intOREnet

[slugdude]

I wich that you write a main post where everybody can find easily where you project is now and where it goes. To do that, I wich that you create some pictures like my examples to illustrate your words. Because your are talking about :

• packet number
  
• physical port (routers)
  
• some connections protocol ("At the start of a single continuous stream of data, the packet number will be 0000")
  
• source address (routing)
  
• layer 1 protocol ("There will be four wires, two each way")
  
• and more
  

I think it's a good project and I'm sure a lot of people will use intOREnet. The problem is that you have said a lot of informations in several posts. So we (and maybe you ?) will always misunderstand something because we will not alway search the information in 10 posts.

So you can devide intOREnet into layers. The layers are defined in the OSI model. If you define clearly what layer do what, wich component of intOREnet is for wich layer etc., it will really simplify the life of everybody. What I suggest to make clearer :

• Layer 1 : physical. Describe the size of the packet (8 bit, 10 bit, etc...) and how to seperate and validate each packet (start bit, stop bit, etc...)
  
• how many diffrent layer 1 protocol will be supported (maybe only one ?)
  
• Layer 2 : Data Link. How you will send more than one packet between 2 routers or 2 devices directly connected (MAC adress ?)
  
• layer 3 : network. How intOREnet will send a packet form A to C and where is the best path/route, how your routers will learn the routes ? (ARP request ?, IP adress ?)
  
• layer 4 : Transport. How your numbered packet are transfered, how to open a session (if this exists), etc. (TCP ?, UDP ?)
  

The message I will give to you is : Please take time to make the things clearer for everyone. The pictures don't need to be beautiful; useful is enough. With this, we will begin faster to create some devices for intOREnet and help you to expand the network.

Are my words more understable now ?

I will try and work on this at some point.