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<TITLE>OpenBeOS Network Kit</TITLE>
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<H1>OpenBeOS Network Kit</H1>
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<P>
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<UL>
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<LI><A href="overview.html">Overview</A>
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<LI>Implementation:
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<UL>
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<LI><A href="libs.html">The shared libraries</A>
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<UL>
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<LI><A href="libs.html#libnet">libnet.so</A>
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<LI><A href="libs.html#sockets_api">POSIX/BSD sockets support</A>
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<LI><A href="libs.html#dns_resolver">DNS resolver</A>
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<LI><A href="libs.html#libnet_misc">Misc functions</A>
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<LI><A href="libs.html#libnetapi">libnetapi.so</A>
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<LI><A href="stack_driver.html">The stack driver</A>
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<LI><A href="stack.html">The network stack</A>
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<LI><A href="stack.html#core">Core module
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<LI><A href="stack.html#interfaces">Interfaces modules</A>
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<LI><A href="stack.html#protocols">Protocols modules</A>
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<LI><A href="apps.html">Network apps</A>
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<LI><A href="apps.html#preflet">The Network GUI preference app</A>
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<LI><A href="apps.html#ping">ping</A>
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<LI><A href="apps.html#ifconfig">ifconfig</A>
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<LI><A href="apps.html#route">route</A>
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<LI><A href="apps.html#traceroute">traceroute</A>
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<LI><A href="apps.html#arp">arp</A>
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<A name="overview">
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<H2>Overview</H2>
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<P>The OpenBeOS Network Kit consists of:
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<LI>a modular, add-ons based <A href="#stack">network stack</A>
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<LI>two shared libraries, <A href="#libnet">libnet.so</A> and <A href="#libnetapi">libnetapi.so</A>
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<LI>a <A href="#stack_driver">stack driver</A>, acting as interface between the
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<A href="#stack">network stack</A> and <A href="#libnet">libnet.so</A>
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<LI>basic network utilities
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<LI>a modular GUI <A href="#preflet">preflet</A>
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</P>
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<H3>Let's picture(s) talk</H3>
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<P>The following image shows the overall network design:</P>
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<IMG ALT="OpenBeOS Network Kit block diagram" SRC="obos_net_stack_design_1.gif"><BR>
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<H2>Implementation</H2>
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<UL>
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<LI><A name="stack">
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<H3>The network stack</H3>
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<I>Location</I>: <CODE>src/add-ons/kernel/network</CODE>
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<P>Todo...</P>
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<LI><A name="stack_driver">
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<H3>The stack driver</H3>
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<I>Location</I>: <CODE>src/add-ons/kernel/drivers/net/stack</CODE>
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<P>The stack driver is the interface between <A href="#libnet">libnet</A> and the real stack behind him,
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host by the <A href="#stack">network stack</A> kernel modules.</P>
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His purpose is multiple:
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<OL>
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<LI>Provide the sockets == file descriptors support
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<LI>Provide a support for select() on sockets
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<LI>Load the network stack at first access, and keep it that way then...
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</OL>
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</P>
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<LI><A name="libnet">
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<H3>The libnet.so shared library</H3>
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<I>Location</I>: <CODE>src/kits/net/libnet</CODE>
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<P>This shared library is the way BeOS R5 provide the sockets POSIX/BSD API to apps. Being
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binary compatible with R5 make this library implementation tedious.</P>
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<LI><A name="libnetapi">
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<H3>The libnetapi.so shared library</H3>
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<I>Location</I>: <CODE>src/kits/net/libnetapi</CODE>
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<P>This shared library contains thin C++ classes wrapping the C sockets POSIX/BSD API into
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these BNet* classes we're used under BeOS: look at them in your <A href="file:///boot/beos/documentation/Be%20Book/The%20Network%20Kit/index.html">
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BeBook</A></P>
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<LI><A name="bin">
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<H3>Basic network utilities</H3>
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<UL>
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<LI><B>ping</B><BR>
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<I>Location</I>: <CODE>src/apps/bin/ping</CODE>
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<LI><B>ifconfig</B><BR>
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<I>Location</I>: <CODE>src/apps/bin/ifconfig</CODE>
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<LI><B>route</B><BR>
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<I>Location</I>: <CODE>src/apps/bin/route</CODE>
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<LI><B>traceroute</B><BR>
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<I>Location</I>: <CODE>src/apps/bin/traceroute</CODE>
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<LI><B>arp</B><BR>
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<I>Location</I>: <CODE>src/apps/bin/arp</CODE>
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</UL>
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</UL>
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<H6>Philippe Houdoin, March 24rd, 2003</H6>
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