Hmmm, trickery trickery. I assume the software that must be "tricked" is running in a Linux box and makes a system call to check the "network status". In my naive way, I would try to run the application on a real network using the strace command in order to see what devices it tries to open() and what ioctl() or read() it performs. I would then create a dummy device which responds as the network device would, load it into the kernel, create a symlink to my new device and run the application. Another naive way is to get yet another (cheap) network card and plug it into the same computer and enable it with a different net address. Then hook up a patch cable between the two cards. This is technically a network. However I suspect there is more to this and I'm a very naive user. Soisson, Stephen Michael wrote:
Hi everyone.
I would greatly appreciate your thoughts on how I might be able to "simulate" or trick my ethernet card into thinking it is connected to an active network?
I have a bit of licensed software that will only function if I am connected to a network. It doesn't matter which network - any will do - but I have to be connected.
Is there a workaround for this?
I would be eternally grateful for any help in this matter.
Thanks
Steve
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