS EeePC with Atheros AR5001 wireless network adapter<br>> and Atheros L2 Fast Ethernet adapter.<br>> <br>> I have libpcap version 1.1.1 (which is also callable as version 0.8)<br>> installed on Linux. The VAX module was compiled with networking<br>> enabled.<br>> <br>> The configuration file has an "attach xq0 wlan0" or "attach xq0 eth0"<br>> depending on which interface I'm trying to use. With the wired<br>> ethernet (eth0) I am able to use both TCP/IP and DECNET Plus. With the<br>> wireless (wlan0) neither one works.<br>> <br>> I've tried disabling the DECNET IV compatibility mode, which was<br>> recommended in one source for wireless compatibility, and also tried<br>> adding "set xq xx-yy-zz-aa-bb-cc" (with the actual MAC address of the<br>> wireless adapter) to the configuration. The first did nothing I could<br>> discern, and the second generated an error message during startup of<br>> the SIMH module, saying that the MAC address was already in use and<br>> could not be assigned.<br>> <br>> Obviously the workaround is to use a cabled connection when the VAX<br>> emulator is needed, but this isn't very practical in most cases. Is<br>> there any other possibility I've overlooked?<br>> <br>> I notice that this is a frequently found question when using Google to<br>> look for answers, but I found no responses other than the two<br>> solutions mentioned above. I suppose a different network card<br>> emulation for VAX could make the wi-fi adapter look like a normal<br>> ethernet interface, but apparently that hasn't been done yet and it's<br>> probably beyond my very rudimentary C coding abilities.<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Simh mailing list<br>> Simh@trailing-edge.com<br>> http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh<br></div></div> </div></body>
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