On Friday 12 May 2006 16:55, John Parsons wrote: > Hi, > > I'm currently using several instances of uml_switch to create virtual > network segments. These are working fine for the simple network I have at > present. However, to make things a little more interesting I'd like to > stick in some more virtual "routers" connected with point-to-point links to > simulate a more complicated network.
> uml_switch doesn't seem like the best choice for this, and I was wondering > what would be the best way of implementing these links. They will all be > purely guest-to-guest links; I don't need the host to be attached at this > point in the network. The segments do need to be completely isolated, so > that I can simulate failed links and dynamic routing. > > Any suggestions would be welcome, Even in the other solution (PPP over SSH), or in whichever one you can think of (I would use normal Ethernet subnets, but have many different ones, each one with only two hosts on it), you get to use an UML as router... Alternatively, I'd suggest using Netkit, which allows using UML for experimenting easily with complex network setups... I haven't had the time to try it myself, but the thing is interesting. -- Inform me of my mistakes, so I can keep imitating Homer Simpson's "Doh!". Paolo Giarrusso, aka Blaisorblade (Skype ID "PaoloGiarrusso", ICQ 215621894) http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade ___________________________________ Yahoo! Mail: gratis 1GB per i messaggi e allegati da 10MB http://mail.yahoo.it ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list User-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user
