Re: SIMH-VAX - enable network on an OpenBSD machine with only one PPPOE connection

On 1/5/07, Hugo Villeneuve <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 04:15:59PM +0530, Siju George wrote:
> > Dear Vax users,
> >
> > I am trying to install OpenBSD 4.0/vax port on an amd64 machine
> > running OpenBSD 4.0/amd64 port using simh-vax
> >
> > The host machine now just has one NIC and it gets its IP address (
> > dynamic ) through PPPOE from an adsl provider to connect to internet.
> >
> > How may I get the OpenBSD 4.0/vax installation to connect to internet
> > to do an FTP install?
>
> I only looked at simh and I have no experience with it but I beleive
> the simh ethernet simulation only works with an ethernet interface.
> Not with real/simulated ppp/tun point-to-point interfaces.
>
> I would follow the recommendations on http://www.openbsd.org/vax-simh.html
> and install the set from a cdrom. If you don't have a physical cdrom
> you might get away with a iso made with mkhybrid.
>

Thankyou so much Hugo :-) I can make a CD using mkhybrid but in my
case after the installation how can the VAX on SIMH access internet?

The host OpenBSD/amd64 has only an NIC connected through PPPOE to the Internet.

Or Should I connect another Interface Card and make SIMH use it and
Configure the Host System as a Firewall/Router to route traffic to the
internet?

Thankyou so much for your reply :-)

Kind Regards

Siju