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ETHER: Update comments and network notes to describe Npcap support

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Mark Pizzolato 2020-06-13 14:40:17 -07:00
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0readme_ethernet.txt
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@ -216,19 +216,19 @@ Note: As mentioned above, NAT networking is specifically capable of providing
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Windows notes:
1. The Windows-specific code uses the WinPCAP 4.1.3 package from
https://www.winpcap.org/install/bin/WinPcap_4_1_3.exe. This package
for windows simulates the libpcap package that is freely available for
un*x systems. The Npcap package does not currently allow simulators
to exchange packets with the host system while WinPcap does.
1. The Npcap package available from https://nmap.org/npcap is the preferred
interface for Windows 7 onward since the original WinPCAP 4.1.3 package
from https://www.winpcap.org/install/bin/WinPcap_4_1_3.exe is no longer
developed or supported. These packages for windows simulate the libpcap
package that is freely available for un*x systems.
2. You must *install* the WinPCAP runtime package.
3. The first time the WinPCAP driver is used, it will be dynamically loaded,
and the user must be an Administrator on the machine to do so. If you need
to run as an unprivileged user, you must set the "npf" driver to autostart.
Current WinPcap installers provide an option to configure this at
installation time, so if that choice is made, then there is no need for
Current Npcap and WinPcap installers provide an option to configure this
at installation time, so if that choice is made, then there is no need for
administrator privileged to run simulators with network support.
@ -238,10 +238,11 @@ Building on Windows:
Express 2008 or 2010 interactive development environments, read the file
".\Visual Studio Projects\0ReadMe_Projects.txt" for details about the
required dependencies. Alternatively, you can build simh with networking
support using the MinGW GCC compiler environment or the cygwin environment.
Each of these Visual C++, MinGW and cygwin build environments require
WinPcap and Posix packages being available. These should be located in a
directory structure parallel to the current simulator source directory.
support using the MinGW GCC compiler environment (32 bit) or the cygwin
environment. Each of these Visual C++, MinGW and cygwin build environments
require Npcap or WinPcap and Posix threading packages being available.
These should be located in a directory structure parallel to the current
simulator source directory.
For Example, the directory structure should look like:
@ -268,8 +269,8 @@ Building on Windows:
file is invoked with.
The current windows network built binaries will run on any system without
regard to whether or not WinPcap is installed, and will provide
Network functionality when WinPcap is available.
regard to whether or not Npcap or WinPcap is installed, and will provide
Network functionality when Npcap or WinPcap is available.
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@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
Supported/Tested Platforms:
Windows(NT,2K,XP,2K3,Vista,Win7) WinPcap V3.0+
Windows(NT,2K,XP,2K3,Vista,Win7) WinPcap-4.1.3 Npcap-V0.9994
Linux libpcap at least 0.9
OpenBSD,FreeBSD,NetBSD libpcap at least 0.9
MAC OS/X libpcap at least 0.9
@ -67,8 +67,11 @@
Compaq Tru64 Unix ??
VMS Alpha/Itanium VMS only, needs VMS libpcap
WinPcap is available from:
WinPcap is no longer developed or supported by was available from:
http://winpcap.polito.it/
Npcap is a complete replacement for systems running Windows7 and later
and is available from:
https://nmap.org/npcap
libpcap for VMS is available from:
http://simh.trailing-edge.com/sources/vms-pcap.zip
libpcap for other Unix platforms is available at:
@ -82,8 +85,9 @@
Current Version: http://www.tcpdump.org/daily/libpcap-current.tar.gz
Released Version: http://www.tcpdump.org/release/
When necessary (see NOTE above about vendor supplied libpcap),
we've gotten the tarball, unpacked, built and installed it with:
When absolutely necessary (see NOTE above about vendor supplied
libpcap), we've gotten the tarball, unpacked, built and installed
it with:
gzip -dc libpcap-current.tar.gz | tar xvf -
cd libpcap-directory-name
./configure