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)