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# jrouter
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Home-grown alternative implementation of Apple Internet Router 3.0
## Goals
* Full compatibility with Apple Internet Router 3.0
* Function on modern operating systems
* EtherTalk support
TashTalk could be a stretch goal, if I can acquire one!
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## Caveats
Things I plan to fix Real Soon Now:
* It currently listens to all AppleTalk and AARP traffic on the EtherTalk port.
This might not play well with other AppleTalk software, e.g. netatalk.
* Also it currently uses the default Ethernet address for the interface for
sending packets. I plan to add the ability to configure a different address.
* It doesn't do any of the required packet splitting to keep packets under the
AppleTalk size limits. In particular ZIP GetZoneList Replies are incorrect
when the zone list would exceed the limit.
* It logs a lot and has no other monitoring or observability capability. I plan
to add a Prometheus metrics endpoint and at least add log levels / verbosity
flag.
* The AURP implementation is strictly incomplete, and lost connections with
configured peers aren't re-established after some backoff. This won't be too
difficult.
Things I plan to fix At Some Point:
* For expediency I made it act as a _seed router_. At some point I might add
"soft seed" functionality.
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## How to use
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WARNING: It Barely Works™
First, set up a `jrouter.yaml` (use the one in this repo as an example).
TODO: explain the configuration file
Building and running:
```shell
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sudo apt install libpcap-dev
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go install gitea.drjosh.dev/josh/jrouter@latest
sudo setcap 'CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE=ep CAP_NET_RAW=ep' ~/go/bin/jrouter
~/go/bin/jrouter
```
* `NET_BIND_SERVICE` is needed to bind UDP port 387 (for talking between AIRs)
* `NET_RAW` is needed for EtherTalk
TODO: instructions for non-Linux machines