[HECnet] DECnet User Mode Router - Encapsulation Formats

[Rob Jarratt]

It is going to be a while before I am ready to debug seriously against an
existing tunnel, but if you could make one available in any case that would
be great so I can start to see what things look like. Beware though that I
am very likely to cause stuff to break!

Regards

Rob

-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Peter Lothberg
Sent: 23 June 2012 15:49
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Subject: RE: [HECnet] DECnet User Mode Router - Encapsulation Formats


The Multinet ecap Stuart explained a while ago here on HECnet, I'll resend
it.

GRE is a IP protocol, like TCP and UDP.

If you encap anything in GRE you have:

IP header
GRE Header
(Protocol you are transporting part of GRE header represented with the
16 bit ether-type)
Payload.
csum

In the case of DECnet the cisco encap is take the stuff you put in a
etchernet
packet, but skip headers and start at the protocol ID. Remember check what
hapens with packets that decnet multicats on a lan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_Routing_Encapsulation

Let me knew if you run in to problems or need a tunnel to debug against.

--Peter




-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Dave McGuire
Sent: 22 June 2012 19:34
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Subject: Re: [HECnet] DECnet User Mode Router - Encapsulation
Formats

On 06/22/2012 02:31 PM, Rob Jarratt wrote:
I am making a little progress on a user mode DECnet router that
will run on Raspberry Pi and on Windows. There is still a long way
to go, but I want to get the basic design right in terms on the
network
interfacing.
Can someone tell me how Cisco and Multinet encapsulate DECnet
packets sent over the internet?

  Ciscos can encapsulate DECnet within either GRE or L2TP.

                        -Dave

--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA

I hope GRE and L2TP aren't too complex. It *looks* like GRE can be
transported over UDP. L2TP looks a bit more complex, but I have
skimmed the Wikipedia page for all of 15 seconds so I may have missed
something.

Regards

Rob