Hi, actually what I need is not XOT, but the protocol translation done on Cisco - translating TCP/IP to x.25. On Dec 14, 2007 1:48 AM, ahendry <ahendry@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > For the other end of XoT, as far as I know it can be another linux box, > or some vendors packaged linux boxes, or a cisco router. There could be > more I haven't had to work on it for a year or so. When we did it, an > x.25 network was being virtualized with XoT to get rid of the old x.25 > network hardware. The applications and end point hardware/firmware > stayed x.25, and we used XoT to join it to the network. In this scenerio > XoT made sense, as an added bonus on the cisco side XoT works with > normal IOS, XoE/llc2 requires an enterprise IOS. > > If your migrating from solstice without changing the network, and > already have something for XoE, the x.25 over llc2 will be the one to > look at, from memory solstice didn't do XoT. I noticed Venkat just > posted this > "I want to make two Linux systems communicating through X.25 suite. > I am successful in sending data through X.25 PLP over lapb over > Ethernet. (by using X25 socket API, x25route and lapb0 virtual > interface)" Sounds like what you need. Hmm, perhaps I'm not really familiar with terms here.. I thought for ethernet you need LLC2, not LAPB. But yes, that's something I need. > > Your right on the x25tap. It seems to work well enough for the moment, > but should be migrated from the obsolete interface. > > Cheers, > Andrew > > > On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 09:21 +0100, Mehturt wrote: > > Hi, thanks for the pointer to fyonne.net. > > From what I see there I understand that in order to use XOT I need to > > communicate either to Cisco HW or another XOT daemon (e.g. another > > Linux box)? Are there any other HW vendors supporting XOT you have > > experience with? > > My concern, and I'm sure other people will complain about this as > > well, is that the kernel module is based on obsoleted ethertap module. > > I'd have to see what it takes to rewrite this to use the tuntap > > stuff. > > m. > > > > On Dec 8, 2007 1:37 AM, Hendry, Andrew <ahendry@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Haven't tried to use LAPB over E, or X.25 over LLC2. > > > But, X.25 over TCP got the job done on another project migrating away from solaris. > > > http://www.fyonne.net/ for some more details on x.25 over TCP. > > > > > > I have wondered about the ALPHA status there myself. Its been in there a long time, what does it take to move from alpha? > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Andrew. > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: linux-x25-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Mehturt > > > Sent: Sat 12/8/2007 11:02 AM > > > To: linux-x25@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: x.25 status in kernel > > > > > > Hello list, > > > I am reading about the current status of x.25 in Linux kernel. > > > Is the information in net/x25/Kconfig up-to-date? > > > Is the x.25 over LLC 2 still not present in kernel? > > > Is this information (from > > > http://www.baty.hanse.de/linux-x25/doc/FAQ.txt) true as of 2.6.23 > > > kernel? > > > "LAPB over Ethernet driver" for doing X.25 over lapb over Ethernet > > > (CAUTION: this is only intended for testing, it does not > > > implement a standardised protocol, it uses ethernet > > > broadcasting which might disturn other hosts) > > > Is this statement (from kernel sources) still valid? > > > * This is ALPHA test software. This code may break your machine, > > > * randomly fail to work with new releases, misbehave and/or generally > > > * screw up. It might even work. > > > > > > The reason I'm asking is that our customer wants to migrate some > > > services from Solaris (using Solstice x.25 stack) to Linux and I need > > > to find linux stacks out there - I started with the implementation > > > currently in Linux kernel. > > > > > > Thanks > > > m. > > > - > > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-x25" in > > > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > > > > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-x25" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-x25" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
