Re: [mpls-linux-general] MPLS over synchronous serial interfaces

[James R. L. <jl...@mi...>]

In the case of HDLC, it just might work.  The protocol encoding on HDLC
is the same as on ethernet.

Jim

On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 09:53:06AM +0100, Leigh Porter wrote:
> Hiya,
> 
> 
> Thanks, but no PPP as the link is unidirectional so it'll have to be 
> HDLC. I'll take a look
> at the code they supply with the cards (if they let me have it) and see 
> what their HDLC
> drivers look like.
> 
> --
> Leigh Porter
> 
> 
> James R. Leu wrote:
> 
> >I have not used it over a sync interface yet.  If you can run PPP over the
> >interface, and you can use pppd to negotiate PPP capabilities.  If so,
> >then all you should need to do is use a MPLS enabled kernel and a 
> >patched version of pppd.
> >
> >Jim
> >
> >On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 02:45:10AM +0100, Leigh Porter wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Hiya,
> >>
> >>Does anybody know if the MPLS code will forward MPLS over some of the
> >>readily available (Linux supported) synch serial interfaces around such 
> >>as the
> >>interfaces available from:
> >>
> >>http://www.farsite.co.uk/tcp_ip_ppp_x.21_v.35_pci_cards/farsync_x21_v35_card_Linux.htm
> >>
> >>?
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Leigh Porter
> >>
> >>
> >>
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-- 
James R. Leu