[HECnet] Beta User Mode DECnet Router Available For Testing

[Brian Hechinger]

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