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| author | Tobias Klauser <tklauser@nuerscht.ch> | 2005-06-25 17:59:30 -0400 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> | 2005-06-25 19:25:09 -0400 |
| commit | f353488ce48e7a0311fe764284096481b455fbe9 (patch) | |
| tree | 879f5f2a9fdaeaf7f8dc74c457e9e223e2e359ac | |
| parent | 301a716446a8b24898808d0430c2ed0dce55890e (diff) | |
[PATCH] Remove duplicate file in Documentation/networking
The files wanpipe.txt and wan-router.txt in Documentation/networking contain
the exact same information (diff between the two shows no document is "Linux
WAN Router Utilities Package" and therefor the name wan-router.txt is more
appropriate.
Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@nuerscht.ch>
Signed-off-by: Domen Puncer <domen@coderock.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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| 1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ||
| 2 | Linux WAN Router Utilities Package | ||
| 3 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ||
| 4 | Version 2.2.1 | ||
| 5 | Mar 28, 2001 | ||
| 6 | Author: Nenad Corbic <ncorbic@sangoma.com> | ||
| 7 | Copyright (c) 1995-2001 Sangoma Technologies Inc. | ||
| 8 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ||
| 9 | |||
| 10 | INTRODUCTION | ||
| 11 | |||
| 12 | Wide Area Networks (WANs) are used to interconnect Local Area Networks (LANs) | ||
| 13 | and/or stand-alone hosts over vast distances with data transfer rates | ||
| 14 | significantly higher than those achievable with commonly used dial-up | ||
| 15 | connections. | ||
| 16 | |||
| 17 | Usually an external device called `WAN router' sitting on your local network | ||
| 18 | or connected to your machine's serial port provides physical connection to | ||
| 19 | WAN. Although router's job may be as simple as taking your local network | ||
| 20 | traffic, converting it to WAN format and piping it through the WAN link, these | ||
| 21 | devices are notoriously expensive, with prices as much as 2 - 5 times higher | ||
| 22 | then the price of a typical PC box. | ||
| 23 | |||
| 24 | Alternatively, considering robustness and multitasking capabilities of Linux, | ||
| 25 | an internal router can be built (most routers use some sort of stripped down | ||
| 26 | Unix-like operating system anyway). With a number of relatively inexpensive WAN | ||
| 27 | interface cards available on the market, a perfectly usable router can be | ||
| 28 | built for less than half a price of an external router. Yet a Linux box | ||
| 29 | acting as a router can still be used for other purposes, such as fire-walling, | ||
| 30 | running FTP, WWW or DNS server, etc. | ||
| 31 | |||
| 32 | This kernel module introduces the notion of a WAN Link Driver (WLD) to Linux | ||
| 33 | operating system and provides generic hardware-independent services for such | ||
| 34 | drivers. Why can existing Linux network device interface not be used for | ||
| 35 | this purpose? Well, it can. However, there are a few key differences between | ||
| 36 | a typical network interface (e.g. Ethernet) and a WAN link. | ||
| 37 | |||
| 38 | Many WAN protocols, such as X.25 and frame relay, allow for multiple logical | ||
| 39 | connections (known as `virtual circuits' in X.25 terminology) over a single | ||
| 40 | physical link. Each such virtual circuit may (and almost always does) lead | ||
| 41 | to a different geographical location and, therefore, different network. As a | ||
| 42 | result, it is the virtual circuit, not the physical link, that represents a | ||
| 43 | route and, therefore, a network interface in Linux terms. | ||
| 44 | |||
| 45 | To further complicate things, virtual circuits are usually volatile in nature | ||
| 46 | (excluding so called `permanent' virtual circuits or PVCs). With almost no | ||
| 47 | time required to set up and tear down a virtual circuit, it is highly desirable | ||
| 48 | to implement on-demand connections in order to minimize network charges. So | ||
| 49 | unlike a typical network driver, the WAN driver must be able to handle multiple | ||
| 50 | network interfaces and cope as multiple virtual circuits come into existence | ||
| 51 | and go away dynamically. | ||
| 52 | |||
| 53 | Last, but not least, WAN configuration is much more complex than that of say | ||
| 54 | Ethernet and may well amount to several dozens of parameters. Some of them | ||
| 55 | are "link-wide" while others are virtual circuit-specific. The same holds | ||
| 56 | true for WAN statistics which is by far more extensive and extremely useful | ||
| 57 | when troubleshooting WAN connections. Extending the ifconfig utility to suit | ||
| 58 | these needs may be possible, but does not seem quite reasonable. Therefore, a | ||
| 59 | WAN configuration utility and corresponding application programmer's interface | ||
| 60 | is needed for this purpose. | ||
| 61 | |||
| 62 | Most of these problems are taken care of by this module. Its goal is to | ||
| 63 | provide a user with more-or-less standard look and feel for all WAN devices and | ||
| 64 | assist a WAN device driver writer by providing common services, such as: | ||
| 65 | |||
| 66 | o User-level interface via /proc file system | ||
| 67 | o Centralized configuration | ||
| 68 | o Device management (setup, shutdown, etc.) | ||
| 69 | o Network interface management (dynamic creation/destruction) | ||
| 70 | o Protocol encapsulation/decapsulation | ||
| 71 | |||
| 72 | To ba able to use the Linux WAN Router you will also need a WAN Tools package | ||
| 73 | available from | ||
| 74 | |||
| 75 | ftp.sangoma.com/pub/linux/current_wanpipe/wanpipe-X.Y.Z.tgz | ||
| 76 | |||
| 77 | where vX.Y.Z represent the wanpipe version number. | ||
| 78 | |||
| 79 | For technical questions and/or comments please e-mail to ncorbic@sangoma.com. | ||
| 80 | For general inquiries please contact Sangoma Technologies Inc. by | ||
| 81 | |||
| 82 | Hotline: 1-800-388-2475 (USA and Canada, toll free) | ||
| 83 | Phone: (905) 474-1990 ext: 106 | ||
| 84 | Fax: (905) 474-9223 | ||
| 85 | E-mail: dm@sangoma.com (David Mandelstam) | ||
| 86 | WWW: http://www.sangoma.com | ||
| 87 | |||
| 88 | |||
| 89 | INSTALLATION | ||
| 90 | |||
| 91 | Please read the WanpipeForLinux.pdf manual on how to | ||
| 92 | install the WANPIPE tools and drivers properly. | ||
| 93 | |||
| 94 | |||
| 95 | After installing wanpipe package: /usr/local/wanrouter/doc. | ||
| 96 | On the ftp.sangoma.com : /linux/current_wanpipe/doc | ||
| 97 | |||
| 98 | |||
| 99 | COPYRIGHT AND LICENSING INFORMATION | ||
| 100 | |||
| 101 | This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under | ||
| 102 | the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software | ||
| 103 | Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. | ||
| 104 | |||
| 105 | This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT | ||
| 106 | ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS | ||
| 107 | FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. | ||
| 108 | |||
| 109 | You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with | ||
| 110 | this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass | ||
| 111 | Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. | ||
| 112 | |||
| 113 | |||
| 114 | |||
| 115 | ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | ||
| 116 | |||
| 117 | This product is based on the WANPIPE(tm) Multiprotocol WAN Router developed | ||
| 118 | by Sangoma Technologies Inc. for Linux 2.0.x and 2.2.x. Success of the WANPIPE | ||
| 119 | together with the next major release of Linux kernel in summer 1996 commanded | ||
| 120 | adequate changes to the WANPIPE code to take full advantage of new Linux | ||
| 121 | features. | ||
| 122 | |||
| 123 | Instead of continuing developing proprietary interface tied to Sangoma WAN | ||
| 124 | cards, we decided to separate all hardware-independent code into a separate | ||
| 125 | module and defined two levels of interfaces - one for user-level applications | ||
| 126 | and another for kernel-level WAN drivers. WANPIPE is now implemented as a | ||
| 127 | WAN driver compliant with the WAN Link Driver interface. Also a general | ||
| 128 | purpose WAN configuration utility and a set of shell scripts was developed to | ||
| 129 | support WAN router at the user level. | ||
| 130 | |||
| 131 | Many useful ideas concerning hardware-independent interface implementation | ||
| 132 | were given by Mike McLagan <mike.mclagan@linux.org> and his implementation | ||
| 133 | of the Frame Relay router and drivers for Sangoma cards (dlci/sdla). | ||
| 134 | |||
| 135 | With the new implementation of the APIs being incorporated into the WANPIPE, | ||
| 136 | a special thank goes to Alan Cox in providing insight into BSD sockets. | ||
| 137 | |||
| 138 | Special thanks to all the WANPIPE users who performed field-testing, reported | ||
| 139 | bugs and made valuable comments and suggestions that help us to improve this | ||
| 140 | product. | ||
| 141 | |||
| 142 | |||
| 143 | |||
| 144 | NEW IN THIS RELEASE | ||
| 145 | |||
| 146 | o Updated the WANCFG utility | ||
| 147 | Calls the pppconfig to configure the PPPD | ||
| 148 | for async connections. | ||
| 149 | |||
| 150 | o Added the PPPCONFIG utility | ||
| 151 | Used to configure the PPPD dameon for the | ||
| 152 | WANPIPE Async PPP and standard serial port. | ||
| 153 | The wancfg calls the pppconfig to configure | ||
| 154 | the pppd. | ||
| 155 | |||
| 156 | o Fixed the PCI autodetect feature. | ||
| 157 | The SLOT 0 was used as an autodetect option | ||
| 158 | however, some high end PC's slot numbers start | ||
| 159 | from 0. | ||
| 160 | |||
| 161 | o This release has been tested with the new backupd | ||
| 162 | daemon release. | ||
| 163 | |||
| 164 | |||
| 165 | PRODUCT COMPONENTS AND RELATED FILES | ||
| 166 | |||
| 167 | /etc: (or user defined) | ||
| 168 | wanpipe1.conf default router configuration file | ||
| 169 | |||
| 170 | /lib/modules/X.Y.Z/misc: | ||
| 171 | wanrouter.o router kernel loadable module | ||
| 172 | af_wanpipe.o wanpipe api socket module | ||
| 173 | |||
| 174 | /lib/modules/X.Y.Z/net: | ||
| 175 | sdladrv.o Sangoma SDLA support module | ||
| 176 | wanpipe.o Sangoma WANPIPE(tm) driver module | ||
| 177 | |||
| 178 | /proc/net/wanrouter | ||
| 179 | Config reads current router configuration | ||
| 180 | Status reads current router status | ||
| 181 | {name} reads WAN driver statistics | ||
| 182 | |||
| 183 | /usr/sbin: | ||
| 184 | wanrouter wanrouter start-up script | ||
| 185 | wanconfig wanrouter configuration utility | ||
| 186 | sdladump WANPIPE adapter memory dump utility | ||
| 187 | fpipemon Monitor for Frame Relay | ||
| 188 | cpipemon Monitor for Cisco HDLC | ||
| 189 | ppipemon Monitor for PPP | ||
| 190 | xpipemon Monitor for X25 | ||
| 191 | wpkbdmon WANPIPE keyboard led monitor/debugger | ||
| 192 | |||
| 193 | /usr/local/wanrouter: | ||
| 194 | README this file | ||
| 195 | COPYING GNU General Public License | ||
| 196 | Setup installation script | ||
| 197 | Filelist distribution definition file | ||
| 198 | wanrouter.rc meta-configuration file | ||
| 199 | (used by the Setup and wanrouter script) | ||
| 200 | |||
| 201 | /usr/local/wanrouter/doc: | ||
| 202 | wanpipeForLinux.pdf WAN Router User's Manual | ||
| 203 | |||
| 204 | /usr/local/wanrouter/patches: | ||
| 205 | wanrouter-v2213.gz patch for Linux kernels 2.2.11 up to 2.2.13. | ||
| 206 | wanrouter-v2214.gz patch for Linux kernel 2.2.14. | ||
| 207 | wanrouter-v2215.gz patch for Linux kernels 2.2.15 to 2.2.17. | ||
| 208 | wanrouter-v2218.gz patch for Linux kernels 2.2.18 and up. | ||
| 209 | wanrouter-v240.gz patch for Linux kernel 2.4.0. | ||
| 210 | wanrouter-v242.gz patch for Linux kernel 2.4.2 and up. | ||
| 211 | wanrouter-v2034.gz patch for Linux kernel 2.0.34 | ||
| 212 | wanrouter-v2036.gz patch for Linux kernel 2.0.36 and up. | ||
| 213 | |||
| 214 | /usr/local/wanrouter/patches/kdrivers: | ||
| 215 | Sources of the latest WANPIPE device drivers. | ||
| 216 | These are used to UPGRADE the linux kernel to the newest | ||
| 217 | version if the kernel source has already been pathced with | ||
| 218 | WANPIPE drivers. | ||
| 219 | |||
| 220 | /usr/local/wanrouter/samples: | ||
| 221 | interface sample interface configuration file | ||
| 222 | wanpipe1.cpri CHDLC primary port | ||
| 223 | wanpipe2.csec CHDLC secondary port | ||
| 224 | wanpipe1.fr Frame Relay protocol | ||
| 225 | wanpipe1.ppp PPP protocol ) | ||
| 226 | wanpipe1.asy CHDLC ASYNC protocol | ||
| 227 | wanpipe1.x25 X25 protocol | ||
| 228 | wanpipe1.stty Sync TTY driver (Used by Kernel PPPD daemon) | ||
| 229 | wanpipe1.atty Async TTY driver (Used by Kernel PPPD daemon) | ||
| 230 | wanrouter.rc sample meta-configuration file | ||
| 231 | |||
| 232 | /usr/local/wanrouter/util: | ||
| 233 | * wan-tools utilities source code | ||
| 234 | |||
| 235 | /usr/local/wanrouter/api/x25: | ||
| 236 | * x25 api sample programs. | ||
| 237 | /usr/local/wanrouter/api/chdlc: | ||
| 238 | * chdlc api sample programs. | ||
| 239 | /usr/local/wanrouter/api/fr: | ||
| 240 | * fr api sample programs. | ||
| 241 | /usr/local/wanrouter/config/wancfg: | ||
| 242 | wancfg WANPIPE GUI configuration program. | ||
| 243 | Creates wanpipe#.conf files. | ||
| 244 | /usr/local/wanrouter/config/cfgft1: | ||
| 245 | cfgft1 GUI CSU/DSU configuration program. | ||
| 246 | |||
| 247 | /usr/include/linux: | ||
| 248 | wanrouter.h router API definitions | ||
| 249 | wanpipe.h WANPIPE API definitions | ||
| 250 | sdladrv.h SDLA support module API definitions | ||
| 251 | sdlasfm.h SDLA firmware module definitions | ||
| 252 | if_wanpipe.h WANPIPE Socket definitions | ||
| 253 | if_wanpipe_common.h WANPIPE Socket/Driver common definitions. | ||
| 254 | sdlapci.h WANPIPE PCI definitions | ||
| 255 | |||
| 256 | |||
| 257 | /usr/src/linux/net/wanrouter: | ||
| 258 | * wanrouter source code | ||
| 259 | |||
| 260 | /var/log: | ||
| 261 | wanrouter wanrouter start-up log (created by the Setup script) | ||
| 262 | |||
| 263 | /var/lock: (or /var/lock/subsys for RedHat) | ||
| 264 | wanrouter wanrouter lock file (created by the Setup script) | ||
| 265 | |||
| 266 | /usr/local/wanrouter/firmware: | ||
| 267 | fr514.sfm Frame relay firmware for Sangoma S508/S514 card | ||
| 268 | cdual514.sfm Dual Port Cisco HDLC firmware for Sangoma S508/S514 card | ||
| 269 | ppp514.sfm PPP Firmware for Sangoma S508 and S514 cards | ||
| 270 | x25_508.sfm X25 Firmware for Sangoma S508 card. | ||
| 271 | |||
| 272 | |||
| 273 | REVISION HISTORY | ||
| 274 | |||
| 275 | 1.0.0 December 31, 1996 Initial version | ||
| 276 | |||
| 277 | 1.0.1 January 30, 1997 Status and statistics can be read via /proc | ||
| 278 | filesystem entries. | ||
| 279 | |||
| 280 | 1.0.2 April 30, 1997 Added UDP management via monitors. | ||
| 281 | |||
| 282 | 1.0.3 June 3, 1997 UDP management for multiple boards using Frame | ||
| 283 | Relay and PPP | ||
| 284 | Enabled continuous transmission of Configure | ||
| 285 | Request Packet for PPP (for 508 only) | ||
| 286 | Connection Timeout for PPP changed from 900 to 0 | ||
| 287 | Flow Control Problem fixed for Frame Relay | ||
| 288 | |||
| 289 | 1.0.4 July 10, 1997 S508/FT1 monitoring capability in fpipemon and | ||
| 290 | ppipemon utilities. | ||
| 291 | Configurable TTL for UDP packets. | ||
| 292 | Multicast and Broadcast IP source addresses are | ||
| 293 | silently discarded. | ||
| 294 | |||
| 295 | 1.0.5 July 28, 1997 Configurable T391,T392,N391,N392,N393 for Frame | ||
| 296 | Relay in router.conf. | ||
| 297 | Configurable Memory Address through router.conf | ||
| 298 | for Frame Relay, PPP and X.25. (commenting this | ||
| 299 | out enables auto-detection). | ||
| 300 | Fixed freeing up received buffers using kfree() | ||
| 301 | for Frame Relay and X.25. | ||
| 302 | Protect sdla_peek() by calling save_flags(), | ||
| 303 | cli() and restore_flags(). | ||
| 304 | Changed number of Trace elements from 32 to 20 | ||
| 305 | Added DLCI specific data monitoring in FPIPEMON. | ||
| 306 | 2.0.0 Nov 07, 1997 Implemented protection of RACE conditions by | ||
| 307 | critical flags for FRAME RELAY and PPP. | ||
| 308 | DLCI List interrupt mode implemented. | ||
| 309 | IPX support in FRAME RELAY and PPP. | ||
| 310 | IPX Server Support (MARS) | ||
| 311 | More driver specific stats included in FPIPEMON | ||
| 312 | and PIPEMON. | ||
| 313 | |||
| 314 | 2.0.1 Nov 28, 1997 Bug Fixes for version 2.0.0. | ||
| 315 | Protection of "enable_irq()" while | ||
| 316 | "disable_irq()" has been enabled from any other | ||
| 317 | routine (for Frame Relay, PPP and X25). | ||
| 318 | Added additional Stats for Fpipemon and Ppipemon | ||
| 319 | Improved Load Sharing for multiple boards | ||
| 320 | |||
| 321 | 2.0.2 Dec 09, 1997 Support for PAP and CHAP for ppp has been | ||
| 322 | implemented. | ||
| 323 | |||
| 324 | 2.0.3 Aug 15, 1998 New release supporting Cisco HDLC, CIR for Frame | ||
| 325 | relay, Dynamic IP assignment for PPP and Inverse | ||
| 326 | Arp support for Frame-relay. Man Pages are | ||
| 327 | included for better support and a new utility | ||
| 328 | for configuring FT1 cards. | ||
| 329 | |||
| 330 | 2.0.4 Dec 09, 1998 Dual Port support for Cisco HDLC. | ||
| 331 | Support for HDLC (LAPB) API. | ||
| 332 | Supports BiSync Streaming code for S502E | ||
| 333 | and S503 cards. | ||
| 334 | Support for Streaming HDLC API. | ||
| 335 | Provides a BSD socket interface for | ||
| 336 | creating applications using BiSync | ||
| 337 | streaming. | ||
| 338 | |||
| 339 | 2.0.5 Aug 04, 1999 CHDLC initializatin bug fix. | ||
| 340 | PPP interrupt driven driver: | ||
| 341 | Fix to the PPP line hangup problem. | ||
| 342 | New PPP firmware | ||
| 343 | Added comments to the startup SYSTEM ERROR messages | ||
| 344 | Xpipemon debugging application for the X25 protocol | ||
| 345 | New USER_MANUAL.txt | ||
| 346 | Fixed the odd boundary 4byte writes to the board. | ||
| 347 | BiSync Streaming code has been taken out. | ||
| 348 | Available as a patch. | ||
| 349 | Streaming HDLC API has been taken out. | ||
| 350 | Available as a patch. | ||
| 351 | |||
| 352 | 2.0.6 Aug 17, 1999 Increased debugging in statup scripts | ||
| 353 | Fixed insallation bugs from 2.0.5 | ||
| 354 | Kernel patch works for both 2.2.10 and 2.2.11 kernels. | ||
| 355 | There is no functional difference between the two packages | ||
| 356 | |||
| 357 | 2.0.7 Aug 26, 1999 o Merged X25API code into WANPIPE. | ||
| 358 | o Fixed a memeory leak for X25API | ||
| 359 | o Updated the X25API code for 2.2.X kernels. | ||
| 360 | o Improved NEM handling. | ||
| 361 | |||
| 362 | 2.1.0 Oct 25, 1999 o New code for S514 PCI Card | ||
| 363 | o New CHDLC and Frame Relay drivers | ||
| 364 | o PPP and X25 are not supported in this release | ||
| 365 | |||
| 366 | 2.1.1 Nov 30, 1999 o PPP support for S514 PCI Cards | ||
| 367 | |||
| 368 | 2.1.3 Apr 06, 2000 o Socket based x25api | ||
| 369 | o Socket based chdlc api | ||
| 370 | o Socket based fr api | ||
| 371 | o Dual Port Receive only CHDLC support. | ||
| 372 | o Asynchronous CHDLC support (Secondary Port) | ||
| 373 | o cfgft1 GUI csu/dsu configurator | ||
| 374 | o wancfg GUI configuration file | ||
| 375 | configurator. | ||
| 376 | o Architectual directory changes. | ||
| 377 | |||
| 378 | beta-2.1.4 Jul 2000 o Dynamic interface configuration: | ||
| 379 | Network interfaces reflect the state | ||
| 380 | of protocol layer. If the protocol becomes | ||
| 381 | disconnected, driver will bring down | ||
| 382 | the interface. Once the protocol reconnects | ||
| 383 | the interface will be brought up. | ||
| 384 | |||
| 385 | Note: This option is turned off by default. | ||
| 386 | |||
| 387 | o Dynamic wanrouter setup using 'wanconfig': | ||
| 388 | wanconfig utility can be used to | ||
| 389 | shutdown,restart,start or reconfigure | ||
| 390 | a virtual circuit dynamically. | ||
| 391 | |||
| 392 | Frame Relay: Each DLCI can be: | ||
| 393 | created,stopped,restarted and reconfigured | ||
| 394 | dynamically using wanconfig. | ||
| 395 | |||
| 396 | ex: wanconfig card wanpipe1 dev wp1_fr16 up | ||
| 397 | |||
| 398 | o Wanrouter startup via command line arguments: | ||
| 399 | wanconfig also supports wanrouter startup via command line | ||
| 400 | arguments. Thus, there is no need to create a wanpipe#.conf | ||
| 401 | configuration file. | ||
| 402 | |||
| 403 | o Socket based x25api update/bug fixes. | ||
| 404 | Added support for LCN numbers greater than 255. | ||
| 405 | Option to pass up modem messages. | ||
| 406 | Provided a PCI IRQ check, so a single S514 | ||
| 407 | card is guaranteed to have a non-sharing interrupt. | ||
| 408 | |||
| 409 | o Fixes to the wancfg utility. | ||
| 410 | o New FT1 debugging support via *pipemon utilities. | ||
| 411 | o Frame Relay ARP support Enabled. | ||
| 412 | |||
| 413 | beta3-2.1.4 Jul 2000 o X25 M_BIT Problem fix. | ||
| 414 | o Added the Multi-Port PPP | ||
| 415 | Updated utilites for the Multi-Port PPP. | ||
| 416 | |||
| 417 | 2.1.4 Aut 2000 | ||
| 418 | o In X25API: | ||
| 419 | Maximum packet an application can send | ||
| 420 | to the driver has been extended to 4096 bytes. | ||
| 421 | |||
| 422 | Fixed the x25 startup bug. Enable | ||
| 423 | communications only after all interfaces | ||
| 424 | come up. HIGH SVC/PVC is used to calculate | ||
| 425 | the number of channels. | ||
| 426 | Enable protocol only after all interfaces | ||
| 427 | are enabled. | ||
| 428 | |||
| 429 | o Added an extra state to the FT1 config, kernel module. | ||
| 430 | o Updated the pipemon debuggers. | ||
| 431 | |||
| 432 | o Blocked the Multi-Port PPP from running on kernels | ||
| 433 | 2.2.16 or greater, due to syncppp kernel module | ||
| 434 | change. | ||
| 435 | |||
| 436 | beta1-2.1.5 Nov 15 2000 | ||
| 437 | o Fixed the MulitPort PPP Support for kernels 2.2.16 and above. | ||
| 438 | 2.2.X kernels only | ||
| 439 | |||
| 440 | o Secured the driver UDP debugging calls | ||
| 441 | - All illegal netowrk debugging calls are reported to | ||
| 442 | the log. | ||
| 443 | - Defined a set of allowed commands, all other denied. | ||
| 444 | |||
| 445 | o Cpipemon | ||
| 446 | - Added set FT1 commands to the cpipemon. Thus CSU/DSU | ||
| 447 | configuraiton can be performed using cpipemon. | ||
| 448 | All systems that cannot run cfgft1 GUI utility should | ||
| 449 | use cpipemon to configure the on board CSU/DSU. | ||
| 450 | |||
| 451 | |||
| 452 | o Keyboard Led Monitor/Debugger | ||
| 453 | - A new utilty /usr/sbin/wpkbdmon uses keyboard leds | ||
| 454 | to convey operatinal statistic information of the | ||
| 455 | Sangoma WANPIPE cards. | ||
| 456 | NUM_LOCK = Line State (On=connected, Off=disconnected) | ||
| 457 | CAPS_LOCK = Tx data (On=transmitting, Off=no tx data) | ||
| 458 | SCROLL_LOCK = Rx data (On=receiving, Off=no rx data | ||
| 459 | |||
| 460 | o Hardware probe on module load and dynamic device allocation | ||
| 461 | - During WANPIPE module load, all Sangoma cards are probed | ||
| 462 | and found information is printed in the /var/log/messages. | ||
| 463 | - If no cards are found, the module load fails. | ||
| 464 | - Appropriate number of devices are dynamically loaded | ||
| 465 | based on the number of Sangoma cards found. | ||
| 466 | |||
| 467 | Note: The kernel configuraiton option | ||
| 468 | CONFIG_WANPIPE_CARDS has been taken out. | ||
| 469 | |||
| 470 | o Fixed the Frame Relay and Chdlc network interfaces so they are | ||
| 471 | compatible with libpcap libraries. Meaning, tcpdump, snort, | ||
| 472 | ethereal, and all other packet sniffers and debuggers work on | ||
| 473 | all WANPIPE netowrk interfaces. | ||
| 474 | - Set the network interface encoding type to ARPHRD_PPP. | ||
| 475 | This tell the sniffers that data obtained from the | ||
| 476 | network interface is in pure IP format. | ||
| 477 | Fix for 2.2.X kernels only. | ||
| 478 | |||
| 479 | o True interface encoding option for Frame Relay and CHDLC | ||
| 480 | - The above fix sets the network interface encoding | ||
| 481 | type to ARPHRD_PPP, however some customers use | ||
| 482 | the encoding interface type to determine the | ||
| 483 | protocol running. Therefore, the TURE ENCODING | ||
| 484 | option will set the interface type back to the | ||
| 485 | original value. | ||
| 486 | |||
| 487 | NOTE: If this option is used with Frame Relay and CHDLC | ||
| 488 | libpcap library support will be broken. | ||
| 489 | i.e. tcpdump will not work. | ||
| 490 | Fix for 2.2.x Kernels only. | ||
| 491 | |||
| 492 | o Ethernet Bridgind over Frame Relay | ||
| 493 | - The Frame Relay bridging has been developed by | ||
| 494 | Kristian Hoffmann and Mark Wells. | ||
| 495 | - The Linux kernel bridge is used to send ethernet | ||
| 496 | data over the frame relay links. | ||
| 497 | For 2.2.X Kernels only. | ||
| 498 | |||
| 499 | o Added extensive 2.0.X support. Most new features of | ||
| 500 | 2.1.5 for protocols Frame Relay, PPP and CHDLC are | ||
| 501 | supported under 2.0.X kernels. | ||
| 502 | |||
| 503 | beta1-2.2.0 Dec 30 2000 | ||
| 504 | o Updated drivers for 2.4.X kernels. | ||
| 505 | o Updated drivers for SMP support. | ||
| 506 | o X25API is now able to share PCI interrupts. | ||
| 507 | o Took out a general polling routine that was used | ||
| 508 | only by X25API. | ||
| 509 | o Added appropriate locks to the dynamic reconfiguration | ||
| 510 | code. | ||
| 511 | o Fixed a bug in the keyboard debug monitor. | ||
| 512 | |||
| 513 | beta2-2.2.0 Jan 8 2001 | ||
| 514 | o Patches for 2.4.0 kernel | ||
| 515 | o Patches for 2.2.18 kernel | ||
| 516 | o Minor updates to PPP and CHLDC drivers. | ||
| 517 | Note: No functinal difference. | ||
| 518 | |||
| 519 | beta3-2.2.9 Jan 10 2001 | ||
| 520 | o I missed the 2.2.18 kernel patches in beta2-2.2.0 | ||
| 521 | release. They are included in this release. | ||
| 522 | |||
| 523 | Stable Release | ||
| 524 | 2.2.0 Feb 01 2001 | ||
| 525 | o Bug fix in wancfg GUI configurator. | ||
| 526 | The edit function didn't work properly. | ||
| 527 | |||
| 528 | |||
| 529 | bata1-2.2.1 Feb 09 2001 | ||
| 530 | o WANPIPE TTY Driver emulation. | ||
| 531 | Two modes of operation Sync and Async. | ||
| 532 | Sync: Using the PPPD daemon, kernel SyncPPP layer | ||
| 533 | and the Wanpipe sync TTY driver: a PPP protocol | ||
| 534 | connection can be established via Sangoma adapter, over | ||
| 535 | a T1 leased line. | ||
| 536 | |||
| 537 | The 2.4.0 kernel PPP layer supports MULTILINK | ||
| 538 | protocol, that can be used to bundle any number of Sangoma | ||
| 539 | adapters (T1 lines) into one, under a single IP address. | ||
| 540 | Thus, efficiently obtaining multiple T1 throughput. | ||
| 541 | |||
| 542 | NOTE: The remote side must also implement MULTILINK PPP | ||
| 543 | protocol. | ||
| 544 | |||
| 545 | Async:Using the PPPD daemon, kernel AsyncPPP layer | ||
| 546 | and the WANPIPE async TTY driver: a PPP protocol | ||
| 547 | connection can be established via Sangoma adapter and | ||
| 548 | a modem, over a telephone line. | ||
| 549 | |||
| 550 | Thus, the WANPIPE async TTY driver simulates a serial | ||
| 551 | TTY driver that would normally be used to interface the | ||
| 552 | MODEM to the linux kernel. | ||
| 553 | |||
| 554 | o WANPIPE PPP Backup Utility | ||
| 555 | This utility will monitor the state of the PPP T1 line. | ||
| 556 | In case of failure, a dial up connection will be established | ||
| 557 | via pppd daemon, ether via a serial tty driver (serial port), | ||
| 558 | or a WANPIPE async TTY driver (in case serial port is unavailable). | ||
| 559 | |||
| 560 | Furthermore, while in dial up mode, the primary PPP T1 link | ||
| 561 | will be monitored for signs of life. | ||
| 562 | |||
| 563 | If the PPP T1 link comes back to life, the dial up connection | ||
| 564 | will be shutdown and T1 line re-established. | ||
| 565 | |||
| 566 | |||
| 567 | o New Setup installation script. | ||
| 568 | Option to UPGRADE device drivers if the kernel source has | ||
| 569 | already been patched with WANPIPE. | ||
| 570 | |||
| 571 | Option to COMPILE WANPIPE modules against the currently | ||
| 572 | running kernel, thus no need for manual kernel and module | ||
| 573 | re-compilatin. | ||
| 574 | |||
| 575 | o Updates and Bug Fixes to wancfg utility. | ||
| 576 | |||
| 577 | bata2-2.2.1 Feb 20 2001 | ||
| 578 | |||
| 579 | o Bug fixes to the CHDLC device drivers. | ||
| 580 | The driver had compilation problems under kernels | ||
| 581 | 2.2.14 or lower. | ||
| 582 | |||
| 583 | o Bug fixes to the Setup installation script. | ||
| 584 | The device drivers compilation options didn't work | ||
| 585 | properly. | ||
| 586 | |||
| 587 | o Update to the wpbackupd daemon. | ||
| 588 | Optimized the cross-over times, between the primary | ||
| 589 | link and the backup dialup. | ||
| 590 | |||
| 591 | beta3-2.2.1 Mar 02 2001 | ||
| 592 | o Patches for 2.4.2 kernel. | ||
| 593 | |||
| 594 | o Bug fixes to util/ make files. | ||
| 595 | o Bug fixes to the Setup installation script. | ||
| 596 | |||
| 597 | o Took out the backupd support and made it into | ||
| 598 | as separate package. | ||
| 599 | |||
| 600 | beta4-2.2.1 Mar 12 2001 | ||
| 601 | |||
| 602 | o Fix to the Frame Relay Device driver. | ||
| 603 | IPSAC sends a packet of zero length | ||
| 604 | header to the frame relay driver. The | ||
| 605 | driver tries to push its own 2 byte header | ||
| 606 | into the packet, which causes the driver to | ||
| 607 | crash. | ||
| 608 | |||
| 609 | o Fix the WANPIPE re-configuration code. | ||
| 610 | Bug was found by trying to run the cfgft1 while the | ||
| 611 | interface was already running. | ||
| 612 | |||
| 613 | o Updates to cfgft1. | ||
| 614 | Writes a wanpipe#.cfgft1 configuration file | ||
| 615 | once the CSU/DSU is configured. This file can | ||
| 616 | holds the current CSU/DSU configuration. | ||
| 617 | |||
| 618 | |||
| 619 | |||
| 620 | >>>>>> END OF README <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< | ||
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