> > Actually, the normal WinPCap install automatically starts WinPCap capture > driver and sets it up to autostart at boot time. Privilege is needed to > install WinPCap, but not after that. This is independent of simh. > > As I mentioned previously, if you're going to use telnet to connect to the > console port as Matt suggests here, or to DZ ports as in your configuration > file, you will only need privilege to allow the simh binary to establish a > listen port the first time. On my system I run the simh binary without > privilege. When I execute the ATTACH DZ or SET CONSOLE TELNET command, I get > a "Windows Security Alert" popup telling me that the firewall has blocked > access. I click on the "Allow Access" button and provide Administrator > credentials to allow the access. As long as the same binary is subsequently > run from the same place, that single granting of firewall access will suffice > permanently, and the simulator will be able to run without privilege. >
This is why I run my SIMH instances in Linux VMs. :) Other benefit of that is being able to talk IP between the host and SIMH since the pcap is on a virtualised interface, not the real one. Sampsa _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
