NAME¶
multinet - Connect to a Multinet* DECnet over IP server
SYNOPSIS¶
multinet [options] <local-decnet-addr> <remote-host>
DESCRIPTION¶
This utility creates a tapX device and copies all the DECnet packets from that
over IP to a remote Multinet* server. It provides a way to connect a Linux box
to a remote VMS machine over an IP-only network. Using Linux routing it should
be possible to connect DECnet networks over the internet using this technique.
local-decnet-addr DECnet node address of the tapX interface. This need
not be the same as the address used on other interfaces but it might be less
confusing if it is.
remote-host IP address or host name of the remote Multinet server. If you
send a HUP signal to the process it will lookup this name again, so you don't
need to restart the server if the remote node changes its IP address.
- *Multinet is a product, and probably a trademark, of Process
Software.
- http://www.process.com and is available free for hobbyist use.
The protocol used here was reverse engineered by Mark Berryman and Christine
Caulfield.
OPTIONS¶
- -v
- Be verbose and dump packet contents to stderr
- -1
- Advertise as a level 1 router
- -2
- Advertise as a level 2 router (default)
- -D
- Make the tapX device into the default DECnet device. This will force all
traffic to non-local nodes down the Multinet link. IMPORTANT: Due to a
kernel bug you should not use this option unless you are using a Linux
kernel version 2.6.17 or later.
- -p priority
- Router priority. Default is 64
- -P port
- Port to talk to Multinet on (default is 700). Ony change this if you know
the Multinet server is listening on a different port
- -m MTU
- Maximum size of packets. (default 576)
- -t secs
- Timeout for IP connections. If no traffic is seen on the IP connection
after this time then the daemon will attempt to restart it.
- -H hello timer
- How often HELLO messages are sent (default 60) in seconds.
EXAMPLES¶
multinet -1 -D 3.2 zarqon.tykepenguin.com
SEE ALSO¶
dnroute(8),
ip(8)