The original project was supported by the NSF and was based on work
involving gated. This was part of the original route server
project. Since Route Server was funded through the RA award, this project
changed. The new project plan provides for better ways of using the
multi-processor architectures of computers. There could be big gains by
using some kind of client-server model. There was also a need for better
routing tools. Work on IDRP indicates that writing the protocol is easy,
debugging tools are hard.
MRT will only run on Solaris 2.3 and later and therefore not replace
gated.
There are tools and libraries available.
More tools coming soon.
The Multi-threaded Route Server will begin alpha testing in September 1995.