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List:       freebsd-hackers
Subject:    Ethernet-like loopback & IPX
From:       "Serge A. Babkin" <babkin () hq ! icb ! chel ! su>
Date:       1996-07-22 2:19:19
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I have written an Ethernet-like loopback driver. All its interfaces
are "connected" to the same virtual Ethernet. The idea is to add
the link-level raw socket interface and use it to implement network
access from the MS-DOS emulator. It must look like:


  |
  |                    Virtual internal LAN
  +---- Unix router ------------------------- DOS emulator
  |
  |

Real LAN


It is useful also for experiments with network protocols if you have 
no real network (like me at home).  Is anyone interested in it?

By the way, I have fixed the bug (in my opinion) in IPX. It allowed
only one link-level (i.e. Ethernet) address for all interfaces.
Was it a real bug or feature ?

-SB

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