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Date:      Mon, 22 Jul 1996 08:19:19 +0600 (ESD)
From:      "Serge A. Babkin" <babkin@hq.icb.chel.su>
To:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Ethernet-like loopback & IPX
Message-ID:  <199607220219.IAA20806@hq.icb.chel.su>

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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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