HOWTO connect MCI using Netgraph + Frame Relay with Digi SYNC/570i

Julian Elischer julian at elischer.org
Tue Mar 22 08:43:13 PST 2005


John Mok wrote:
> Dear Roman,
> 
> Thank you for your information. I have succeeded to setup the frame 
> relay using netgraph. However, I failed to get the interface ng0 up :-
> 
> #ifconfig ng0 1.2.3.4 255.255.255.0 up
> ifconfig: interface ng0 does not exist
> 
> Please help to advise how I could make the interface ng0 appears.
> 
> Thank you,   John Mok
> 
> Roman Kurakin wrote:
> 
>> In case you still need this information.
>>
>> John Mok:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I would like to replace the existing Cisco router 1600 and connect to 
>>> MCI Hong Kong with FeeBSD 5.3 box with a Digi SYNC 570 serial card. 
>>> With reference of the FreeBSD handbook and the information from 
>>> Julian Elischer at
>>>
>>> http://www.elischer.org/netgraph/
>>>
>>> I have compiled the kernel with the following options :-
>>>
>>> ....
>>> options NETGRAPH
>>> options NETGRAPH_FRAME_RELAY
>>> options NETGRAPH_LMI
>>> ....
>>> device  ar
>>>
>>> The dmesg showed that the device ARNET/Digi SYNC/570i was loaded 
>>> successfully. However, when I tried to config. with the following, 
>>> the ngctl prompt with the error:
>>>
>>> #ngctl mkpeer ar0: frame_relay rawdata downstream
>>> #ngctl mkpeer ar0:rawdata lmi dlci500 ansi 
>>
>>
>>
>> ngctl mkpeer ar0:rawdata lmi dlci0 annexD
>>
>> also you need NETGRAPH_RFC1490
>>
>> ngctl mkpeer ar0:rawdata rfc1490 dlci500 downstream
>> ngctl mkpeer ar0:rawdata.dlci500 iface inet inet


did the last command do anything?

please show the output of:
ifconfig
ngctl list


>>
>> and you will get smth like ng0
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>                        Roman Kurakin
>>
>>>
>>> ngctl: send msg: No such file or directory
>>>
>>> I tried the testing with MCI connection disconnected. How do I set 
>>> the line speed to 1536 Kbps? I hope someone could help me how to 
>>> config. the netgraph with work with Digi SYNC/570i
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot.
>>>
>>> John Mok
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> freebsd-net at freebsd.org mailing list
>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net
>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe at freebsd.org"
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
> 
> _______________________________________________
> freebsd-net at freebsd.org mailing list
> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net
> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe at freebsd.org"



More information about the freebsd-net mailing list