Date: Fri, 4 Aug 1995 08:48:46 -0400 (EDT) From: "Rashid Karimov." <rashid@haven.ios.com> To: melvin@zytek.com (Stephen Melvin) Cc: freebsd-questions@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: How to use Frame Relay line with FreeBSD Message-ID: <199508041248.IAA25513@haven.ios.com> In-Reply-To: <199508041112.EAA04327@syzygy.zytek.com> from "Stephen Melvin" at Aug 4, 95 04:12:10 am
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> Hi there, > Greetings, > > I'm setting up a system using FreeBSD and a 56K frame relay line to the rest > of the world. This is a small IPP where most of the traffic will be between > the FreeBSD box and the Internet, but there will eventually be other local > machines as terminals. I'd like to minimize cost and retain the flexibility > that we all know and love (I've been using FreeBSD in two different modem > based installations for almost a year). Here are what I consider the options > given my admittedly limited understanding of the situation: The thing is that Frame Relay imposes extra encapsulation on IP/whatever traffic , so you have to get the device which will be able to deal with it. DSU's themselves can't handle it and I'm not sure if there are the serial drivers with this functionality ( line discipline ? ). Futhermore there should be a way for you to tell to the whatever device you'll use the DLCI <----> IP addrs. configuration. Anyway, I'd rather go for some stripped version of Livingston or CISCO 2500 - with single serial port and ethernet. Should be somewhere in $2K range. Rashid
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