That is walking around the problem instead of creating a solution. It
probably works too, but we don't have working serial yet anyway--so we might
as well think this over as many other problems may be solved the same way.
Drew Northup, N1XIM
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> Of John Berthels
> Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 12:32 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [plex86] brain fart regarding networking
>
>
>
> > If this is what you're thinking, it sounds pretty good, except,
> of course,
> > that it relies on writing drivers for both sides. You have to
> do NAT on the
> > host side if you want to get to the outside world and don't
> have a IP to do
> > it, but if you don't, it's pretty simple routing.
>
> I think UML (User Mode Linux - http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/ )
> uses a PPP link for this. (Ah...just checked, it uses a SLIP link) Would
> it work if you write a serial device (is that a simpler option than
> writing a dummy ethernet card?)?
>
> You could then configure the host and guest OSs to run PPP/SLIP over the
> dummy serial link using their normal tools. You also configure the host OS
> to NAT as necessary using its' normal tools.
>
> Plex86 might be able to share documentation, if not code, with UML in this
> regard (at least on the host setup).
>
> regards,
>
> jb
>
>
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