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#151 Virtual Network Support
This software should be able to emulate routers, hubs,
bridges, NIC's and other networking devices.
So, then somebody can setup a vitual network within the
PC and by running multiple sessions of the BOCHS he
can connect to the network.
That is , design and implement a virtual network wihin
the PC.
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On Linux, this shouldn't be a problem. You can use IPTables to configure a virtual network between the various
virtual NICs. (Assuming you can get networking running at all.)
Hercules (the s/390 emulator) comes with a tool called "vmnet". This splits out the host side of the network from
the emulator, allowing the emulator to run as a normal user. I'd really like to see a similar approach in bochs, if
it's going to need root access for networking.
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I'd really like this feature!!
At the moment I'm using the VMWARE virtual host only
network card as the network card of my Bochs, so that I can
communicate on the network... But I'd like to remove
VMWARE!!
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We have now the 'vnet' packet mover. It can do ARP, ping
and DHCP. I think it is possible to add more features.
Now we have applied an old SF patch for the "socket" network driver. With the external program "bxhub" it is possible to run up to 6 Bochs sessions as a virtual network. The "bxhub" also implements the "vnet" features.