AmiNetXDuo-1.0.0-rc3 1.0.0-rc3

Short:        Open-source IPv4+IPv6 TCP/IP stack
Author:       Tinic Uro
Uploader:     tinic tinic net (Tinic Uro)
Type:         comm/net
Version:      1.0.0-rc3
Replaces:     comm/net/AmiNetXDuo-1.0.0-rc2.lha
Requires:     68000+, 1 MB RAM (2 MB to install), a SANA-II network card
Architecture: m68k-amigaos >= 2.0.4
Distribution: Aminet
URL:          https://github.com/tinic/AmiNetXDuo

AmiNetXDuo is a free, open-source TCP/IP stack for the classic Amiga.  It
provides the bsdsocket.library that Amiga network programs already use, and
reaches the network through your card's ordinary SANA-II driver, so
programs written for bsdsocket.library keep working; ssh, NFS mounts and
ixemul programs included.

It speaks IPv4 and IPv6.  On a network with an IPv6 router the Amiga gets an
address by itself, with nothing to configure.  Underneath is Eclipse ThreadX
NetX Duo, an embedded industrial TCP/IP stack, ported to Exec.  Its interface
files use Roadshow's format.

It is MIT licensed.  This is the release candidate for 1.0.0: if nothing
serious turns up, 1.0.0 follows with the same code.


New in 1.0.0-rc3
----------------

  * IBrowse and other programs with many connections open no longer stall
    or hang: waits in connect(), send(), recv(), accept(), name lookups and
    WaitSelect() with a timeout no longer hold up other programs, stop on
    Ctrl-C, and time out when they should.
  * Uploads are much faster and steadier: no more multi-minute stalls over
    Pi Wi-Fi, plipbox resends far less, and lost segments are resent at
    once.
  * DA-Player gets CD titles from gnudb.gnudb.org.
  * ixemul programs no longer crash with 80000004 on a 68040 or 68060.
  * NetSwitch can set the clock by SNTP when an interface goes online, and
    the optional NetEnv commodity publishes addresses in ENV: for tools
    such as NewMeter.
  * NetX Duo security fixes for the DHCP client and TLS handshake parsing.

The full list is in CHANGELOG.md on GitHub.


Features
--------

  - bsdsocket.library (AmiTCP/Roadshow API), usergroup.library
  - IPv6: SLAAC, DHCPv6, neighbour discovery, duplicate address detection
  - DHCP, DNS, .local names (mDNS), IPv4 multicast, a packet filter
  - tls.library for https: and other encrypted connections, CA roots
    included
  - ssh and scp clients
  - httpd: your volumes over HTTP and WebDAV, a Shell in the browser, and
    the Amiga's screen in the browser with mouse, keyboard and clipboard
  - For the Workbench: NetPrefs (edits interface definitions, keeps your
    comments), NetMeter, NetSwitch and NetWireless
  - ping, traceroute, nslookup, netstat, ShowNetStatus, fetch, telnet,
    tftp, sntp, iperf, NetCapture (writes .pcap files for Wireshark),
    ShowTasks, WatchTasks, CheckNetConfig and CheckNetDevice when
    something does not work
  - Three stacks to choose from at install time: Full, Minimal without
    IPv6 and encryption, and Micro for small machines

Drivers included:

  anxnet.device     A2065, Ariadne, Ariadne II, AmigaNet, LAN Rover,
                    X-Surf, X-Surf 100, X-Surf 500, NE2000-compatible and
                    D-Link DL10019 PC Cards, 3Com 3C589
  anxgenet.device   Raspberry Pi 4/CM4 Ethernet, PiStorm32 with Emu68
  anxwifipi.device  Raspberry Pi 3A+/4/CM4 Wi-Fi, PiStorm with Emu68
                    (experimental)
  Xircom PCMCIA driver and pccard.library

Any other SANA-II driver works as well.


How fast
--------

Measured with AmiSpeedTest against a server on the local network,
download / upload:

  A1200 PiStorm32 CM4, GENET, anxgenet.device             833 / 754  Mbit/s
  A1200 PiStorm32 CM4, Wi-Fi 5 GHz, anxwifipi.device     56.6 / 66.9 Mbit/s
  A1200 PiStorm32 CM4, D-Link DFE-670TXD, anxnet.device   9.5 / 9.2  Mbit/s
  A3000 68060/100, X-Surf 100, anxnet.device             29.2 / 21.0 Mbit/s
  A3000 68060/50, X-Surf 100, anxnet.device              20.1 / 14.0 Mbit/s
  A500 PiStorm Pi 3A+, Wi-Fi 5 GHz, anxwifipi.device     64.1 / 83.1 Mbit/s
  A500 PiStorm Pi 3A+, plipbox, plipbox.device            0.6 / 0.8  Mbit/s


Installing
----------

Unpack the archive anywhere and double-click Install-AmiNetXDuo.  The
installer finds your card's driver, writes the interface definition, and
puts the stack in the system directories or in a drawer of its own.  The
ReadMe in the archive lists every file it installs; Docs/AmiNetXDuo.guide is
the manual.


Licence
-------

MIT.  A few parts keep their own licences (ThreadX and NetX Duo MIT,
NetBSD's NE2000 core BSD, Dropbear's ssh, Mozilla's CA roots, the Wi-Fi
driver MPL 2.0 and codesets.library LGPL); the archive's documentation lists
them.


Reports from real hardware are the most useful thing you can send: the
machine, the card, the Kickstart, and what happened.  Source and issues:

  https://github.com/tinic/AmiNetXDuo