Re: [RTnet-developers] Running an RTNET node over a non-rt network.

[Jan K. <jan...@we...>]

Hi Gilles,

Gilles Chanteperdrix wrote:
> Hi,
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> I am asked to run a real-time networking application on a non real-time=

> network, so, I naturally thought about using RTnet.
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> But unless I am completely mistaken, it is not what RTnet is originally=

> made for. As far as I understood, in an RTnet network, the non real-tim=
e
> trafic is tunneled through the real-time traffic by adding an rtmac
> header with the RTMAC_FLAG_TUNNEL flag set. But since the other nodes o=
n
> the network I am on are non-rt, they do not understand the rtmac header=
=2E

Before I misunderstand your patch: you run RTmac/TDMA on a non-RT
network and you then need to use the tunnel (also) between RT and non-RT
nodes? Have you considered the rtnetproxy as platform for your solution
as well? Or do you see your approach as a potential replacement for the
proxy?

Jan