From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 23 07:29:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA25926 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 07:29:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from rerun.lucentctc.com (Rerun.Lucentctc.com [199.93.237.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA25921 for ; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 07:29:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mcambria@lucent.com) Received: by Rerun.Lucentctc.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) id ; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 10:20:41 -0500 Message-ID: <75ADD7496F0BD211ADC000104B8846CF056AC3@Rerun.Lucentctc.com> From: "Cambria, Mike" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: SNA Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 10:20:36 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG DLSw was created to get around the problems that occur when one tries to bridge (any method) SNA. If one can live with the problems, then yes, transparent bridging will bridge the 802.2 frames which contain SNA. MikeC Michael C. Cambria Lucent Technologies SNA Product Development Bell Labs Innovations Voice: (978) 287 - 2807 300 Baker Avenue Fax: (978) 287 - 2810 Concord, Massachusetts 01742 Internet: mcambria@lucent.com -----Original Message----- From: majordom@FreeBSD.ORG [SMTP:majordom@FreeBSD.ORG] Sent: Monday, November 23, 1998 10:04 AM To: Cambria, Mike Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: SNA FreeBSD wouldn't need DLSw to simply bridge SNA/NetBIOS. It would just need transparent bridging support on interfaces. I think this has been merged into 2.2-stable. For tunneling, it would need STUN or DLSw support. Joe Clarke On Mon, 23 Nov 1998, Cambria, Mike wrote: > > Can you be more specific? What type of SNA traffic? > > There are no SNA stacks on FreeBSD known to me. In order to route > traditional SNA (i.e. Subarea Node, Peripheral Node) FreeBSD would need to > implement a Subarea Node. > > To route APPN/HPR, FreeBSD would need to implement an APPN/HPR Network Node. > > To tunnel/bridge SNA (or NetBIOS), FreeBSD would need a DLSw implementation. > > Since APPN/HPR now runs *natively* on IP, it might be possible for the SNA > nodes on each side of your FreeBSD systems to use HPR/IP, thus passing IP > through your FreeBSD systems like other IP traffic. Support for HPR/IP is > no more than a year old. All current products from IBM now support it. If > you find out more details (see original question on top), I can advise from > there. > > Regards, > MikeC > > Michael C. Cambria Lucent Technologies > SNA Product Development Bell Labs Innovations > Voice: (978) 287 - 2807 300 Baker Avenue > Fax: (978) 287 - 2810 Concord, Massachusetts 01742 > Internet: mcambria@lucent.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: majordom@FreeBSD.ORG [SMTP:majordom@FreeBSD.ORG] > Sent: Sunday, November 22, 1998 3:32 PM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: SNA > > Has anyone used a tcp wrapper for passing SNA across a dialup router? I need > to connect two networks with two modems and pass SNA from one side to > another. > Thanks. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message