On Thursday, May 9, 2019 at 11:14 AM, David T Hittner wrote: > > There probably isn't a way to set the host network device's MAC address so > that won't get you there. > > If you are privileged enough, SMAC can set the MAC address on Windows. > Google "smac change mac address".
Thanks for that tidbit. > Changing the MAC address to the DECNET address does make it a bit trickier to > start up DECNET though. Meanwhile, beside the other detail I raised, what are the "a bit trickier" details you are referring to? - Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: Simh [mailto:simh-boun...@trailing-edge.com] On Behalf Of Mark > Pizzolato > Sent: Thursday, May 9, 2019 1:31 PM > To: Jonathan Welch <jhwe...@gmail.com> > Cc: simh@trailing-edge.com > Subject: EXT :Re: [Simh] Vax.exe emulator and Multinet network configuring > > On Thursday, May 9, 2019 at 9:54 AM, Jonathan Welch wrote: > > I just moved to a wired connection and now am having success. Good > > point about walking before running. > > > > I'm on npcap 0.994 current as of last night. > > > > I turned off DECNET to eliminate one source of possible trouble. It > > would be nice to have it on at some point in the future. > > As I suggested, without DECnet, you should probably get success with a NAT > connection using either a wired or a wireless host network. DECnet over > wireless probably isn't going to be achievable since many WiFi environments > are particularly IP centric and don't pass arbitrary other packets, and even > if > they did, you would have to convince the host NIC to use a DECnet MAC > address for everything. There probably isn't a way to set the host network > device's MAC address so that won't get you there. > > - Mark > > > sim> sho ver > > MicroVAX 3900 simulator V4.0-0 Current > > Simulator Framework Capabilities: > > 64b data > > 64b addresses > > Threaded Ethernet Packet transports:PCAP:NAT:UDP > > Idle/Throttling support is available > > Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) support > > RAW disk and CD/DVD ROM support > > Asynchronous I/O support (Lock free asynchronous event queue) > > Asynchronous Clock support > > FrontPanel API Version 12 > > Host Platform: > > Compiler: Microsoft Visual C++ 15.00.30729.01 > > Simulator Compiled as C arch: x86 (Release Build) on May 1 > > 2019 at 23:0 > > 0:06 > > Memory Access: Little Endian > > Memory Pointer Size: 32 bits > > Large File (>2GB) support > > SDL Video support: SDL Version 2.0.8 > > PCRE RegEx (Version 8.36 2014-09-26) support for EXPECT commands > > OS clock resolution: 1ms > > Time taken by msleep(1): 1ms > > OS: Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601] > > Architecture: x86 on AMD64, Processors: 8 > > Processor Id: Intel64 Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7, GenuineIntel, > > Level: > > 6, Revision: 2a07 > > git commit id: ab3e07a4 > > git commit time: 2019-05-01T22:56:54-07:00 > > sim> > > > > On 5/9/19, Mark Pizzolato <m...@infocomm.com> wrote: > > > On Thursday, May 9, 2019 at 7:00 AM, Jonathan Welch wrote: > > >> The vms systems on our campus are about to be shut down. My former > > >> boss and I would like to still have access to our files, so I've > > >> moved an image of a vax system disk into simh. > > >> > > >> He is a networking expert and I am no slouch, but neither of us can > > >> figure out why we cannot establish any kind of network connection > > >> outside of the simh. > > >> > > >> I've looked back in the archives for help but have only found > > >> people with linux systems or messages of success with UCX. > > >> > > >> This morning I upgraded from Multinet 4.3 to 5.2 and tried to set > > >> up DHCP but that did not work either. > > >> > > >> Npcap is installed. > > >> > > >> If I set my mac address to be the same as that of the host laptop I > > >> can use wireshark to see pings coming out from the vax but there > > >> are no responses. > > >> > > >> I've disabled decnet from starting up to avoid the mac address from > > >> being changed. > > >> > > >> Some guidance in the right direction would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > First: Learn to walk before you run. Meaning, get things working > > > with a wired network connection BEFORE you try to use a wireless solution. > > > > > > Second: It seems that you might be using a somewhat recent version > > > of simh since you've got a SHOW ETHERNET command, but it would be > > > useful to see the output of a SHOW VERSION command. The latest > > > Windows binaries are available at: > > > https://github.com/simh/Win32-Development-Binaries > > > > > > Third: Since you've disabled DECnet, that might mean that all you > > > care about is IP so, you may be able to achieve that both wired and > > > wirelessly if you use a NAT: attachment for your XQ device. > > > > > > - Mark > > > > > > > > >> From my vax.ini file: > > >> set xq mac=08-24-d7-ca-1f-40 > > >> att xq eth3 > > >> > > >> From the simh prompt: > > >> sim> sho eth > > >> ETH devices: > > >> eth0 \Device\NPF_{8E7FBCD3-67EB-4A59-8E35-6713CAB729FA} (Local > > Area > > >> Connection 2) > > >> eth1 \Device\NPF_{EE67D248-AACC-4A29-99EE-2B84EA08B5EF} > (VMware > > >> Network Adapter VMnet8) > > >> eth2 \Device\NPF_{7287895B-5B94-43ED-8AA8-1FF910EA836B} > (Wireless > > >> Network Connection 2) > > >> eth3 \Device\NPF_{DC3CD7F8-4BD9-4610-B8DF-20AC5FBD56FC} > > (Wireless > > >> Network Connection) > > >> eth4 \Device\NPF_NdisWanIp (NdisWan > > >> Adapter) > > >> eth5 \Device\NPF_NdisWanBh (NdisWan > > >> Adapter) > > >> eth6 \Device\NPF_{B1392056-6E69-421B-9814-6011441195C2} > (Wireless > > >> Network Connection 3) > > >> eth7 \Device\NPF_NdisWanIpv6 (NdisWan > > >> Adapter) > > >> eth8 \Device\NPF_{C7140267-68CB-485A-B343-5751B1865242} > (VMware > > >> Network Adapter VMnet1) > > >> eth9 \Device\NPF_{795E27CA-60AA-4A1E-AAB0-99FB62537868} (Npcap > > >> Loopback Adapter) > > >> eth10 \Device\NPF_{62CD8A59-7E13-401A-90AB-3CFBC37554E8} (Local > > >> Area > > >> Connection) > > >> eth11 nat:{optional-nat-parameters} (Integrated > > >> NAT (SLiRP) support) > > >> eth12 udp:sourceport:remotehost:remoteport (Integrated > > >> UDP bridge support) > > >> Npcap version 0.994, based on libpcap version 1.9.1-PRE-GIT Open > > >> ETH > > >> Devices: > > >> XQ eth3 (Wireless Network Connection) > > >> Ethernet Device: > > >> Name: > > >> \Device\NPF_{DC3CD7F8-4BD9-4610-B8DF-20AC5FBD56FC} > > >> Reflections: 1 > > >> Self Loopbacks Sent: 2 > > >> Self Loopbacks Rcvd: 2 > > >> Host NIC Address: 00:24:D7:CA:1F:40 > > >> Packets Sent: 2 > > >> Packets Received: 26 > > >> Asynch Interrupts: Disabled > > >> Read Queue: Count: 24 > > >> Read Queue: High: 24 > > >> Read Queue: Loss: 0 > > >> Peak Write Queue Size: 0 > > >> BPF Filter: (((ether dst 08:24:D7:CA:1F:40) or (ether multicast)) > > >> and not ((et her src 08:24:D7:CA:1F:40))) or ((ether dst > > >> 08:24:D7:CA:1F:40) and (ether src > > >> 08 > > >> :24:D7:CA:1F:40)) or ((ether dst 00:24:D7:CA:1F:40) and (ether > > >> proto > > >> 0x9000)) > > >> sim> > > >> > > >> Multinet settings > > >> MultiNet Network Configuration Utility V5.2(107) [Reading in > > >> MAXIMUM configuration from MULTINET:MULTINET.EXE] [Reading in > > >> configuration from MULTINET:NETWORK_DEVICES.CONFIGURATION] > > >> NET-CONFIG>sho > > >> Interface Adapter CSR Address > > >> Flags/Vector > > >> --------- ------- ----------- > > >> ------------ > > >> se0 (Shared VMS Ethernet/FDDI) -NONE- -NONE- > > >> -NONE- > > >> [TCP/IP: 10.0.0.150, IP-SubNet: 255.255.255.0, IP-Broadcast: > > >> 10.0.0.255] > > >> [VMS Device: XQA0, Link Level: Ethernet ] > > >> DHCP Client for the interface is enabled > > >> > > >> > > >> Official Host Name: vax1 > > >> Default IP Route: 10.0.0.1 > > >> Domain Nameserver: 127.0.0.1 > > >> Timezone: EST > > >> Timezone Rules: US/EASTERN > > >> Load UCX $QIO driver: TRUE > > >> Load PWIP (Pathworks) driver: TRUE > > >> DHCP Client Flag: 1 > > >> NET-CONFIG> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Simh mailing list > > >> Simh@trailing-edge.com > > >> http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Simh mailing list > Simh@trailing-edge.com > http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list Simh@trailing-edge.com http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
