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From: Mark Tinguely <tinguely@plains.nodak.edu>
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Subject: Re: Frame relay and ATM support
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Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com> says:

>  I'm looking into the support needed in FreeBNSD to support 
>  ATM and Frame relay services in a generic manner.

<deleted>

>  fr0: flags=c010<NBMA,MULTICAST> mtu 552
>  	inet 3.3.3.3 --> 4.4.4.4 netmask 0xff000000 
>  	inet 3.3.3.3 --> 140.5.5.5 netmask 0xffffff00 
>  note: that this doesn't work at the moment because
>  the addition of the alias wipes out the original if the local address
>  is the same..
>  
>  (BTW NBMA == non broadcast multiple access)

I am interested in the ATM side. I assumed a single adapter name would list
all IP connections rather than listing on a virtual circuit basis. I also
assumed eventually a person could use Berkeley Packet Filters to display
packets on an adapter card simular to an ethernet card.

of course this level of ATM support is mega-vaporware.