New stack
- This page describes the development of the new network stack for KolibriOS
- Since SVN #3556, the code has been merged in trunk and is now available in the english, russian spanish and italian builds of kolibrios!
- You can find the latest source code on svn://kolibrios.org/kernel/trunk (websvn)
- You can download an image file with pre-compiled library, applications, kernel and drivers on the builds page
- All bugs may be reported to KolibriOS bug tracker
Kernel
The old kernel functions 52 and 53 have been removed and the New_network_api has been created.
Internally, the stack has been completely rewritten (mostly from scratch)
- Working
- Attaching multiple network drivers/devices to the kernel
- Sending and receiving Ethernet/IPv4/UDP/ICMP/ARP/TCP packets
- Queuing of packets when nescessary
- UDP/TCP/RAW(ICMP/IP..) sockets (POSIX compatible)
- Blocking sockets
- IPC/local sockets (needs testing)
- Under construction
- Link detection for all network drivers
- Better routing
- Making ZeroConf multi-interface capable
- TODO
- TCP: reassembly queue, testing (timestamps, rtt, PAWS, ...), ...
- PPP (the kernel part)
Drivers
In net-branch, the network drivers are external drivers, as described in Writing_drivers_for_KolibriOS.
The specifications of the new network drivers can be found in the article Writing_network_drivers_for_KolibriOS.
Currently supported network hardware
Unsupported PCI card?
If you have a PCI ethernet card which is not listed above, and would like to acces internet in KolibriOS, send me the card, and I'll send you one that is supported already.
Programs
FTPc
CLI FTP client.
Uses console.obj
Also see: Using kolibrios.org with ftpc
FTPd
Full fledged FTP daemon. Fully configureable through ini files.
Status: Basic commands work.
uses libini.obj, libio.obj and console.obj, TODO: STOR command, dont use libio, ...
IRCc
New IRC client. Under construction.
uses network.obj, libini.obj and box_lib.obj
NetCFG
This program is used to load the network drivers.
You can run it with parameter 'F' to silently load first detected card, or parameter 'A' to load all cards.
No parameters will load the GUI.
Netstat
This program allows you to read the status of ethernet, ipv4, icmp, arp udp and tcp.
TODO: allow user to set IP and ARP settings, and save those to .ini file.
nslookup
Commandline DNS client.
This program uses network.obj and console.obj
ping
A program to ping a remote host using the ICMP protocol
Only fixed packet size for now.
uses network.obj, libini.obj and console.obj
SynergyC
Software KM-switch, (Synergy - client) for windows/unix/.. versions, see http://synergy-foss.org
This version is compatible with version 1.3.1
Only mouse events are accepted in the current version.
There is a bug in the loading of libraries which might cause program to crash on loading
uses network.obj, libini.obj and console.obj
Telnet
A simple telnet client
This program uses network.obj and console.obj
TFTPc
A TFTP client with a GUI.
uses libio.obj, network.obj and box_lib.obj
VNCclient
Under construction
TODO: use blitter, update to support newer protocols, ..
Zeroconf
This program reads settings from network.ini and configures the tcp/ip stack accordingly
You may choose for a manual setup, or dhcp / link-local.
TODO: support for multiple adapters, keep listening for DHCP release packets etc.
NetSurf
Under construction
TODO: Improve front-end, ...
SocketDBG
Program that can be used for printing socket variables, usefull for debugging.
PPPoE
PPPoE dialer - unfinished
TCPserv
TCP server demo program, this program can be used with iperf client to measure performance of the stack.
Libraries
network.obj
The network library for KolibriOS, written by Clevermouse. Primarily function is DNS.
http.obj
HTTP client library, can be used to fetch content from the web.
Currently support HTTP/1.1 GET, POST and HEAD methods. HTTP proxy's are also supported (settings in network.ini).
Applications, old vs new
| old | new | remarks |
| airc | ircc | IRC client (rewritten from scratch) |
| arpstat | netstat | ARP configuration utility (rewritten) |
| chess | / | may be ported |
| dhcp | / | replaced by zeroconf |
| dnsr | nslookup | Name service lookup (DNS resolver) |
| downloader | downloader | ported |
| ethstat | / | N/A |
| ftps | ftpd | FTP daemon (server) |
| https | / | may be ported, better to rewrite |
| icq | / | may be ported |
| ipc | / | may be ported |
| local | / | may be ported |
| mp3s | / | may be ported |
| netsendc | / | may be ported |
| netsends | / | may be ported |
| nntpc | / | may be ported |
| popc | / | may be ported (or replaced with liza?) |
| ppp | / | N/A (a new utility should be made) |
| rccc | / | may be ported |
| rccs | / | may be ported |
| remote | / | may be ported |
| smtps | / | may be ported |
| stackcfg | netstat | not possible to manually set ip yet (and may need better name) |
| telnet | telnet | rewritten from scratch |
| terminal | / | N/A |
| tftpa | / | may be ported |
| tftpc | tftpc | Trivial File Transer Protocol Client |
| VNCclient | vncc | ported |
| ym | / | may be ported |
| zeroconf | zeroconf | ported |
I need your help!
- If you think you can help the further development of networking applications, driver or kernel code in any way, please post on the forum or join the IRC channel.