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 Frame Relay (FR)
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 Frame Relay (FR) support for linux is built into a two tiered system of device
 drivers.  The upper layer implements RFC1490 FR specification, and uses the
 Data Link Connection Identifier (DLCI) as its hardware address.  Usually these
 are assigned by your network supplier, they give you the number/numbers of
 the Virtual Connections (VC) assigned to you.

 Each DLCI is a point-to-point link between your machine and a remote one.
 As such, a separate device is needed to accommodate the routing.  Within the
 net-tools archives is 'dlcicfg'.  This program will communicate with the
 base "DLCI" device, and create new net devices named 'dlci00', 'dlci01'...
 The configuration script will ask you how many DLCIs you need, as well as
 how many DLCIs you want to assign to each Frame Relay Access Device (FRAD).

 The DLCI uses a number of function calls to communicate with the FRAD, all
 of which are stored in the FRAD's private data area.  assoc/deassoc,
 activate/deactivate and dlci_config.  The DLCI supplies a receive function
 to the FRAD to accept incoming packets.

 With this initial offering, only 1 FRAD driver is available.  With many thanks
 to Sangoma Technologies, David Mandelstam & Gene Kozin, the S502A, S502E &
 S508 are supported.  This driver is currently set up for only FR, but as
 Sangoma makes more firmware modules available, it can be updated to provide
 them as well.

 Configuration of the FRAD makes use of another net-tools program, 'fradcfg'.
 This program makes use of a configuration file (which dlcicfg can also read)
 to specify the types of boards to be configured as FRADs, as well as perform
 any board specific configuration.  The Sangoma module of fradcfg loads the
 FR firmware into the card, sets the irq/port/memory information, and provides
 an initial configuration.

 Additional FRAD device drivers can be added as hardware is available.

 At this time, the dlcicfg and fradcfg programs have not been incorporated into
 the net-tools distribution.  They can be found at ftp.invlogic.com, in
 /pub/linux.  Note that with OS/2 FTPD, you end up in /pub by default, so just
 use 'cd linux'.  v0.10 is for use on pre-2.0.3 and earlier, v0.15 is for
 pre-2.0.4 and later.
	.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0

	================
	Frame Relay (FR)
	================

	Frame Relay (FR) support for linux is built into a two tiered system of device
	drivers. The upper layer implements RFC1490 FR specification, and uses the
	Data Link Connection Identifier (DLCI) as its hardware address. Usually these
	are assigned by your network supplier, they give you the number/numbers of
	the Virtual Connections (VC) assigned to you.

	Each DLCI is a point-to-point link between your machine and a remote one.
	As such, a separate device is needed to accommodate the routing. Within the
	net-tools archives is 'dlcicfg'. This program will communicate with the
	base "DLCI" device, and create new net devices named 'dlci00', 'dlci01'...
	The configuration script will ask you how many DLCIs you need, as well as
	how many DLCIs you want to assign to each Frame Relay Access Device (FRAD).

	The DLCI uses a number of function calls to communicate with the FRAD, all
	of which are stored in the FRAD's private data area. assoc/deassoc,
	activate/deactivate and dlci_config. The DLCI supplies a receive function
	to the FRAD to accept incoming packets.

	With this initial offering, only 1 FRAD driver is available. With many thanks
	to Sangoma Technologies, David Mandelstam & Gene Kozin, the S502A, S502E &
	S508 are supported. This driver is currently set up for only FR, but as
	Sangoma makes more firmware modules available, it can be updated to provide
	them as well.

	Configuration of the FRAD makes use of another net-tools program, 'fradcfg'.
	This program makes use of a configuration file (which dlcicfg can also read)
	to specify the types of boards to be configured as FRADs, as well as perform
	any board specific configuration. The Sangoma module of fradcfg loads the
	FR firmware into the card, sets the irq/port/memory information, and provides
	an initial configuration.

	Additional FRAD device drivers can be added as hardware is available.

	At this time, the dlcicfg and fradcfg programs have not been incorporated into
	the net-tools distribution. They can be found at ftp.invlogic.com, in
	/pub/linux. Note that with OS/2 FTPD, you end up in /pub by default, so just
	use 'cd linux'. v0.10 is for use on pre-2.0.3 and earlier, v0.15 is for
	pre-2.0.4 and later.