virtual ethernet card
 

HI all!
I have a computer without a physical ethernet card inside.
RedHat 9 is the linux version onboard.
I need to emulate an ethernet card with an arbitrary
physical address (i mean a MAC address).
Is it possible?
Somebody told me that i could install vmware on windows and
use one of the virtual ethernet cards provided in that environment.
Is there another simpler method?
Thanks in advance!

Holden

I have setup a full virtual network on one pc using UML (user mode linux)

http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/

it allows you to rub a FULL vitrual linux box on a linux box.

I have had 3 running and talking to one another and the outside world. I have also ran a uml and had a firend login to it using ssh from the internet with no problems.

its worth a look.

easy install is
download precompiled uml kernel.
download prebuild root_fs
run
./linux ubd0=root_fs

that should get you running in 10 mins.