netutil 1.0.0

netutil - Network utilities for dotnet

• Implemented as a console application but with public classes for use within another application.
• Also implemented as a dotnet global tool for eway deployment.

Installation

• dotnet tool install --global netutil

Features

• Proxy Server
• Echo Server
• Receive Client

Echo Server

Receives data sent by the client and echoes the same data back to the to client. Allows multiple client connections. Currently only supports TCP, but future -p --protocol switch will allow the use of UDP.

Example usage from command line: netutil echo-server -b 0.0.0.0:6340 -d -f AsciiText -e log.csv

• -b or --bind: Bind to end point
• -d or --display-data: Display data in console
• -f or --format: Data format (Binary | AsciiText | Utf8Text) - for rendering in console and event log file
• -e or --event-log-file: Log events (including data) to file

Proxy Server

Receives data sent by the client and forwards to another server and vice-versa (bi-directional). Allows multiple client connections. Currently only supports TCP, but future -p --protocol switch will allow the use of UDP.

Example usage from command line: netutil proxy-server -b 0.0.0.0:6341 -c 127.0.0.1:6340 -d -f AsciiText -e log.csv

• -b or --bind: Bind to end point
• -c or --connect: Connect to end point
• -d or --display-data: Display data in console
• -f or --format: Data format (Binary | AsciiText | Utf8Text) - for rendering in console and event log file
• -e or --event-log-file: Log events (including data) to file

Client Receive

Receives data from a server. Currently only supports TCP, but future -p --protocol switch will allow the use of UDP.

Example usage from command line: netutil receive-client -c 127.0.0.1:6340 -d -f AsciiText -e log.csv

• -c or --connect: Connect to end point
• -d or --display-data: Display data in console
• -f or --format: Data format (Binary | AsciiText | Utf8Text) - for rendering in console and event log file
• -e or --event-log-file: Log events (including data) to file

TODO

• Need to add connection timeouts as internal reader tasks stay running indefinitely