[svlug] Re: Frame-Relay setup/HW...

[Ira Abramov]

On Thu, 19 Nov 1998, Ze'ev Maor wrote:

> I'm going to setup a FrameRelay connection for the company I'm working
> for, and am looking for some pointers on the setup process, mainly on the
> HW aspect of things. I'll be using a linux box as a router so as to save
> the cost of a router as well as a firewall. As far as I understand, I'll
> get a modem (well not really a modem, let's call it a framerelay box) from

it's called a CSU/DSU, connects to the two-pair to the Telco (Bezeq
ofcourse) or lately sometimes single pair. 

> the telephone company which installs the line for me. What connectors can
> I expect to find on that modem, and how do I hook it up to the linux box
> (or should it go into my hub??). Does anyone know of an online resource
> which discusses anything remotely relevant?

the box will have a V.35 connector on it. As for a card supported by Linux
I think there are 3 or 4 of them. I once did a check and discovered one of
the best (certainly the most Linux-friendly company) was Sangoma of Canada
(www.sangoma.com), I loved their card so much that I started importing it
to Israel, but when I left to come here I gave the contact to Erez Strauss
(erez at newplaces.com), so talk to him. the card comes with the right cable,
it's own set of drivers from Sangoma, or you could use the built in kernel
support and userspace tools written by Mike McLagan (who also maintains
linux.org and the LSA). read the help in the kernel's make config, or in
/usr/src/linux/Documentation


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