From owner-freebsd-net Mon Nov 16 02:56:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA20270 for freebsd-net-outgoing; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 02:56:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp04.wxs.nl (smtp04.wxs.nl [195.121.6.59]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA20265 for ; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 02:56:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from asmodai@wxs.nl) Received: from chronias.ninth-circle.org ([195.121.58.190]) by smtp04.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 3.6) with ESMTP id AAA1DB8; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 11:56:08 +0100 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <199811161031.MAA14186@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 12:00:32 +0100 (CET) Organization: Ninth Circle Enterprises From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai To: John Hay Subject: Re: Frametypes (was: Re: Netware client for FreeBSD) Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 16-Nov-98 John Hay wrote: >> >> which fraemetypes do we support for IPX traffic? If we only support Eth_II >> at >> this point then we need to integrate 802.2/3 too. >> >> But I can remember a previous post about these frametypes. Anyone care to >> refresh my mind? > > Well at the moment FreeBSD only supports Ethernet_II. I do have patches > for 802.3 support, but that is using a single sysctl to switch between > E_II and 802.3 for the whole machine (all its interfaces). Support for > the different frames isn't too difficult. It is the mechanism to make > different interfaces use different frames in a nice way that I'm stuck > with. Ie. have ed0 use 802.3 and ed1 use E_II and ed3 use 802.2 or > even run two or more frames on the same interface. Care to provide me with the patches? =) Well there has to be a nice idea how to solve it. Most likely as an extension to rc.conf to the interfaces. --- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven/Asmodai asmodai(at)wxs.nl | Cum angelis et pueris, Junior Network/Security Specialist | fideles inveniamur *BSD & picoBSD: The Power to Serve... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message