There are a number of people developing new features and modules for the Linux networking code. Some of these are in quite an advanced state (read working), and it is these that I intend to include in this section until they are standard release code, when they will be moved forward.
The AX25 section has been relocated into the HAM-HOWTO because it was fairly specific to Amateur Radio.
There is an experimental snmp agent for linux, ported from the cmu-snmp
source by Erik Schoenfelder, <schoenfr@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de>
.
It is available from:
ftp.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de
/pub/local/cmu-snmp2.1.2l3-src.tar.gz
Please read the file called cmu-snmp2.1.2l3.README
, as it
contains information that you will need to know about the package.
This package provides a nearly complete MIB-II variable set. and parts of the host MIB. Setting of system group variables is provided. The private community string is setable in the config file.
nstat.tar.gz
contains a formatter of the output from
/proc/net/snmp
called nstat.
You will need Linux v1.1.60 and libc v4.6.27 or higher to compile and run the agent.
An experimental Token Ring driver is being developed by Peter De Schrijver
<stud11@cc4.kuleuven.ac.be>
. His latest version, at the time of
writing is available in the Linux 1.3.* kernel release, or for older kernel
versions at:
linux3.cc.kuleuven.ac.be
/pub/Linux/TokenRing/TokenRing.patch-1.2.0.gz
ftp.cs.kuleuven.ac.be
/pub/unix/linux/TokenRing.patch-1.1.64.gz
There are a number of patch files against various kernel versions. Just pick the one that suits your kernel.
Note also that there are versions of the network tools to suit Token Ring in
the same directory at linux3.cc.kuleven.ac.be
.
Most boards based on IBM's TROPIC chipset should work now. The following boards are known to be working with the driver :
Boards which use the TI chipset or busmastering DMA won't work with the current driver. However someone is working on a driver for the IBM busmaster adapters.
V.35 is a C.C.I.T.T. standard interface that provides a high speed balanced serial interface suitable for speeds up to about 2 Mbps. The use of differential pair balanced transmission allows the V.35 interface to support longer cables than can the more familiar V.24/RS232C type interface and higher data rates.
Pete Kruckenberg <kruckenb@sal.cs.utah.edu>
located a company
that supplies V.35 interface hardware for ISA bus machines. The company is
also developing a Linux driver for this card that is nearing Beta testing stage.
This would allow you to directly connect your Linux machine to a 48/56kbps
synchronous leased line. The card supports multiple protocols and allows for
interface speeds of up to 12 Mbps.
More information is available from:
ftp.std.com
pub/sdl/n2
or you can email Dale Dhillon <sdl@world.std.com>
Vinod G Kulkarni <vinod@cse.iitb.ernet.in>
has cowritten some
software for linux that will allow it to act as an IPX bridge.
The software is available from:
sunsite.unc.edu
/pub/Linux/Systems/Network/router/ipxbridge.tar.gz
Alex Liu <labrat@unitrx.com
has written support for the Novell RIP
and SAP protocols to allow your linux machine to act as a Novell router.
This software is alpha and includes a kernel patch. Be warned that you should take the usual precautions when testing this software.
You can obtain the software from:
sunsite.unc.edu
/pub/Linux/Incoming/ipxripd-002.tar.gz (until it is moved)
/pub/Linux//system/Network/router/ipxripd-002.tar.gz
A README
file is included, and you should read this for installation
and configuration details.
Eric Schenk <schenk@cs.toronto.edu>
has written a demand dial
daemon that will work with either SLIP or PPP. It relies on you having
a slip device configured which the daemon connects to via a pty. When your
slip connection is not active all datagrams for non local hosts will be
routed to this device, and the daemon will detect them, when it receives
a datagram it executes a script to activate your network link, and then
reroutes datagrams to that link.
The software is available at:
sunsite.unc.edu
/pub/Linux/system/Network/serial/diald-0.7.tar.gz
Note: You must configure your kernel so that it includes the slip driver, even if you only want to run PPP.
The included documentation describes how to install and configure the software.
Matthias Urlichs <urlichs@smurf.noris.de>
has developed
some experimental ISDN support for Linux. The most recent version was
for kernel version 1.1.88 and is reported to work.
It is available at:
ftp.uni-stuttgart.de
/pub/systems/linux/isdn/kernel/1.1.83-88/*
Be warned, the documentation is in German, and the code is designed to support the european ISDN network.
An alternative driver for the Creatix/AVM ISDN board is available from:
ftp.gwdg.de
/pub/linux/misc/isdn4linux/
or:
ftp.uni-stuttgart.de
/pub/comm/isdn/linux/ftp.noris.de/
Harald Milz has put together a World Wide Web page for Linux ISDN support and it is available at Linux ISDN Web Page . A more generic site containing information about ISDN is available at Dan Kegel's ISDN home page .
The LiS (Linux Streams) project has formed to develop and implement System-V Streams for Linux. They have a World Wide Web page at Linux Streams Web Page where the status of the project can be obtained and where you can locate contact information and test code.
Werner Almesberger has put together a World Wide site on the topic of Linux support for ATM. It is available at lrcwww.epfl.ch . There is experimental software which supports raw ATM connections and some basic IP over ATM available at the pre-alpha stage and this can be obtained from the Web Site. The site contains a good deal of interesting information on ATM.
A mail list has been establised to discuss ATM for Linux and you can subscribe
by sending a mail message with the body subscribe linux-atm
to:
majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
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