[HECnet] Beta User Mode DECnet Router Available For Testing

The source code has been updated on CodePlex to fix both issues. It now generates level 1 routing messages, so will work correctly if you have level 1 routers in your area. It also handles unreachable nodes in its own area correctly now. 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 16:43 To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Subject: RE: [HECnet] Beta User Mode DECnet Router Available For Testing 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