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)

DECnet utilities                                  March 30 2006                                      MULTINET(8)