Nfeth.xif

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The MiNT-Net xif driver for Native Features "ETHERNET" interface. This manual is very basic. There is a much more comprehensive manual at the aranym wiki.

[edit] Installation and usage on host side (linux):

Make sure the 'aratapif' (ARAnyM TAP IFconfig) binary is installed somewhere in your $PATH (/usr/bin or /usr/local/bin) and that it is installed setuid root. If it's not use the following commands (run them as root):

linux:~# chown root /usr/bin/aratapif
linux:~# chmod u+s /usr/bin/aratapif

Another important thing is to load the tuntap device driver (if it isn't compiled in the host kernel). I load it with the following command:

linux:~# modprobe tun

And before loading this driver please check (and possibly fix) the read/write permissions of the "/dev/net/tun" device:

linux:~# chmod a+rw /net/dev/tun

Otherwise ARAnyM started by regular user could not access this device. More information about TUN/TAP you'll find at http://vtun.sourceforge.net/tun/

[edit] On Atari side

Install MiNT-Net and copy the nfeth.xif into your mint folder. Then configure the eth0 interface, best by calling the eth0-config.sh script. If you wanted to configure the IP addresses or netmask, you could do that in the ARAnyM config file. Then in MiNT-Net you can e.g. ping to 192.168.0.1 (which is the default IP of the TAP tunnel's host side).

[edit] How it works

The ARAnyM establishes the TAP interface (using tuntap driver). tuntap linux driver: /usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt Some related info can be found at the following URLs:

• VTUN (virtual tunnel) http://vtun.sourceforge.net/tun
• Hercules (s390 emulator) http://www.conmicro.cx/hercules/

Enjoy! The ARAnyM Team.