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Title: FREENET
Author: Tom Hughes (freenet@compton.demon.co.uk)
Version: 2.00
Title From: Documentation
Author From: Documentation
Version From: Documentation
Supplier: Tom Hughes (freenet@compton.demon.co.uk)
Date: 01/10/96
Keywords: Communications software
Shareware: No
Machine: Archimedes
Operating system: RISCOS
Memory requirements:
Peripherals needed:
Other s/ware needed:
Directory: micros/arch/riscos/d112
Date mounted/updated: 21/10/96
File names: freenet.arc
Unarchived files: 46
Unarchived size: 447 kbytes
Omissions:
See also: KA9Q (a159)
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Acquiring the package:
Download the archive file(s) and extract using SparkPlug 2
(see the "tools_help" file in micros/arch/riscos/tools for further info).
Description:
The FreeNet package is centred around the FreeNet module which is a
full TCP/IP stack providing a SWI call interface to the BSD socket
calls, and which matches the SWIs provided by Acorn's TCP/IP suite. As
a result, client programs should be interchangeable between the
two. It also uses the same hardware drivers as Acorn TCP/IP so that
these two are interchangeable.
The package includes two hardware drivers. The first is a loopback
driver, which simply returns packets to the sender, and is provided
mainly for testing purposes. The second is a SLIP driver which
supports the use of serial interfaces. FreeNet will also work with
ethernet cards, using the driver supplied with the card.
Also provided are a number of simple client programs, useful mostly
for testing and debugging the configuration of FreeNet. These include
ping, traceroute, finger and whois clients.