MULTINET(8)MULTINET(8)NAMEmultinet - Connect to a Multinet* DECnet over IP server
SYNOPSISmultinet [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 remte 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 protcol 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 con‐
nection after this time then the daemon will attempt to restart
it.
-H hello timer
How often HELLO messages are sent (default 60) in seconds.
EXAMPLESmultinet-1 -D 3.2 zarqon.tykepenguin.com
SEE ALSOdnroute(8), ip(8)DECnet utilities March 30 2006 MULTINET(8)
