Telnet server patch for VirtualBox serial port
Posted: 31. Mar 2015, 20:33
Several days of work
VirtualBox finally got a serial-telnet-server patch !
Now people can connect to serial port via telnet from remote computers.
This is particularly useful for GNS3 Network Simulator, where we do access remote VM's serial port.
Ugly tricks such as "socat" bridge and "VMware Serial Line Gateway" out; Patch in !
I ask you to include it in the upcoming VirtualBox 4.4, and call it a "major new feature" in changelog
Screenshot + patch attached
To install: must be compiled against VirtualBox 4.3.x source code.
UPDATE: telnet patch v2 patch has few changes:
1. renamed "Create pipe" into "Create socket", along with documentation changes
2. updated Changelog
3. tested vs. 5.0.0-BETA1
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No IPv6 support and no iprt/tcp.h support here.
Enjoy !
--
-"Technologov"
VirtualBox finally got a serial-telnet-server patch !
Now people can connect to serial port via telnet from remote computers.
This is particularly useful for GNS3 Network Simulator, where we do access remote VM's serial port.
Ugly tricks such as "socat" bridge and "VMware Serial Line Gateway" out; Patch in !
I ask you to include it in the upcoming VirtualBox 4.4, and call it a "major new feature" in changelog
Screenshot + patch attached
To install: must be compiled against VirtualBox 4.3.x source code.
UPDATE: telnet patch v2 patch has few changes:
1. renamed "Create pipe" into "Create socket", along with documentation changes
2. updated Changelog
3. tested vs. 5.0.0-BETA1
====
No IPv6 support and no iprt/tcp.h support here.
Enjoy !
--
-"Technologov"