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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.
-