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From: Jerry Hicks <jhicks@rachel.glenatl.glenayre.com>
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Hi Marc,

Those 'bits' have been neglected for a long time and are no longer built with the FreeBSD system.

Although X.25 is still heavily used in some circles (cellular switching applications - IS41 networks, etc),  there hasn't been enough
general use to keep interest alive.

I believe that it would be good for FreeBSD to have some form of X.25 networking available to get some exposure within those markets.

If you are interested in a commercial solution, you might try: http://www.gcom.com

Theirs is a STREAMS based stack.  This is heresy for a *BSD :)

Cheers,

Jerry Hicks
jhicks@glenatl.glenayre.com
Marc Giannoni wrote:
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> Hi:
> 
> Anybody use the "CCITT" X.25 networking facilities? (It's in "i386/conf/LINT")
> How about the "LLC" and the "HDLC" link layer?
> 
> We have some X.25 based services and I'm wondering if FreeBSD is a better
> platform for this.  There seem to be a variety of Sync/Async cards to support
> X.29 and X.21 so hardware does not seem to be a problem.  I'm just curious
> about the amount of 'exercise' that the X.25 networking layer has received.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Marc Giannoni
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