OK, that is a lot more lucid!!!
Drew Northup, N1XIM
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> Of Colin Davidson
> Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 1:28 PM
> To: Plex86
> Subject: RE: [plex86] brain fart regarding networking
>
>
> Drew wrote:
>
> > Yes, you missed a big something. It is the same problem as that with
> > fullscreen VGA: who 'owns' the device?
>
> James wrote:
>
> > I think I like what you're saying. OTOH, I'm not certian how it
> would work
> > without having the host's eathernet card have multiple IPs.
> Which not only
> > means that you need it to be in promisc. mode for most cards, it means
> that
> > you can't work it unless you have more then one IP to use.
>
> Looks like I didn't express myself clearly. Funny, my thoughts were
> perfectly clear to me (:-). I saw a driver in the host talking
> directly to a
> driver in the guest, with no physical LAN card involved. The host
> would have
> and own the physical LAN card(s). The Guest would think that the
> driver that
> talked to the Host was driving an ethernet card and would treat it
> accordingly. The Host would think the the driver that talked to the Guest
> was driving a physical LAN card and would treat it accordingly. The
> Pseudo-device on the Host side would need an IP (could get complicated if
> another machine is doing DHCP resolution, although the Host/Guest linkage
> could always use 192.168 pair of IP addresses with the host
> configured as a
> router).
>
> Well, maybe you get the picture. I can see it sooo clearly, but I'm having
> trouble expressing it without drawing a picture (and e-mail isn't the best
> medium for that...).
>
> If you see what I mean, perhaps you can describe it better. If
> not, perhaps
> some questions would help clarify. Let's talk some more.
>
>
