On 1/15/2013 12:39 PM, Cory Smelosky wrote: On 15 Jan 2013, at 12:37, Brian Hechinger <wonko at 4amlunch.net> wrote: On 1/15/2013 12:15 PM, Cory Smelosky wrote: Sure you don't want to play with an account on my Alpha?;) Yeah, I might just take you up on that at some point, but for now I'd really like to get something that I can haul around with me on my laptop. Let me know. The box is going to stay on for awhile. ;) If you set me something up I wouldn't complain. I'll need ssh/scp, vim (although that's optional) and python. :) What's the host NIC? I'm noe of using VMware's "host only" network adapters which I believe is just a loopback adapter. I'm tempted to spin up a loopback adapter for this, however, just to be sure. Probably best. I didn't notice any reliability issues attaching it to a physical interface on my system. You know what? I take that all back. I'm already using a loopback for IP connectivity. Forgot about that. Bah. -brian