--- BasiliskII/README 2004/05/09 16:15:36 1.38 +++ BasiliskII/README 2005/05/13 09:33:51 1.39 @@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ ether Linux: The "ethernet card description" is the name of an Ethernet interface. - There are three approaches to networking with Basilisk II: + There are four approaches to networking with Basilisk II: 1. Direct access to an Ethernet card via the "sheep_net" kernel module. The "ethernet card description" must be the name of a real Ethernet @@ -455,6 +455,37 @@ ether #!/bin/sh exec /usr/bin/kdesu -c /path/to/tunconfig $1 $2 + 4. Access the network through the user mode network stack. + (the code and this documentation come from QEMU) + + By setting the "ethernet card description" to "slirp", + Basilisk II uses a completely user mode network stack (you + don't need root priviledges to use the virtual network). The + virtual network configuration is the following: + + Basilisk II <------> Firewall/DHCP server <-----> Internet + (10.0.2.x) | (10.0.2.2) + | + ----> DNS server (10.0.2.3) + | + ----> SMB server (10.0.2.4) + + Basilisk II behaves as if it was behind a firewall which + blocks all incoming connections. You can use a DHCP client to + automatically configure the network in Basilisk II. + + In order to check that the user mode network is working, you + can ping the address 10.0.2.2 and verify that you got an + address in the range 10.0.2.x from the Basilisk II virtual + DHCP server. + + Note that ping is not supported reliably to the internet as + it would require root priviledges. It means you can only ping + the local router (10.0.2.2). + + When using the built-in TFTP server, the router is also the + TFTP server. + FreeBSD: The "ethertap" method described above also works under FreeBSD, but since no-one has found the time to write a section for this manual, you're on