The Mobile INTernet router (MINT for short) is a core element of the Walkstation II Project. Its purpose is to link via a radio resource one or many mobile hosts, the latter are either independant or connected together forming a isolated subnetwork. The MINT has a communication device consisting of an Ethernet Controller and a radio tranceiver, currently working at 2GHz. The RadioNet Driver, a device driver is used control these pieces of hardware. Progress has been slow. Initial work involved exploring the MINT's programming environment (cross-compiler, debugger) and doing some experiments with the MINTs. Next, a dummy RadioNet driver was written to become familiar with programming in the (SunOS) kernel. Then the LANCE driver for the MACH kernel was modified, resulting in the RadioNet driver. This talk will decribe the tools and the current status of the RadioNet driver. / <p>Just as for Markus Oelhafen's thesis, Pascal was an exchange student with EURECOM, so I do not know the credits or even if he was registered at KTH.</p>

The purpose of the Walkstation II project is to create a testbed for a wireless communication system with access to the Internet. The Mobile INTernet (MINT) router is a core element of this project. Most of the routers and many other nodes of today's Internet support network management. This includes the remote control of various parameters which caracterize the status of physical interfaces, protocols and many other objects. The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) which was used in the current work is a standard protocol of the TCP/IP suite. All the managed nodes of the Internet have a common set of management capabilities. Their implementation is available in software development packages. The management of mobile stations requires a new set of management capabilities. They will allow for the control of mobility support and the radio links. The current work consists in adapting the set of standard SNMP capabilities to the MINT router and of the creation of a set of new capabilities specific to the MINT. / <p>I do not know the number of university credits, but entered it as 30 ECTS. This was an exchange student and I do not know if they were actually registered at KTH.</p>