From owner-freebsd-net Tue Feb 27 7: 5:42 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from syncopation-03.iinet.net.au (syncopation-03.iinet.net.au [203.59.24.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6B98837B718 for ; Tue, 27 Feb 2001 07:05:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from julian@elischer.org) Received: (qmail 23632 invoked by uid 666); 27 Feb 2001 15:17:23 -0000 Received: from i079-084.nv.iinet.net.au (HELO elischer.org) (203.59.79.84) by mail.m.iinet.net.au with SMTP; 27 Feb 2001 15:17:23 -0000 Message-ID: <3A9BC20D.C32C0FE7@elischer.org> Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 07:04:45 -0800 From: Julian Elischer X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386) X-Accept-Language: en, hu MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Murray Taylor Cc: "'freebsd-net@freebsd.org'" , "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: Frame Relay in Australia with Telstra References: <710709BB8B02D311942E00606744181054426D@MELEXC01> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 > > > > > > > > > > -- > > __--_|\ Julian Elischer > > / \ julian@elischer.org > > ( OZ ) World tour 2000-2001 > > ---> X_.---._/ > > v -- __--_|\ Julian Elischer / \ julian@elischer.org ( OZ ) World tour 2000-2001 ---> X_.---._/ v To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message