7 Feb
2016
7 Feb
'16
11:40 p.m.
Just wanted to let people know that I have ported my user mode router on to
VAXELN, running on an rtVAX 1000 (KA620), and it is up on HECnet.
There are some compromises, and it is pretty slow at the moment, with
adjacencies dropping from time to time, but if you see a router at 5.30 then
it is VAXELN.
Right now it is running on the real hardware, but as that is noisy and uses
155W of power then it won't be around very often. For development purposes I
also run it on SIMH where it is a bit quicker, but that will also be
intermittent. The machine is diskless and has only one Ethernet adapter, so
it is running raw packets on the LAN and talking to Johnny's bridge using
UDP, it is acting as my router to HECnet. You should be able to reach nodes
at 5.11, 5.99 and 5.100, but it *will* be slow.
Next steps will be to make it more efficient.
Regards
Rob
7 Feb
7 Feb
11:43 p.m.
On Sun, 7 Feb 2016, Robert Jarratt wrote:
Just wanted to let people know that I have ported my
user mode router on to
VAXELN, running on an rtVAX 1000 (KA620), and it is up on HECnet.
There are some compromises, and it is pretty slow at the moment, with
adjacencies dropping from time to time, but if you see a router at 5.30 then
it is VAXELN.
Right now it is running on the real hardware, but as that is noisy and uses
155W of power then it won't be around very often. For development purposes I
also run it on SIMH where it is a bit quicker, but that will also be
intermittent. The machine is diskless and has only one Ethernet adapter, so
it is running raw packets on the LAN and talking to Johnny's bridge using
UDP, it is acting as my router to HECnet. You should be able to reach nodes
at 5.11, 5.99 and 5.100, but it *will* be slow.
Can I get disk images of what you're running in SIMH?
I need something lightweight I can throw on my MIPS router so I can be on
HECnet again post-move.
Next steps will be to make it more efficient.
Regards
Rob
--
Cory Smelosky
http://gewt.net Personal stuff
http://gimme-sympathy.org Projects
8 Feb
8 Feb
12:30 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at update.uu.se [mailto:owner-hecnet at update.uu.se]
On Behalf Of Cory Smelosky
Sent: 07 February 2016 22:44
To: hecnet at update.uu.se
Cc: johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Re: [HECnet] VAXELN Router on HECnet
On Sun, 7 Feb 2016, Robert Jarratt wrote:
> Just wanted to let people know that I have ported my user mode router
> on to VAXELN, running on an rtVAX 1000 (KA620), and it is up on HECnet.
>
>
>
> There are some compromises, and it is pretty slow at the moment, with
> adjacencies dropping from time to time, but if you see a router at
> 5.30 then it is VAXELN.
>
>
>
> Right now it is running on the real hardware, but as that is noisy and
> uses 155W of power then it won't be around very often. For development
> purposes I also run it on SIMH where it is a bit quicker, but that
> will also be intermittent. The machine is diskless and has only one
> Ethernet adapter, so it is running raw packets on the LAN and talking
> to Johnny's bridge using UDP, it is acting as my router to HECnet. You
> should be able to reach nodes at 5.11, 5.99 and 5.100, but it *will* be
slow.
12:31 a.m.
On Sun, 7 Feb 2016, Robert Jarratt wrote:
You can, but I think you will find it just isn't quick enough. You could
build my ordinary code directly for the router's OS, which would work a bit
better. What is the OS?
It's just debian - this is merely a subtle excuse to play with VAXELN. ;)
Regards
Rob
--
Cory Smelosky
http://gewt.net Personal stuff
http://gimme-sympathy.org Projects
2:44 a.m.
Want a Cisco router? I don't think I'll ever use this 1841. Want it?
Yours for the cost of shipping.
-brian
On Feb 7, 2016, at 18:31, Cory Smelosky <b4 at
gewt.net> wrote:
On Sun, 7 Feb 2016, Robert Jarratt wrote:
You can, but I think you will find it just isn't quick enough. You could
build my ordinary code directly for the router's OS, which would work a bit
better. What is the OS?
It's just debian - this is merely a subtle excuse to play with VAXELN. ;)
Regards
Rob
--
Cory Smelosky
http://gewt.net Personal stuff
http://gimme-sympathy.org Projects
2:49 a.m.
On Sun, 7 Feb 2016, wonko at 4amlunch.net wrote:
Want a Cisco router? I don't think I'll ever
use this 1841. Want it?
Yours for the cost of shipping.
Sure - easier than finding the one I misplaced back in Ohio.
Thanks!
-brian
--
Cory Smelosky
http://gewt.net Personal stuff
http://gimme-sympathy.org Projects
On Feb 7, 2016, at 18:31, Cory Smelosky <b4 at
gewt.net> wrote:
On Sun, 7 Feb 2016, Robert Jarratt wrote:
You can, but I think you will find it just isn't quick enough. You could
build my ordinary code directly for the router's OS, which would work a bit
better. What is the OS?
It's just debian - this is merely a subtle excuse to play with VAXELN. ;)
Regards
Rob
--
Cory Smelosky
http://gewt.net Personal stuff
http://gimme-sympathy.org Projects 
3:09 a.m.
If you have a second one kicking around I can give it a GREAT home. :-)
-Steve
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 7, 2016, at 20:44, wonko at 4amlunch.net
wrote:
Want a Cisco router? I don't think I'll ever use this 1841. Want it?
Yours for the cost of shipping.
-brian
>> On Feb 7, 2016, at 18:31, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, 7 Feb 2016, Robert Jarratt wrote:
>>
>>
>> You can, but I think you will find it just isn't quick enough. You could
>> build my ordinary code directly for the router's OS, which would work a bit
>> better. What is the OS?
>
> It's just debian - this is merely a subtle excuse to play with VAXELN. ;)
>
>> Regards
>>
>> Rob
>
> --
> Cory Smelosky
> http://gewt.net Personal stuff
> http://gimme-sympathy.org Projects
5:29 a.m.
Oops. That went to the list. :)
Well, between the two of you decide who wants the 1841 and who wants the 1811w. :)
-brian
On Feb 7, 2016, at 21:09, Steve Davidson <steve at
davidson.net> wrote:
If you have a second one kicking around I can give it a GREAT home. :-)
-Steve
Sent from my iPhone
> On Feb 7, 2016, at 20:44, wonko at 4amlunch.net wrote:
>
> Want a Cisco router? I don't think I'll ever use this 1841. Want it?
>
> Yours for the cost of shipping.
>
> -brian
>
>>> On Feb 7, 2016, at 18:31, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sun, 7 Feb 2016, Robert Jarratt wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> You can, but I think you will find it just isn't quick enough. You could
>>> build my ordinary code directly for the router's OS, which would work a
bit
>>> better. What is the OS?
>>
>> It's just debian - this is merely a subtle excuse to play with VAXELN. ;)
>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Rob
>>
>> --
>> Cory Smelosky
>> http://gewt.net Personal stuff
>> http://gimme-sympathy.org Projects
6 a.m.
Hmmmmm ;)
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 7, 2016, at 20:29, wonko at 4amlunch.net
wrote:
Oops. That went to the list. :)
Well, between the two of you decide who wants the 1841 and who wants the 1811w. :)
-brian
> On Feb 7, 2016, at 21:09, Steve Davidson <steve at davidson.net> wrote:
>
> If you have a second one kicking around I can give it a GREAT home. :-)
>
> -Steve
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Feb 7, 2016, at 20:44, wonko at 4amlunch.net wrote:
>>
>> Want a Cisco router? I don't think I'll ever use this 1841. Want it?
>>
>> Yours for the cost of shipping.
>>
>> -brian
>>
>>>> On Feb 7, 2016, at 18:31, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, 7 Feb 2016, Robert Jarratt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You can, but I think you will find it just isn't quick enough. You
could
>>>> build my ordinary code directly for the router's OS, which would work
a bit
>>>> better. What is the OS?
>>>
>>> It's just debian - this is merely a subtle excuse to play with VAXELN.
;)
>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> Rob
>>>
>>> --
>>> Cory Smelosky
>>> http://gewt.net Personal stuff
>>> http://gimme-sympathy.org Projects
7:03 a.m.
How about you send the diffs offline to just the two of us.
-Steve
On Feb 7, 2016, at 23:29, wonko at 4amlunch.net
wrote:
Oops. That went to the list. :)
Well, between the two of you decide who wants the 1841 and who wants the 1811w. :)
-brian
> On Feb 7, 2016, at 21:09, Steve Davidson <steve at davidson.net> wrote:
>
> If you have a second one kicking around I can give it a GREAT home. :-)
>
> -Steve
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Feb 7, 2016, at 20:44, wonko at 4amlunch.net wrote:
>>
>> Want a Cisco router? I don't think I'll ever use this 1841. Want it?
>>
>> Yours for the cost of shipping.
>>
>> -brian
>>
>>>> On Feb 7, 2016, at 18:31, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, 7 Feb 2016, Robert Jarratt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You can, but I think you will find it just isn't quick enough. You
could
>>>> build my ordinary code directly for the router's OS, which would work
a bit
>>>> better. What is the OS?
>>>
>>> It's just debian - this is merely a subtle excuse to play with VAXELN.
;)
>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> Rob
>>>
>>> --
>>> Cory Smelosky
>>> http://gewt.net Personal stuff
>>> http://gimme-sympathy.org Projects
8:55 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-
hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Cory Smelosky
Sent: 07 February 2016 23:32
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Cc: johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk
Subject: RE: [HECnet] VAXELN Router on HECnet
On Sun, 7 Feb 2016, Robert Jarratt wrote:
Let me do a bit of tidying, and also make sure it builds on Debian, then I
can point you at the code.
Regards
Rob
You can, but I think you will find it just isn't quick enough. You
could build my ordinary code directly for the router's OS, which would
work a bit better. What is the OS?
It's just debian - this is merely a subtle excuse to play with VAXELN. ;)
2:08 p.m.
This is really cool. I want to add information about this in my node
database.
Care to give me a nodename, and some additional information?
(I have the hardware and OS, but version, and location maybe?)
Johnny
On 2016-02-07 23:40, Robert Jarratt wrote:
Just wanted to let people know that I have ported my
user mode router on
to VAXELN, running on an rtVAX 1000 (KA620), and it is up on HECnet.
There are some compromises, and it is pretty slow at the moment, with
adjacencies dropping from time to time, but if you see a router at 5.30
then it is VAXELN.
Right now it is running on the real hardware, but as that is noisy and
uses 155W of power then it won?t be around very often. For development
purposes I also run it on SIMH where it is a bit quicker, but that will
also be intermittent. The machine is diskless and has only one Ethernet
adapter, so it is running raw packets on the LAN and talking to Johnny?s
bridge using UDP, it is acting as my router to HECnet. You should be
able to reach nodes at 5.11, 5.99 and 5.100, but it **will** be slow.
Next steps will be to make it more efficient.
Regards
Rob
--
Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus
|| on a psychedelic trip
email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books
pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
8:24 p.m.
So I have just called it RTVAX. It is running VAXELN 4.6 and it is in the
UK.
Regards
Rob
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-
hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Johnny Billquist
Sent: 08 February 2016 13:09
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Cc: johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Re: [HECnet] VAXELN Router on HECnet
This is really cool. I want to add information about this in my node
database.
Care to give me a nodename, and some additional
information?
(I have the hardware and OS, but version, and location maybe?)
Johnny
On 2016-02-07 23:40, Robert Jarratt wrote:
> Just wanted to let people know that I have ported my user mode router
> on to VAXELN, running on an rtVAX 1000 (KA620), and it is up on HECnet.
>
> There are some compromises, and it is pretty slow at the moment, with
> adjacencies dropping from time to time, but if you see a router at
> 5.30 then it is VAXELN.
>
> Right now it is running on the real hardware, but as that is noisy and
> uses 155W of power then it won't be around very often. For development
> purposes I also run it on SIMH where it is a bit quicker, but that
> will also be intermittent. The machine is diskless and has only one
> Ethernet adapter, so it is running raw packets on the LAN and talking
> to Johnny's bridge using UDP, it is acting as my router to HECnet. You
> should be able to reach nodes at 5.11, 5.99 and 5.100, but it **will**
be
slow.
Next steps will be to make it more efficient.
Regards
Rob
--
Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus
|| on a psychedelic trip
email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books
pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
9:19 p.m.
Great. Added it. First VAXELN node registered.
Johnny
On 2016-02-08 20:24, Robert Jarratt wrote:
So I have just called it RTVAX. It is running VAXELN
4.6 and it is in the
UK.
Regards
Rob
--
Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus
|| on a psychedelic trip
email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books
pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-
hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Johnny Billquist
Sent: 08 February 2016 13:09
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Cc: johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Re: [HECnet] VAXELN Router on HECnet
This is really cool. I want to add information about this in my node
database.
Care to give me a nodename, and some additional
information?
(I have the hardware and OS, but version, and location maybe?)
Johnny
On 2016-02-07 23:40, Robert Jarratt wrote:
> Just wanted to let people know that I have ported my user mode router
> on to VAXELN, running on an rtVAX 1000 (KA620), and it is up on HECnet.
>
> There are some compromises, and it is pretty slow at the moment, with
> adjacencies dropping from time to time, but if you see a router at
> 5.30 then it is VAXELN.
>
> Right now it is running on the real hardware, but as that is noisy and
> uses 155W of power then it won't be around very often. For development
> purposes I also run it on SIMH where it is a bit quicker, but that
> will also be intermittent. The machine is diskless and has only one
> Ethernet adapter, so it is running raw packets on the LAN and talking
> to Johnny's bridge using UDP, it is acting as my router to HECnet. You
> should be able to reach nodes at 5.11, 5.99 and 5.100, but it **will**
be
slow.
Next steps will be to make it more efficient.
Regards
Rob
--
Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus
|| on a psychedelic trip
email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books
pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
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