Spinneret as an Embedded DHCP and Bind Server?

nworker

Is Spinneret an appropriate platform for creating a DHCP/BIND server network appliance for a small private network?

David Carrier

You would need to write your own daemons, but the Spinneret Web Server would be very capable of hosting DHCP and BIND servers. The Spinneret Web server probably has the processing power of the average home computer when the DHCP standard was written, and when BIND was written, it would have taken a mighty mainframe to handle what the Spinneret Web Server can do now.

— David Carrier
Parallax Inc.

nworker

David,

Thanks for the response it is good to know there is enough processing power available.

Any pointers on where to find information on porting a DHCP server and a BIND server to be daemons on the Spinneret?

Thanks,

nworker

Mike G

nworker, A Daemon on the Spinneret (Propeller micro) is akin to a process running on one of the eight parallel controllers called COGs. You would have to translate the BIND specs to code logic in SPIN or PASM, Spinneret (Propeller) programming language. The first step would be to read up on the Propeller so you have an idea what your getting into.