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+The native border router connects a TTY with an ethernet TUN device
+via the RPL protocol.  This works with the ../slip-radio example to permit
+a Linux host to have a 802.15.4 radio connected via a serial interface.
+What's on the SLIP interface is really not Serial Line IP, but SLIP framed
+15.4 packets.
+
+The border router supports a number of commands on it's stdin.
+Each are prefixed by !:
+     !G - global RPL repair root.
+     !M - set MAC address (if coming from RADIO, i.e. SLIP link)
+     !C - show channel (if coming from RADIO, i.e. SLIP link)
+     !D - sensor data received
+     !Q - exit
+
+Queries are prefixed by ?:
+     ?M - just a test
+     ?C - writes stuff to SLIP port!
+     ?S - shows stats for SLIP port.
+
+
+
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+This project is intended to run on a mode that is connected to a native host system
+by SLIP.  The SLIP is really SERIAL LINE 15.4, as this just turns the mote into a smart
+radio, running the RPL and 6lowpan stack on the Host.  This goes with native-border-router.
+