Beholder, The Next Generation (bntg)			24 december 1992

The btng package is the latest result of the work done by
the DNPAP group of the Delft University of Technology.

The btng package includes beholder.exe, an RMON compliant 
ethernet monitor for the OS/2 operating system environment.
It also include the Tricklet package for OS/2 and UNIX. Tricklet is
a set of SNMP utilities.

You will need the following to run the executables:

	- PC with a running OS/2 1.x or 2.x
	- ethernet network adapter
	- NDIS protocol stack
	- TCP/IP 1.2 from IBM for OS/2 (only used by Tricklet)
	
The Tricklet library is also available for UNIX with the gcc compiler
installed.

To compile the OS/2 software, you will need:

	- microsoft C compiler 6.0 (last one with OS/2 support, thanx microsoft)
	- IBM's OS2 toolkit for OS/2 1.3

If you don't recognise these words, you won't be needing this software.

For those of you who are still reading, first the good news:

	- btng is distributed with source code
	- we don't ask for much, just acknowledgement of our work, 
	  and bug-reports, suggestions etc.
	- the software can be obtained using anonymous ftp
	  to dnpap.et.tudelft.nl. Get the following files:
	  
	  	pub/btng/btng1exe.zip		# executables
	  	pub/btng/btng1src.zip		# full source
	  	pub/btng/btng1unx.zip		# UNIX source of Tricklet
						# utils.
						
	  you can also mail to our mailserver
	  
	  	mailserver@dnpap.et.tudelft.nl
				   
Now the bad news:

	- btng1 is the first (beta-like) version that hits the
	  public streets. There will be problems/bugs.
	- it is a very advanced piece of software, and you
	  can do a lot of things wrong.
	- there is almost no documentation. We will write
	  user documentation when there is a need for it.
	  This is a research product, and we don't need
	  user manuals ;-) .
	  
We wrote this software to experiment with network managament, SNMP,
and RMON. Although the software conforms to all these standards,
it is should not be confused with commercial products. We don't give 
support, and the documentation is bad.

So use it to experiment with network management, in non-critical 
network environments.

If you are using the btng software, you are advised to join
our mailing list. 

	btng@dnpap.et.tudelft.nl	 --> mailing list
	btng-request@dnpap.et.tudelft.nl --> subscribtions/unsubscr.
	
Carpe Diem,

Jan

-- Ir. Jan van Oorschot.      --- Email: Jan.vOorschot@dnpap.et.tudelft.nl --
-- Data Network Performance Analysis Project                               --
-- CARDIT, Delft University of Technology ------------ Tel: (31)-15-786179 --
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