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