HOWTO: Mac OS X Networking

[Jamie Maynard]

First off I stand corrected and would like to apologise Mac OS X networking
using sheep_net is pretty much broken with Mac OS X.  Personally since
Samuel sorted out this whole automatic networking set up thing with MOL I
haven't bothered with sheep_net.  I will say I do need more information on
the Pros and Cons of the Sheep_net driver if someone could e-mail me and go
through them I would be grateful.

OK using the automatic networking setup in MOL is very simple.  On the Linu=
x
side all you need to do is make sure you have DHCPd installed.  You also
need to make sure you have a configured Ethernet port working (/dev/eth0) I
found that when I was trying to convince MOL Networking to work when I had
an un-configured Ethernet device it decided it didn't want to work.

Once you have double checked that all that is installed you then need to
Start MOL in to Mac OS X (startmol --osx), let MOL boot Mac OS X normally,
when its finished booting Log in as yourself (or preferably someone who has
administrator privileges).

Once you have logged in you want to open the System Preferences Application
and then select the Network Preferences.  All your normal Mac OS X
networking adaptors will be gone.  Instead you should have a new one of en1=
.
All you want to do is simply set this to be configured by DHCP.  Once that=B9=
s
done apply the changes and quit the System preferences.  You should be
assign an IP of 192.168.6.2 for Mac OS X and 192.168.6.1 for Linux.  If you=
r
Linux box has connection to the Internet all Internet requested will be
routed to the Linux side and then on to where ever.  You should have full
internet access from Mac OS X.

Hope this provides some help in setting up Networking with Mac OS X.

Jamie