[HECnet] Re: Route20 Test

Johnny and all, Would it be possible to help me test Rob Jarratt's Route20? At this point, ROUT20 (31.1022) is configured as an additional Level-2 router for Area 31 not doing much beyond waiting to talk to other area routers. Johnny - do you think you could open up a port on your bridge for testing? This side is at 64.137.176.104 (static), port 4711. Anyone who owns an area and connects to Johnny's bridge using an area router can also perhaps set up a second bridge link to 31.1022 for testing. Here is my config file, followed by Rob's readme file. Hopefully I am not missing something basic here and such a test will be a really bad idea. --- $ cat route20.ini [node] name=ROUT20 level=2 address=31.1022 priority=5 [ethernet] interface=vde-decnet-tap1 cost=4 [bridge] address=psilo.update.uu.se:4711 port=4711 cost=7 ; DNS section is optional, if not present then there is no periodic check to make sure ; that IP addresses have not changed. Note that the periodic checks do not cause any delay ; as they are done asynchronously. [dns] address=8.8.8.8 poll=60 [logging] ethpcapline=verbose general=detail circuit=verbose line=verbose adjacency=verbose update=verbose decision=detail forwarding=verbose messages=detail dns=verbose ethinit=verbose ethcircuit=detail ethpcapline=verbose ethsockline=verbose ddcmpsock=detail ddcmp=verbose ddcmpinit=verbose sock=detail nsp=verbose nspmessages=verbose netman=verbose --- 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 Second Alpha Release 15th Sep 2012 --> Actually no, Rob updated it in March 2020 ---------------------------------- This second release has been successfully tested with another person in another area. It fixes the following bugs and limitations: 1. Implements Level 1 Routing messages and interoperates correctly with Level 1 routers ?? (ie routing nodes that are not area routers). 2. Packets routed from outside into the local area are no longer dropped. 3. More tolerant of different line end formats on the configuration file (ie DOS or non-DOS format). 4. Fixed some compiler warnings related to format strings. I have also realised that for every bridge connection you use you need a separate UDP port. I am not sure if this is a flaw or a feature. 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. You can now have multiple bridge connections to ?? Johnny and direct to other people without creating loops. 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, it has only been tested ?? as a Level 2 (area router) node. 4. Limited testing on Raspberry Pi. 5. Performance not tested. Does not implement throttling, so traffic sent to ?? a machine with a slow network interface may experience problems. 6. Not tested with multiple ethernets. 7. It does not handle LAT and MOP, if you need these protocols then you still ?? need to use Johnny's bridge. Configuration ------------- The program expects a configuration file called route20.ini. A sample is provided, but here are some notes. An [ethernet] section is used to define an Ethernet network interface. You can have as many [ethernet] sections as you have ethernet network interfaces. A [bridge] section is used to define an interface compatible with Johnny's bridge. You can have as many [bridge] sections as you have direct links to other people's bridge or router (each requires a separate port). Use a DNS name rather than an IP address, the IP address is checked and updated according the [dns] section. Note also that the router will not accept packets from bridges not configured in the [bridge] section. The [dns] section is used to specify the IP address of your DNS server. This must be a numeric IP address. The poll period determines the period (in seconds) of the checks for changes to the IP address in your [bridge] sections. Windows Installation -------------------- Prerequisites: winpcap To install it as a service do the following: 1. Open a command prompt as an administrator. 2. Run "route20 install". 3. Copy the configuration file to %windir%\system32 4. Make sure the "DECnet 2.0 Router" service is configured to run under an ?? account that has administrative privileges. 5. Start the service. To run it as a console program: 1. Create a configuration file in the directory where the executable is ?? located. 2. Run the executable. Linux Installation ------------------ Prerequisites: pcap The program is designed to run only as a daemon. It logs to the syslog. Launch the program and it will fork and create a daemon. -- Supratim Sanyal, W1XMT 39.19151 N, 77.23432 W QCOCAL::SANYAL via HECnet