[HECnet] Multinet Tunnel Connections to SG1::

[Rob Jarratt]

I reckon it could be done with a single interface.

Will take a look at the specs, a raspberry pi DECnet router would be great!

Regards

Rob

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From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-
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Sent: 06 June 2012 22:41
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Subject: Re: [HECnet] Multinet Tunnel Connections to SG1::


On 6 Jun 2012, at 22:37, <Paul_Koning at Dell.com> wrote:


On Jun 6, 2012, at 5:34 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:

On 2012-06-06 22:40, Rob Jarratt wrote:
...
It would be a fun exercise to turn the bridge into an actual DECnet
router.
One day, when I have a lot of time I might even think about trying
that.

Feel free. The specifications are out there, so it's definitely not an
impossible task. But I guess it will take some work. It would be very nice
if the
bridge did turn into a WAN router...

	Johnny

DECnet Phase IV is pretty straightforward.   The specs are all out there.
And
much of it is implemented in Linux, so you can find C sources ready to
go...
Even if sample code only does L1 routing, you're nearly there because area
routing is essentially the same thing done a second time on a second set
of
tables.

There may be mileage in building dedicated DECnet bridges/routers using
RaspberryPi boards in a suitable case running a very cut-down Linux with
an
advanced version of the bridge? I am no programming wizard but I am good
at compiling and testing stuff.

Would it require 2 Ethernet interfaces to work or would (like the bridge)
just
one work okay?


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