The global Chaosnet site https://chaosnet.net/ 2026-04-18T10:00:29+00:00 https://chaosnet.net/ https://chaosnet.net/_media/wiki:logo.png text/html 2026-04-15T11:31:42+00:00 victor (victor@undisclosed.example.com) https://chaosnet.net/start?rev=1776252702&do=diff Chaosnet [Chaosnet transceiver] This site is about the computer communications protocol Chaosnet. This page gives some background information. See also other pages for * how to run Chaosnet in different environments, * some notes about Chaosnet DNS, * info about the Global Chaosnet, * how to set up a local Chaosnet, text/html 2026-03-22T16:38:31+00:00 victor (victor@undisclosed.example.com) https://chaosnet.net/chaos-dns?rev=1774197511&do=diff Chaosnet DNS DNS.Chaosnet.NET (with IP addresses corresponding to the currently three Chaosnet name servers) acts as a root DNS server for the CHaosnet class. It currently hosts the following domains: * CH-ADDR.NET, which contains Chaosnet address mappings (corresponding to text/html 2025-11-04T07:29:50+00:00 victor (victor@undisclosed.example.com) https://chaosnet.net/global?rev=1762241390&do=diff The global Chaosnet This describes the global, interconnected, Chaosnet. If you just want to set up a local Chaosnet, please see here for instructions. To see what hosts are up on the global Chaosnet, see here. To see who is logged in on Chaosnet hosts, see here. 1. Routing text/html 2025-11-04T07:28:56+00:00 victor (victor@undisclosed.example.com) https://chaosnet.net/local?rev=1762241336&do=diff Setting up a local private Chaosnet If you want to play around with Chaosnet, connecting two or more of your emulated systems, without connecting to the Global Chaosnet, the following is intended to be helpful. See also example configs for cbridge. 1. Background Chaosnet address are 16 bits long. 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