From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Jul 28 17:47:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA18394 for isp-outgoing; Mon, 28 Jul 1997 17:47:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.id.net (mail.id.net [199.125.1.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA18386 for ; Mon, 28 Jul 1997 17:47:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from server.id.net (server.id.net [199.125.2.20]) by mail.id.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) with ESMTP id UAA24089; Mon, 28 Jul 1997 20:49:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Shady Received: (from rls@localhost) by server.id.net (8.8.5/8.7.3) id UAA08978; Mon, 28 Jul 1997 20:48:19 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199707290048.UAA08978@server.id.net> Subject: Re: FreeBSD + IPX In-Reply-To: <199707281227.OAA06782@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za> from John Hay at "Jul 28, 97 02:27:08 pm" To: jhay@mikom.csir.co.za (John Hay) Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 20:48:19 -0400 (EDT) Cc: dennis@etinc.com, danny@panda.hilink.com.au, isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31H (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> Why not just support 802.3. Its not that difficult for pete's sake. If >> someone asked me to change my entire network to suit a product with such >> a basic defect I would be very suspicious of the reliability (and support) >> of the feature. if you can't make something as trivial as 802.3 work then >> there are lots of more complicated things that probably wont work as well. > > It isn't difficult to do if you just do either Ethernet_II or 802.3 on > all interfaces. Here is some code for that. Just set sysctl net.link.ether. > ipx.framing8023 to 1 to switch from Ethernet_II framing to 802.3 on ALL > interfaces. > > The reason I don't commit this is that I would rather have a way to > support more than one framing per interface or otherwise have it at > least settable per interface. I have code to set it per interface, > but it use the link1 flag, so it only works on cards that don't use > that flag. John -- You don't have to defend yourself. The fact that it works at all is an accomplishment... -- Rob === _/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/ _/ _/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/_/ _/ Innovative Data Services, Inc. Serving South-Eastern Michigan Internet Service Provider / Hardware Sales / Consulting Services Voice: (248)855-0404 / Fax: (248)855-3268 / Web: http://www.id.net