[HECnet] Beta User Mode DECnet Router Available For Testing
Rob Jarratt
robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com
Sat Sep 8 16:42:44 PDT 2012
I have already realised that there is at least one deficiency. If you have
any Level 1 routers in your area then it isn't going to work properly
because it doesn't send out Level 1 Routing messages (but it does process
the ones it receives). I have also had a report that when nodes in my area
are not reachable, you get a timeout instead of an "unreachable" error.
Regards
Rob
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE]
On Behalf Of Rob Jarratt
Sent: 08 September 2012 14:12
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: RE: [HECnet] Beta User Mode DECnet Router Available For Testing
If you want to try routing directly to me, my config is
jarratt.dyndns.org:4711. I will need to know your details for the link to
work.
Regards
Rob
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-
hecnet at Update.UU.SE]
On Behalf Of Brian Hechinger
Sent: 08 September 2012 12:35
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: Re: [HECnet] Beta User Mode DECnet Router Available For
Testing
Excellent! I'll download and play when I have some free time!!
-brian
On Sep 8, 2012, at 4:04, "Rob Jarratt" <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com>
wrote:
I have published everything up on CodePlex now. Here is the link:
https://route20.codeplex.com/
Regards
Rob
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-
hecnet at Update.UU.SE]
On Behalf Of Brian Hechinger
Sent: 08 September 2012 00:38
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: Re: [HECnet] Beta User Mode DECnet Router Available For
Testing
Ok, but where do we find the source? :)
-brian
On 9/7/2012 6:36 PM, Rob Jarratt wrote:
I am ready for a couple of people to try out the user mode DECnet
router I have been writing. Is anyone interested in trying it out?
You will need to be able to compile C code and have pcap or
winpcap installed.
Here is an extract from the README:
User Mode DECnet Router Readme
==============================
This program is a DECnet router that implements version 2.0 of the
DECnet routing specification found here:
http://linux-decnet.sourceforge.net/docs/route20.txt
Features
--------
1. Runs on Windows either as a Windows Service, or as a console
program.
2. Runs on Linux as a daemon.
3. Full routing capability, so it avoids broadcasting all routing
messages to
entire network and kills looping packets.
4. Supports Ethernet (using pcap/winpcap).
5. Supports Johnny's bridge.
6. Can be extended to support other kinds of circuit (Cisco and
Multinet might
be examples, not tried).
7. Does dynamic DNS updates without blocking.
Limitations
-----------
1. Only tested on Windows Server 2003 and Raspberry Pi running
Debian.
2. Does not support Phase III nodes.
3. Although it can be configured as a Level 1 node, Level 1 is not
fully
supported. It has only been tested as a Level 2 (area router)
node.
4. Limited testing on Raspberry Pi.
5. Performance not tested.
6. Not tested with multiple ethernets.
7. Limited testing with multiple bridges.
Regards
Rob
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