HUB161(1)

NAME
hub161 - System/161 local interconnect

SYNOPSIS
hub161 [sockname]

DESCRIPTION
The hub161 program connects multiple local System/161 instances through their network devices. Each System/161 instance's network device should be configured to point to the hub161 socket using the hub= configuration directive in sys161.conf. Once started, hub161 receives packets from connected System/161 instances and retransmits them to all other connected System/161 instances. A link-level keepalive protocol is used to track what connected instances exist.

The optional sockname argument sets the socket path.

FILES
.sockets/hub
    The default socket path.

SEE ALSO
sys161(1)

BUGS
The hub161 program is a hub, not a switch; it forwards every packet to every connected instance and makes no attempt to dispatch packets selectively based on host addresses.