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From: doctor@nl2k.edmonton.AB.ca (The Doctor)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: BSDI and SLiRP
Date: 11 Mar 1996 21:34:51 -0700
Organization: NetLine 2000
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Message-ID: <4i2utb$563@doctor.nl2k.edmonton.ab.ca>
References: <Do35r9.EHH@eskimo.com> <1996Mar11.033854.1@spcvxb.spc.edu>
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In article <1996Mar11.033854.1@spcvxb.spc.edu>,
Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr. <terry@spcvxb.spc.edu> wrote:
>In article <Do35r9.EHH@eskimo.com>, starcrow@eskimo.com (Mark Dreyer) writes:
>> Is there a port of SLiRP for BSDI 2.x? I looked at ftp.bsdi.com and
>> cdrom.com to no avail. Is someone working on this?
>
> I don't recall any problems getting it to compile out-of-the-box. The
>only issue is that there is a bug in 2.0/2.0.1 (supposedly fixed in 2.1,
>I haven't checked) that can panic the system with a "trap type 12".
>
> On a completely different note, does anybody have any ideas on how to
>"break" a BSD/OS 2.x system so that SLiRP (and TIA, and MLINK, etc.)
>won't do anything useful, while the rest of the system functions nor-
>mally? I have a student system and modem pool that's being tied up by
>people dialing in and running these utilities. We're not an ISP and we
>don't want to have to buy more modems or restrict shell access to the
>BSDI boxes.
>
> Terry Kennedy Operations Manager, Academic Computing
> terry@spcvxa.spc.edu St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ USA
> +1 201 915 9381 (voice) +1 201 435-3662 (FAX)
I have an answer: get slirp 1.0c for yourself and compile it.
I have and it works like a charm. Check ftp.nl2k.edmonton.ab.ca/pub/Unix.
If it is NOT available, send e-mail to root@nl2k.edmonton.ab.ca and
will correct the circumstance.
Wonderful telnet session I say.
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