Implementing wired network interface

[SirEdvin]

I have something that called Peripheral Proxy which is basically a peripheral hub that works wirelessly. Everything seems to fine with it, but it works only when it is attached to computer directly.

As I understand, to make it work in wired network I need to implement WiredNode? I tried to read code, but I don't quite understand how I should register external peripherals in this one or not? I wasn't able to understand how this works correctly ...

[SquidDev]

Everything seems to fine with it, but it works only when it is attached to computer directly.

Can you clarify what you mean here? Is this the fact that the peripheral proxy is ignored by wired modems (#1584)?

The purpose of the whole wired-network interface is to allow you to connect cables directly to the peripheral proxy (or other blocks). Then peripherals attached to the proxy become available to all computers on the network.

As a warning, if you go this route, you will need to change your peripheral naming logic to pick globally-unique names, rather than ones unique to just this proxy.

The implementation of this basically looks like:

• In order for other blocks to connect to you, you need to expose an WiredElement (via a capability or component). This is the class you should implement, and then obtain a WiredNode for that element via ComputerCraftAPI.createWiredNodeForElement (it's a bit awkward, I admit. Basically WiredNode holds all of CC's state while WiredElement holds yours).
• You also need to form/break connections to other wired elements:
  • Whenever your block is placed/loaded into the world, find adjacent wired elements (they're just exposed as components/capabilities), and call yourNode.connectTo(theirNode).
  • When your block is removed from the world, call yourNode.remove().
• Whenever your peripherals change, call yourNode.updatePeripherals with the new peripherals.

[SirEdvin]

Thanks! I know about peripheral ID issue and I will address it.

[SirEdvin]

The most unexpecting thing for me when I started implementing this was that peripheral proxy already uses global id for some reason

[SirEdvin]

It is working now

[SirEdvin]

I even made one extra network block - Network Manager, that allows to inspect network and create peripheral groups. I always wanted some sort of dns peripheral and thanks to your explanation of wired networks finally make one!