From randy@psg.com Thu Oct 21 21:58:06 1993 Received: from rip.psg.com by fido.wps.com (5.67/wps.com-hackery) id AA05319; Thu, 21 Oct 93 21:57:47 -0700 Received: by rip.psg.com (Smail3.1.28.1 #5) id m0oqEZI-00030MC; Thu, 21 Oct 93 21:57 PDT Message-Id: From: randy@psg.com (Randy Bush) Subject: More Multi-Port questions (fwd) To: tomj@wps.com (Tom Jennings) Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1993 21:57:40 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text Content-Length: 5200 Status: OR Forwarded message: From MorningStar.Com!PPP-Users-Request Thu Oct 21 22:50:18 1993 X-Administrative-Requests-To: PPP-Users-Request@MorningStar.Com Errors-To: PPP-Users-Request@MorningStar.Com Sender: PPP-Users-Request@MorningStar.Com Precedence: bulk Date: Thu, 21 Oct 93 12:04:06 -0400 From: Steve Neruda Message-Id: <9310211604.AA20869@mudskipper.MorningStar.Com> To: hurf@isis.com (Hurf Sheldon) Cc: ppp-users@MorningStar.Com Subject: More Multi-Port questions References: <9310211524.AA15334@isis.com> Hurf Sheldon writes: ... > > What is a 'MorningStar Router' (being offered up by PSI ) > Morning Star Express At A Glance (preliminary: August 13, 1993) Standards Support: - The Internet standard Frame Relay as defined in RFC 1294 - The Internet standard Point to Point Protocol (PPP) as defined in RFCs 1331, 1332, 1333, and 1334, with - Link-level error detection (16 or 32 bit FCS) - Asynchronous control character mapping - Packet size negotiation at connection time - Physical link loopback detection - IP address negotiation and assignment - PPP Addr/Ctl field and Protocol field compression - Link-level authentication by PAP or CHAP - Link status monitoring by LQM - The popular Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP), as described in RFC 1055 - automatically detects whether other end does TCP header compression (CSLIP) Optimal Performance: - `VJ' TCP packet header compression for SLIP and PPP as described in RFC 1144 - TCP `fast queue' for priority transmission of interactive packets - Asynchronous speeds to 115,200 baud - Synchronous speeds to T1 (1.544 Mb/sec) or CEPT (2.048 Mb/sec) Ease of Management: - SNMP MIB-II (RFCs 1442, 1445, 1448, 1450) - RIP (RFC 1058), RIP-2 (RFCs 1387, 1388), OSPF (RFC 1247) - Easy and extremely flexible configuration - Two RS-232 (sync or async), one V.35 (sync), and one AUI (Ethernet LAN) - Transparent on-demand dialup link establishment and idle line disconnection - Flexible `chat script' for dialup connection management - Operates as either the remote (calling) or hub (answering) site - Uses most asynchronous modems over dialup or dedicated lines - Configuration/negotiation problems reported in English, to console or syslog - Monitors PPP link status, reliability, and performance with LQM - Multiple line failover for redundancy and high availability - Thorough, readable documentation includes examples and troubleshooting tips - Flash memory for easy software upgrades, or can be downloaded by tftp Powerful Security Features: - Link-level peer authentication by PAP or CHAP - Packet filtering and logging by protocol, source, destination, source routing, etc. - Tunnels hidden via TCP over existing internet - Encrypts traffic between known-secure hosts or networks - Negotiates through security barriers like SecureID - Returns appropriate ICMP Destination Unreachable codes - Works with dialback modems Wide industry support: - Interoperates with network connectivity providers - PSInet - Merit - NEARnet - CSN - OARnet - Alternet - BARRNet - most EUnet members - CICnet - JvNCnet - MSEN - ANS - CERFnet - PREPnet - Sesquinet - NorthwestNet - AARNet - UKnet - PIPEX - Demon Internet Services - any other network that provides access via SLIP, PPP, or Frame Relay - Interoperates with other Frame Relay switches and routers - Cascade - cisco - Interoperates with other asynchronous and synchronous PPPs and SLIPs - Telebit NetBlazer - Livingston Portmaster IR-4 - 3Com NetBuilder - NAT LANB/820 - Proteon cnx500 - Cayman GatorBox - Brixton Systems BrxPPP - KA9Q - MERIT's MacPPP - ISC SLIP - Network Systems 6400 - Novell LAN WorkPlace - Novell MP Router - Datability terminal server - FTP Software PC/TCP - Intercon TCP/Connect II - Wellfleet - cisco AGS, CGS, IGS, 500-CS, STS-10 - BSDI PPP - HP PPL (SLIP) - Xylogics Annex-3 terminal server - Marble Associates Teleconnect - The popular free UNIX PPPs - Works with any asynchronous dial-up modem; pre-configured for - Most Telebit modems - Codex 3260 series - NEC N9631 - AT&T 2296 - UDS V.3224 and V.3229 - Forval SA9600, SA14400 - AT&T Datakit - Practical Peripherals 9600SA - Hayes V-series Ultra SmartModems - US Robotics V.32 and V.32bis - Digicom 9624E+ and V.32bis - Hayes ISDN System Adapter You can get all our marketing literature and the entire user guide from ftp.MorningStar.Com:pub/Express/MST-Express-User-Guide-2up.ps, or we'll be happy to send them to you via electronic mail or even on paper. For more information, contact Jamey Laskey or Dean Schell of our marketing group: Morning Star Technologies 1760 Zollinger Rd Columbus OH USA 43221-2856 +1 614 451 1883 (voice) +1 800 558 7827 (voice) +1 614 459 5054 (FAX) marketing@morningstar.com (e-mail) ftp.morningstar.com:pub/Express (anonymous FTP) ... > > > hurf > > Hurf Sheldon, hurf@isis.com > Consultant to: > ISIS Distributed Systems, Ithaca N.Y.