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Linux WAN Router Utilities Package
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Version 2.1.1
Nov 08, 1999
Author: Nenad Corbic <ncorbic@sangoma.com>
Copyright (c) 1995-1999 Sangoma Technologies Inc.
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INTRODUCTION

This is a set of utilities and shell scripts you need in order to be able to
use Linux kernel-level WAN Router.  Please read WAN Router User's manual
(router.txt) and WANPIPE driver documentation found in /usr/lib/router/doc
directory for installation and configuration instructions.

You can find the latest version of this software in /pub/linux directory on
Sangoma Technologies' anonymous FTP server (ftp.sangoma.com). 

For technical questions and/or comments please e-mail to ncorbic@sangoma.com.
For general inquiries please contact Sangoma Technologies Inc. by

	Hotline:	1-800-388-2475	(USA and Canada, toll free)
	Phone:		(905) 474-1990
	Fax:		(905) 474-9223
	E-mail:		dm@sangoma.com	(David Mandelstam)
	WWW:		http://www.sangoma.com



COPYRIGHT AND LICENSING INFORMATION

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass
Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This product is based on the WANPIPE(tm) Multiprotocol WAN Router developed
by Sangoma Technologies Inc. for Linux 2.2.x.  Success of the WANPIPE
together with the next major release of Linux kernel in summer 1996 commanded
adequate changes to the WANPIPE code to take full advantage of new Linux
features.

Instead of continuing developing proprietary interface tied to Sangoma WAN
cards, we decided to separate all hardware-independent code into a separate
module and defined two levels of interfaces - one for user-level applications
and another for kernel-level WAN drivers.  WANPIPE is now implemented as a
WAN driver compliant with the WAN Link Driver interface.  Also a general
purpose WAN configuration utility and a set of shell scripts was developed to 
support WAN router at the user level.

Many useful ideas concerning hardware-independent interface implementation
were given by Mike McLagan <mike.mclagan@linux.org> and his implementation
of the Frame Relay router and drivers for Sangoma cards (dlci/sdla).

With the new implementation of the APIs being incorporated into the WANPIPE,
a special thank goes to Alan Cox in providing insight into BSD sockets.

Special thanks to all the WANPIPE users who performed field-testing, reported
bugs and made valuable comments and suggestions that help us to improve this
product.



NEW IN THIS RELEASE

o Renamed startup script to wanrouter
o Option to turn off/on each router 
  separately
o New source directory /usr/lib/wanrouter
o New PPP driver 
o X25 is not supported in this release 

	
PRODUCT COMPONENTS AND RELATED FILES

/etc:
	wanpipe1.conf	default router configuration file
	wanrouter.rc	meta-configuration file (used by the Setup script)

/lib/modules/X.Y.Z/misc:
	wanrouter.o	router kernel loadable module

/lib/modules/X.Y.Z/net:
	sdladrv.o	Sangoma SDLA support module
	wanpipe.o	Sangoma WANPIPE(tm) driver module

/proc/net/wanrouter
	Config		reads current router configuration
	Status		reads current router status
	{name}		reads WAN driver statistics

/usr/sbin:
	wanrouter	router start-up script
	wanconfig	router configuration utility
	sdladump	WANPIPE adapter memory dump utility
        fpipemon        Monitor for Frame Relay
        cpipemon        Monitor for Cisco HDLC

/usr/lib/wanrouter:
	README		this file
	COPYING		GNU General Public License
	Setup		installation script
	Configure	configuration script
	Filelist	distribution definition file

/usr/lib/wanrouter/doc:
	WANPIPE_USER_MANUAL.txt WAN Router User's Manual
	WANPIPE_CONFIG.txt	WAN Configuration Manual

/usr/lib/wanrouter/interfaces:
	*		interface configuration files (TCP/IP configuration)

/usr/lib/wanrouter/patches:
	wanrouter-22.gz	patch for Linux kernel 2.2.10 and 2.2.11 
			(compatible for all 2.2.X kernels)
	wanrouter-20.gz patch for Linux kernel 2.0.36 

	Fix_2.2.11.gz   patch to fix the 2.2.11 kernel so other patches
                        can be applied properly.

/usr/lib/wanrouter/samples:
	interface	sample interface configuration file
	wanpipe1.cpri 	CHDLC primary port
     	wanpipe2.csec 	CHDLC secondary port
     	wanpipe1.fr   	Frame Relay protocol
     	wanpipe1.ppp  	PPP protocol ) 
	wanrouter.rc	sample meta-configuration file

/usr/lib/wanrouter/src:
	*		wan-tools source code

/usr/include/linux:
	wanrouter.h	router API definitions
	wanpipe.h	WANPIPE API definitions
	sdladrv.h	SDLA support module API definitions
	sdlasfm.h	SDLA firmware module definitions

/usr/src/linux/net/router:
	*		router source code

/var/log:
	wanrouter	router start-up log (created by the Setup script)

/var/lock:
	wanrouter	router lock file (created by the Setup script)

/usr/lib/wanrouter/wanpipe:
	fr514.sfm	Frame relay firmware for Sangoma S508/S514 card
	cdual514.sfm	Dual Port Cisco HDLC firmware for Sangoma S508/S514 card
	ppp514.sfm      PPP Firmware for Sangoma S508 and S514 cards


REVISION HISTORY

1.0.0	December 31, 1996	Initial version

1.0.1	January 30, 1997	Status and statistics can be read via /proc
				filesystem entries.

1.0.2   April 30, 1997          Added UDP management via monitors.

1.0.3	June 3, 1997		UDP management for multiple boards using Frame
				Relay and PPP
				Enabled continuous transmission of Configure 
				Request Packet for PPP (for 508 only)
				Connection Timeout for PPP changed from 900 to 0
				Flow Control Problem fixed for Frame Relay

1.0.4	July 10, 1997		S508/FT1 monitoring capability in fpipemon and
				ppipemon utilities.
				Configurable TTL for UDP packets.
				Multicast and Broadcast IP source addresses are
				silently discarded.

1.0.5	July 28, 1997		Configurable T391,T392,N391,N392,N393 for Frame
				Relay in router.conf.
				Configurable Memory Address through router.conf 
				for Frame Relay, PPP and X.25. (commenting this
 				out enables auto-detection).
				Fixed freeing up received buffers using kfree()
 				for Frame Relay and X.25.
				Protect sdla_peek() by calling save_flags(),
				cli() and restore_flags().
				Changed number of Trace elements from 32 to 20
				Added DLCI specific data monitoring in FPIPEMON. 
2.0.0	Nov 07, 1997		Implemented protection of RACE conditions by 
				critical flags for FRAME RELAY and PPP.
				DLCI List interrupt mode implemented.
				IPX support in FRAME RELAY and PPP.
				IPX Server Support (MARS)
				More driver specific stats included in FPIPEMON
				and PIPEMON.

2.0.1	Nov 28, 1997		Bug Fixes for version 2.0.0.
				Protection of "enable_irq()" while 
				"disable_irq()" has been enabled from any other
				routine (for Frame Relay, PPP and X25).
				Added additional Stats for Fpipemon and Ppipemon
				Improved Load Sharing for multiple boards

2.0.2	Dec 09, 1997		Support for PAP and CHAP for ppp has been
				implemented.

2.0.3	Aug 15, 1998		New release supporting Cisco HDLC, CIR for Frame
				relay, Dynamic IP assignment for PPP and Inverse
				Arp support for Frame-relay.  Man Pages are 
				included for better support and a new utility
				for configuring FT1 cards.

2.0.4	Dec 09, 1998	        Dual Port support for Cisco HDLC.
				Support for HDLC (LAPB) API.
				Supports BiSync Streaming code for S502E 
				and S503 cards.
				Support for Streaming HDLC API.
				Provides a BSD socket interface for 
				creating applications using BiSync
   				streaming.        

2.0.5   Aug 04, 1999 		CHDLC initializatin bug fix.
				PPP interrupt driven driver: 
  				Fix to the PPP line hangup problem.
				New PPP firmware
				Added comments to the startup SYSTEM ERROR messages
				Xpipemon debugging application for the X25 protocol
				New USER_MANUAL.txt
				Fixed the odd boundary 4byte writes to the board.
				BiSync Streaming code has been taken out.  
				 Available as a patch.
				Streaming HDLC API has been taken out.  
				 Available as a patch.                 

2.0.6   Aug 17, 1999		Increased debugging in statup scripts
				Fixed insallation bugs from 2.0.5
				Kernel patch works for both 2.2.10 and 2.2.11 kernels.
				There is no functional difference between the two packages         

2.0.7   Aug 26, 1999		o  Merged X25API code into WANPIPE.
				o  Fixed a memeory leak for X25API
				o  Updated the X25API code for 2.2.X kernels.
				o  Improved NEM handling.   

2.1.0	Oct 25, 1999		o New code for S514 PCI Card
				o New CHDLC and Frame Relay drivers
				o PPP and X25 are not supported in this release    
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