Hi All: I have resolved my problem with simh networking...there was an old version of libpcap installed from the ubuntu repository on the system...
Removing the repository version and following the 0readme_ethernet.txt and Phillip's instructions everything work like a charm. thanks again -ron > > Hi All: > > I recently upgraded my ubuntu box to version 10.10 and I'm trying to > get openvms/vax (hobbyist 7.2 CD) to use networking with simh > 3.8.2-rc2. Since I haven't played with vms for many years, I'm using > Phillip Wherry's web page as an installation guide > (http://www.wherry.com/gadgets/retrocomputing/vax-simh.html) > > I'm confused on what is the correct method to configure the > network. I've tried several different approaches with no success > (and some like bridging with taptap as described at > http://www.retrocomputinggeek.com/retrowiki/SIMHNetworking/ ended > up "hanging" the interface -- no fun when working remotely). > > Does anyone have a straight-forward procedure (config files, specific > packages, etc) that is known to work? > > my setup is: > > ubuntu 10.10 (32bit) Linux 2.6.32-33-generic-pae > simh-3.8.2-rc2 (from the downloaded zip file simhv38-2-rc2.zip) > wired ethernet interface (eth1 ip: 192.168.2.xx/24). > > Downloading the taptap.c version referenced on the > retrocomputinggeek.com webpage results in an empty file/blank page > in browser). > > I tried two different versions of taptap: taptap-1.0.tar.bz2 > (http://www.munted.org.uk/programming/taptap/) and taptap-modified.c > (http://www.itsecuritygeek.com/files/taptap-modified.c) > > Any help would be greatly appreciated, > > thanks > > -ron =============================================================================== Ron Young r...@embarqmail.com _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list Simh@trailing-edge.com http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
