Re: [9fans] the practicality of plan 9
The Plan9 way of handling internet gateways is to have a machine with 2 network adapters. One connected inside your network, and one outside. You configure the internal one, and bind it to /net. And the internet facing port your bind to /net.alt. Then any computer on the grid can import (rimport in 9front) /net.alt, and bind it over that computer's /net. 'rimport gateway /net.alt /net' And this is per process, or per window. So you make a window on you inside the grid terminal, import the gateway's /net.alt, and then run mothra or netsurf. Open another window, and it will just have your terminals default /net that only sees inside the grid. -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Td6c4be6d8502dbd0-Ma7dfec65ec3610e56097c9bd Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
Re: [9fans] the practicality of plan 9
On 11/9/22, fig wrote: > sirjofri, thank you for the reply. don’t be sorry for the long response, i > greatly appreciate it. when i was told plan 9 is built on only a few > principles and basic abstractions, that was spot on. > If you read the early Plan 9 documentation, you'll discover that originally what is affectionately know as Ken's server was dedicated to file serving and Internet routing. Today, that may no longer be the best approach, for various reasons, but it seems right to understand how Plan 9 evolved as there may be important lessons in its history. For example, I frequently encounter situations where a mildly enhanced "proto" feature would be a very fitting approach to address them. Lucio. -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Td6c4be6d8502dbd0-Meabb6bfe20002d93db36aa56 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
Re: [9fans] the practicality of plan 9
sirjofri, thank you for the reply. don’t be sorry for the long response, i greatly appreciate it. when i was told plan 9 is built on only a few principles and basic abstractions, that was spot on. i’ve decided i’m going to make my grid at home. the only thing i haven’t figured out is networking hardware. i’m hoping if i connect all the devices with a network switch, that will work. however i’m not sure what it will take to get online. i would imagine if i gave a cpu server internet connection, i could rcpu to that server and be online. but that is probably not a very elegant way to do it. i’m just going to try it myself and see what happens (run into problems.) thanks again for the replies. -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Td6c4be6d8502dbd0-M9ffde59ecd9189912976efa9 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
