setether(8) [debian man page]

SETETHER(8)						      System Manager's Manual						       SETETHER(8)

NAME

       setether - Set the ethernet address for use with DECnet

SYNOPSIS

       setether <if> [<if>...]|all [options]

DESCRIPTION

       Set ethernet MAC address on ethernet adaptors

       This  script should be run at system startup. It will change the ethernet hardware (MAC) address of any or all ethernet interfaces to match
       the DECnet node address. DECnet requires that the MAC address of all ethernet adaptors running the protocol be set approriately.  If you do
       not run setether then you must change the ethernet address in some other way for DECnet to work.
       By  default no ethernet interfaces will have their MAC addresses changed by setether, if you specify all then all interfaces name eth* will
       be changed, otherwise a list of interface names can be specified.  setether will enable (UP) all interfaces it changes  the  MAC  addresses
       of.
       (2.4  only) The first interface specified on the command-line will also be made the default interface for DECnet operations (ie attempts to
       contact nodes not in the neighbour table will be done over this interface).
       This script must be run with the interface inactive, it is normally run from /etc/init.d/decnet before TCP/IP starts up.

EXAMPLES

       set the MAC address of eth0.

	   # /sbin/setether eth0

       set the MAC address of all ethernet interfaces

	   # /sbin/setether all

HELPFUL HINTS

       If you have multiple ethernet cards on your system and they are connected to the the same network you should specify which one you want	to
       use  for DECnet communication on the setether command line, otherwise they will both be given the same MAC address and this is probably not
       what you want.
       Running DECnet on multiple ethernet interfaces only works under Linux 2.4. If you are running Linux 2.2 then  the  interface  name  on  the
       setether command line must match the one in /etc/decnet.conf(5).

SEE ALSO

       decnet.conf(5), dntype(1), dndir(1), dndel(1), dnetd(8), dnping(1)

DECnet utilities						   March 01 2001						       SETETHER(8)

DNROUTE(8)						      System Manager's Manual							DNROUTE(8)

NAME

       dnroute - DECnet Routing Daemon

SYNOPSIS

       dnroute [options]
       Options:
       [-dvV2Dtnhr]

DESCRIPTION

       dnroute is a daemon that manages the DECnet routing tables to provide a simple
	but probably useful routing policy.
       dnroute	listens  for  incoming	routing  messages  and	adds routes in the kernel for non-local areas that it sees. Routes will be modifed
       according to these messages so that the lowest cost route that is up will always be used. Routes to locally accessible nodes (it  those	in
       the  neighbour  table)  will  also  be  added.	If you want to keep manual control of the route to a particular area, then add a line into
       dnroute.conf. eg:
       manual 26
       will disable dnroute's setting of routing tables for that area. dnetinfo will still show the route that would have been set with (M) on the
       line to show it has been overidden.
       To  implement  its  routing  policies  dnroute  assumes	that  all  interfaces  on the system have a cost of 4. To change this add lines in
       /etc/dnroute.conf for each of the interfaces you need to change. eg
       eth0 6
       eth1 8
       tap0 10
       A script called dnetinfo is provided that gets the routing information from dnroute and displays it on stdout in a format  similar  to  the
       VMS command SHOW NET/OLD.

OPTIONS

       -d     Don't fork and run the background. Use this for debugging.

       -v     Verbose. Log route changes to syslog.

       -D     Debug log. Writes debugging information to stderr. Only useful with -d.

       -h -?  Displays help for using the command.

       -r     Send DECnet routing messages showing the state of local nodes.

       -2     Send DECnet level 2 (area) routing messages. Implies -r.

       -t <secs>
	      Timer to send routing messages on. Defaults to 15 seconds.

       -n     Do not set up routes or send routing messages, just monitor the network. Useful for testing.

       -V     Show the version of dnroute.

SEE ALSO

       dnetd.conf(5), ip(8)

DECnet utilities						   March 30 2006							DNROUTE(8)