Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 07:04:45 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Murray Taylor <mtaylor@bytecraft.com.au> Cc: "'freebsd-net@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>, "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Frame Relay in Australia with Telstra Message-ID: <3A9BC20D.C32C0FE7@elischer.org> References: <710709BB8B02D311942E00606744181054426D@MELEXC01>
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Murray Taylor wrote:
>
> Thanks for the reply Julian ... and I have a few more questions now..
>
> Telstra are asking ME to tell THEM what protocol and interface we will be
> using,
> chosen from the following:
>
> Protocols
> 1) ITU-T (CCITT) Q933 Annex A
> 2) ANSI T1.617 Annex D ---- Telstra default
> 3) LMI (FRF Doc#001-208966)
FreeBSD netgraph supports all three and will autodetect which is in use
if asked to.
telstra SHOULD support ITU by default because it's ISO/ITU/CCITT
and we are not in AMerica (ANSI == American National Standards Institute
or something, but I guess that's the market forces at work.)
LMI-FRF works but is ancient and should not be selected..
>
> Connection method
> a) X.21bis/V35
> b) X.21
> c) G.704
this is dependent on the card.
>
> Based on the sr(4) page I would tell them X.21 as the connection method, but
> what do I
> tell them about the protocol??
>
> BTW, I am using the code from the 4.2 CDROM, do I need to catch up anything
> w.r.t.
> the bug comment?
I think that john hay (jhay@freebsd.org)
may know better but probably copying the newer sr driver from -current
might be a good idea, or at least seeing if the patch he did yesterday
to it (it's moved to /sys/dev/sr) can be applied to the old drivers in
/sys/i386/isa
that 4.2 has.
>
> I'm chasing up the WANic 405 card using the sr driver.
>
> (reading on) very complying is good, I too like elements that match to
> standards...
>
> If you wish to chat, call us at the office as in the sig
>
> mjt
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Julian Elischer [SMTP:julian@elischer.org]
> > Sent: Tuesday, 27 February 2001 23:11
> > To: Murray Taylor
> > Cc: 'freebsd-net@freebsd.org'; 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'
> > Subject: Re: Frame Relay in Australia with Telstra
> >
> > Murray Taylor wrote:
> > >
> > > I am establishing FreeBSD 4.2 Release (from the CD Roms) on a Compaq
> > A550
> > > and
> > > I need to setup a connection to a Telstra frame relay interface (which
> > has
> > > yet to be installed)
> > >
> > > (A) Has anyone in .AU done this?
> >
> > ummm not in AU
> > but it is a standard right? (I've had it working in europe and USA.
> >
> > >
> > > (B) What interface card did you use? and which driver ( sr, ar, cx, ?? )
> >
> > proprietary, but several should work.
> >
> > a bug in the 'sr' driver was just fixed that may fix problems I was seeing
> > with
> > this
> > last year in Australia.
> >
> > >
> > > (C) Which distributor did you get the card from?
> >
> > >
> > > (D) what software i/face are you using, do you recommend (sppp /
> > netgraph /
> > > ?? )
> > > (I have read the frame_relay item in the netgraph examples, but
> > > otherwise have no
> > > direct experience with netgraph)
> >
> >
> > As I wrote netgraph, I recommend it..
> > I had the frame-relay module passed through the protocol verification labs
> > at
> > MCI and we ended up being very 'complying' :-)
> >
> >
> > >
> > > I have recompiled the kernel to add IPFW, NETGRAPH and drop some uneeded
> > net
> > > devices and am
> > > quite OK do do so as needed again. (FreeBSD on my home machine since
> > 2.2.2)
> >
> > well you'll need the sr or ar driver either way
> > unless you can get some of the other cards that phk
> > has been playing with. LMC?
> >
> > I BELIEVE than sangoma have a card and driver for freebsd/frame too, and I
> > am pretty sure that Emerging technology can do it too.
> >
> > >
> > > Note the hostname in the dmesg is a dummy used for internal testing
> > prior to
> > > domain registration
> > >
> > > Murray Taylor
> > > Project Engineer
> > >
> > > Bytecraft P/L +61 3 9587 2555
> > > +61 3 9580 7690 fax
> >
> > bummer, eastern states.. otherwise I could help..
> >
> > > mtaylor@bytecraft.com.au
> > >
> > >
> >
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> > __--_|\ Julian Elischer
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