--- networking.20020427.xml Sat Apr 27 16:31:17 2002 +++ networking.xml Tue Sep 3 17:05:11 2002 @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ /tools/uml_net, and the daemon is uml_switch, in CVS /tools/uml_router. They are both built with a plain 'make'. Both need to be installed in a directory that's in your path - /usr/bin is -recommend. On top of that, uml_net needs to the setuid root. +recommend. On top of that, uml_net needs to be setuid root.
@@ -444,7 +444,8 @@ growling at me.

The switch daemon, uml_switch, provides a mechanism for creating a -totally virtual network with no connection to the host network. +totally virtual network. By default, it provides no connection to the +host network (see -tap, below).

The first thing you need to do is run the daemon. Running it with no arguments will make it listen on a default pair of unix domain @@ -456,6 +457,14 @@ If you want it to act as a hub rather than a switch, use -hub

+If you want the switch to be connected to host networking (allowing the +umls to get access to the outside world through the host), use +-tap tap0 +

+Note that the tap device must be preconfigured (see "TUN/TAP with a +preconfigured tap device", above). If you're using a different tap +device than tap0, specify that instead of tap0. +

The general format of the kernel command line switch is ethn=daemon,ethernet address,socket