Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 07:15:24 -0800 From: "Jin Guojun[ITG]" <jin@george.lbl.gov> To: brian@mpress.com, freebsd-atm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: zeitnet ATM card and FreeBSD? Message-ID: <199701171515.HAA21204@george.lbl.gov>
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> I believe I read on this forum that the Zeitnet ATM cards are in some way > supported or available for use under FreeBSD. > > I made the obvious mistake of asking Zeitnet themselves the following > two questions: > 1. Was the product support or available under FreeBSD It is available without technical support. > 2. What is the price of the product. It is about $800 - $900. (last year price) > Both questions have been answered with a stunning silence. So perhaps > the people on atm@freebsd.org have some answers? > > [soap box on] > the two things that really p*ss me off these days about the internet and > business in general are: 1. No one takes queries via email > seriously. 2. Everyone finds it perfectly acceptable to leave you > on hold for 20 minutes. > [soap box off] The manufactory does not directly sell its product any more; they did before. The distributor is Cabletron. If you look at the web site, it will point to the Cabletron. Zeitnet said they are putting BSD information on the Cabletron's web site, you can imagine how fast you will put my web page on you web site :-) The installation is made very simple for BSDs (BSDi/FreeBSD), typically for 2.2 release. The loadable driver has passed testing under 2.2-BETA. The rest support that every user needs is how to set (configure) the ATM subsystem. Here is some tips: SVC is configured at installation time if you know the NSAP address of the switch doing the ATMARP server. You can manually complish this in modifying /etc/zninit.db file. Two lines needs to be modified, 1) replace NSAP address in it (very obvious format), and 2) change word PVC/LOCAL to SVC. done. To configure to use PVC: if you do not give NSAP at installation time, it will automatically configured to use PVC method. There is a example line for PVC set up. Duplicate it, and modify the duplcated line. done. It should come with a zninit.db.example file which contains all different ATM configurations. Any questions, you may disscuss at this mail group. -Jin
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