From owner-freebsd-net Sat Sep 4 12: 9:48 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from gw.caamora.com.au (jonath5.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.41.237]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27982150B0 for ; Sat, 4 Sep 1999 12:09:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jon@gw.caamora.com.au) Received: (from jon@localhost) by gw.caamora.com.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA02841; Sun, 5 Sep 1999 05:08:25 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from jon) Message-ID: <19990905050824.B2759@caamora.com.au> Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 05:08:24 +1000 From: jonathan michaels To: Archie Cobbs Cc: Brian Somers , kit , Robert Watson , freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "Invitation to participate in PPPoE Trial" (fwd) Mail-Followup-To: Archie Cobbs , Brian Somers , kit , Robert Watson , freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG References: <19990805181609.H13504@caamora.com.au> <199908071744.KAA84444@bubba.whistle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199908071744.KAA84444@bubba.whistle.com>; from Archie Cobbs on Sat, Aug 07, 1999 at 10:44:08AM -0700 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD gw.caamora.com.au 2.2.7-RELEASE i386 X-Mood: i'm alive, if it counts Organisation: Caamora, PO Box 144, Rosebery NSW 1445 Australia Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Aug 07, 1999 at 10:44:08AM -0700, Archie Cobbs wrote: > jonathan michaels writes: > > can any of what we have been discussing be applied to frame > > relay. i've been reading up on isdn and frame relay. here in > > australia (my part ok) frame relay is significanly cheaper than > > isdn services and from what the telco techies tell me the > > implementation is far more reliable (dropout rates and overal > > link stability and throughput). > > > > is it possible to run frame relay over a freebsd based hardware > > mix (computer+serial card+modem+ppp). sorry, if i got it all > > base over apex i still find some (most) of this networking a > > triffle confusing. > > Check out netgraph, which includes frame relay support. > The patches are probably out of data though. You also must > use the mpd port instead of ppp. thx archie and the others .. sorry for delay, i've been more ill than usuall. i've looked at the etinc cards fro fr stuff and will folow up on teh mpd and a few other items when if i get back on stream. surgery can have this effect on a person. > ftp://ftp.whistle.com/pub/archie/netgraph/index.html noted, dirised, recieved with thanks all please excuse my chabier than usual typing, my cns is starting to show signs of sever damage .. sorry. regards and aprsciation jonathan -- =============================================================================== Jonathan Michaels PO Box 144, Rosebery, NSW 1445 Australia =========================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message