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valdirfranco
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| Posted on December 20 2014 15:27 |
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Hi, forum.
After a few years out, I decided to put simh-vax up again.
Since my old files were lost on an old desktop, now I am setting simh-vax on a laptop with eth0
and wlan0, as network interfaces.
My first goal was just to put vax-vms running again. That's ok. VAX-VMS073 with ethernet support
installed.
Now, trying to get telnet working, after insert licenses and install tcpip, I stuck with
simh networking again.
Following docs on simh-3.9 (readme_ethernet-howto), I did:
-my LAN 192.168.25.0 - wlan0 192.168.25.23 - eth0 not in use.
-linux side:
-after setting up a tuntap tap0 is available.
-bridging: br0 ip address 192.168.25.100/24 with eth0(ip 0.0.0.0) and tap0(ip 0.0.0.0)
-(simh)vax-vms side:
-xqa0 attached to eth0 (QE0 ip 192.168.25.200) and xqb0 attached
to tap:tap0 (QE1 ip 192.168.25.220). No success.
I've checked and tryied to set QE0 to ip 0.0.0.0, with no success (invalid address under vms).
So I cant figure out how to put vms talking to host via tcpip. Even after several trying on
bridging.
Any help welcome.
thanks.
marx
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RE: simh networking tuntap no success |
Bruce Claremont
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| Posted on December 21 2014 04:08 |
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Is the adapter defined correctly in the SimH config file. Use "sh xq eth" to show available adapters, the "attach xq" to define the adapter on the virtual VAX.
Make sure DECnet and TCPIP are shutdown or not started.
If you are using DECnet, set it up first: $ @NETCONFIG.COM
Once DECnet is working set up TCP/IP: $ @UCX$CONFIG or TCPIP$CONFIG |
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RE: simh networking tuntap no success |
valdirfranco
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| Posted on December 21 2014 11:15 |
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Hi.
I'm not using DECNet, just TCPIP. And the adapters are "defined" and "attached" correctly (I suppose to):
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; Attach Ethernet to a network interface
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set xq enabled
set xq type=DELQA
set xq mac=08-00-2B-AA-BB-CC
attach xq0 eth0
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set xqb enabled
set xqb type=DELQA
set xqb mac=08-00-2B-AA-BB-CE
attach xqb0 tap:tap0
At the first time I run simh/vax-vms (few years ago) version was in 2.38 or something. I had to use a small program taptap.c. But now with version 3.9 I did understand that is no need to use taptap.c, or I misunderstood...
On VMS side, first I assign IP to both adapters XQA0 and XQB0 (QE0 and QE1) on same subnet.
No success at all.
greetings
marx
Edited by valdirfranco on December 21 2014 11:48 |
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RE: simh networking tuntap no success |
Bruce Claremont
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| Posted on December 22 2014 03:19 |
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I run SimH under Windows, so that's my diagnostic perspective.
What do you get with a sh xq eth?
The Windows version of simH has a non-network and network release. The network release uses WinPcap. Are you running a release with networking built in?
Have you confirmed eth0 works properly on the host side?
Who's VMS TCP/IP services are you using: Digital, TCPware, Multinet, other? |
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RE: simh networking tuntap no success |
valdirfranco
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| Posted on December 23 2014 06:45 |
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Hi...
Service running are just FTP and TELNET
Using vde simh connects to host, although cant reach outside the LAN. Besides, traffic became a little heavy
This is the show xq eth output (simh).
sim> sh xq eth
ETH devices:
eth0 eth0 (No description available)
eth1 wlan0 (No description available)
eth2 tap0 (No description available)
eth3 br0 (No description available)
eth4 tap:tapN (Integrated Tun/Tap support)
eth5 vde evice (Integrated VDE support)
eth6 udp:sourceport:remotehost:remoteport (Integrated UDP bridge support)
Open ETH Devices:
XQ eth0 (No description available)
Ethernet Device:
Name: eth0
Reflections: 0
Self Loopbacks Sent: 2
Self Loopbacks Rcvd: 0
Host NIC Address: (removido)
Packets Sent: 3
Asynch Interrupts: Disabled
Read Queue: Count: 0
Read Queue: High: 0
Read Queue: Loss: 0
Peak Write Queue Size: 1
BPF Filter: (((ether dst 08:00:2B:AA:BB:CC)))
XQB tap:tap0 (No description available)
Ethernet Device:
Name: tap0
Reflections: 0
Self Loopbacks Sent: 2
Self Loopbacks Rcvd: 0
Packets Sent: 3
Asynch Interrupts: Disabled
Read Queue: Count: 0
Read Queue: High: 0
Read Queue: Loss: 0
Peak Write Queue Size: 1
sim>
regards
marx |
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Bruce Claremont
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| Posted on December 24 2014 03:37 |
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If you configure eth0 within linux, can you communicate with it? |
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valdirfranco
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| Posted on December 26 2014 16:58 |
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yes...pinging any IP assign to eth0 is replyed. I keep trying ...
marx |
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Bruce Claremont
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| Posted on December 27 2014 04:20 |
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Have you tried using one of the other NICs: eth1, eth2, etc? |
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valdirfranco
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| Posted on December 27 2014 06:22 |
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No... physical just eth0 and wlan0.
Added tap0 and used together eth0 into a bridge with IP 192.168.25.100/24, assigning eth0 and tap0 with IP 0.0.0.0.
Since the basic steps didnt work, I did some modification and checked results:
At vms side assigned IP to eth0(QE0) 192.168.25.200/24 and tap0(QE1) 192.168.25.220/24. Failed.
So, assigned IP (linux side) eth0 with 192.168.25.120, keeping tap0 with 0.0.0.0, Failed.
Changed (linux side) eth0 to IP 10.0.0.1/24 and (vms side) QE0(xq0<--eth0) with 10.0.0.2/24. Failed.
Deleted QE0(vms) keeping QE1 with IP 192.168.25.220/24.Failed.
Although traffic gets a bit heavy, using vde simh-vax/vms runs ok, but no outside (internet) connection is reached.
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marx |
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Bruce Claremont
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| Posted on December 28 2014 04:10 |
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I suspect there is a problem using a single NIC for both the host O/S and VMS. However, I don't know Linux well enough to suggest anything. Can a separate system ping the VMS system when it is running? |
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valdirfranco
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| Posted on December 30 2014 13:30 |
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Just for verification, I did a NetBSD/vax installation with the same virtual machine (simh39) that was used to VMS73. Net adapter eth0 bridged with virt. tap0, under bridge br0, with IP from lan 192.168.25.0 (with same steps as followed to put vms network up). Connecting via ssh from linux to vax (netbsd) and ...voilá...connection established. So, I think there is a misconfiguration with VMS. I have to check it out.
Meanwhile, I have to choose vde, even if network traffic gets a bit heavy.
marx |
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Bruce Claremont
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| Posted on December 31 2014 03:42 |
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Walk through the entire TCPIP$CONFIG.COM process, taking both All options. That should clear up any configuration issues. |
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Alan Fay
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| Posted on April 02 2015 06:59 |
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I run SIMH V3.9 on linux (Linux Mint 16 Petra) and tun/tap network devices work just fine. They are
more efficient and in my experience are much more reliable than directly libpcap’ing the physical
ethernet device. The nice thing about tun/tap network devices is you can run multiple instances of
SIMH on the same system and each instance can connect to the host, each other and the internet.
Make the VAX executable with the following defines:
make vax USE_READER_THREAD=1 USE_NETWORK=1 USE_TAP_NETWORK=1 USE_INT64=1
USE_NETWORK enable networking
USE_TAP_NETWORK enable tun/tap devices
USE_INT64 enable larger disk sizes such as:
8GB system disks:
set rq0 ra92
set -L rq0 rauser=16777216
attach rq0 dua0.dsk
16GB data disks:
set rqc0 ra92
set -L rqc0 rauser=33553408
attach rqc0 duc0.dsk
I’m connecting eth2 to the bridge because the system is headless and I don’t want to lose connectivity:
brctl addbr br0
ifconfig eth2 0.0.0.0
ifconfig br0 192.168.1.21 up
brctl addif br0 eth2
brctl setfd br0 0
tunctl -t tap0
brctl addif br0 tap0
ifconfig tap0 up
The bridge br0 acts as a switch/hub to eth2 for the connected tap0 network device, only packets
with the SIMH mac=addr will be sent to tap0. We set the bridge to have the same IP that eth2 had
because when it is attached to the bridge it loses its IP.
Start simh (mvax) with:
./mvax vax.ini
where vax.ini contains:
set xq mac=08-00-2B-AA-BB-CC
attach xq tap:tap0
sim> sh vers
VAX simulator V3.9-0 [64b data, 64b addresses, Ethernet support]
sim>
You can start other instances of SIMH running OpenVMS, OpenBSD, etc. each instance requires
its own tapN network device which can be added to the bridge/switch/hub. Each SIMH instance
must have a unique set xq mac=addr.
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valdirfranco
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| Posted on April 22 2015 13:51 |
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Hi,
I already run simh under ubuntu, now trying it on slackware (my first and favorite distro, besides another machine with mint).
I'll review all steps I did, and try it again.
Thanks.
marx |
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RE: Re: simh networking |
tolcherme
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| Posted on August 28 2015 04:34 |
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This might help (worked for me) and I've managed to get multiple instances of simh running with one physical NIC - using both ECnet and TCP/IP
https://mike632t.wordpress.com/2014/03/23/networking-with-simh-qemu/ |
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tolcherme
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| Posted on August 28 2015 04:34 |
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This might help (worked for me) and I've managed to get multiple instances of simh running with one physical NIC - using both ECnet and TCP/IP
https://mike632t.wordpress.com/2014/03/23/networking-with-simh-qemu/
Mike T. |
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malmberg
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| Posted on August 28 2015 14:36 |
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I run SimH/VAX in a VM that is dedicated to it. Gives me one ethernet adapter dedicated to a internal network bridge and one dedicated ethernet adapter bridged to the home LAN.
I plan to experiment with using Linux Containers to provide the ethernet to SimH/VAX. |
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