Actually, you can run PPP on the serial interface of a Cisco... you need
to set the encapsulation type, as the default is HDLC. the other issue is
having a synchronous interface on your Linux box...
- Herman
On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, Don Hansford wrote:
->>Nadeem Hasan wrote:
->>>
->>> Anyone?
->>>
->>> ijbrown1@one.net.au wrote:
->>> >
->>> > Nadeen,
->>> > In reference to your email to me about IP Routing, I intend to set up ip
->>> > routing from a linux box through the serial port over a syncronous line driver
->>> > (which is similar to a modem but does not use the same commands as a modem)
->>> > with rj45/cat5 line. The other end of the cat5 will be another line driver and
->>> > connected to that is a Cisco 2500series router on a windows box. I currently
->>> > have a connection but cannot talk to the cisco end nor can I recieve data from
->>> > it. I need to know what program to use in linux and how to use it so as to
->>> > achieve a connection and be able to talk using tcp/ip,rip,ppp.
->>> >
->>> > Any help you could give would be great. Please don't hesitate to send this to
->>> > friends so that I can get as much info as possible.
->>> >
->>> > Thanks
->>> > Ian Brown
->>> > ijbrown1@one.net.au
->>I could be totally out of the ballpark here, but aren't you talking
->>about the 'SLIP" protocol? (Serial Line Interface Protocol). This was an
->>early attempt at networking, and IIRC, was shitcanned the moment TCP/IP
->>reared it's (somewhat) ugly head. As I recall, it was very error prone
->>over high volume networks, and produced security holes you could drive a
->>roadtrain through!
->>By memory, the FreeBSD site