Date   : Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:11:01 +0100
From   : mark@... (Mark Usher)
Subject: FileStore emulator 2010/07/24

Have a look@... in \UserData

> Does it have an open port you can probe to initiate a connection? 
> What port number? 
It uses UDP 32768

> Does it try to connect out to look for servers? On what
> port? I guess there's a table of IP addresses - does it look through
> each in turn? What about multiple machines on the same computer? How
> does it/should it handle a server not present? If the network (TCP/IP)
> is disconnected, will Econet return No Clock? :-)
> 
> Those sorts of questions - very specific to the emulator's style of
> networking.

Basically the emulator claims a port and the network stack will pass packets
to it when they come in or send outgoing ones. The econet packet is
encapsulated within the UDP packet.

You might like to look@... source code for the Econet <> Ethernet bridge

http://developer.berlios.de/projects/ecobridge/

-Mark