-
-config X25
- tristate "CCITT X.25 Packet Layer (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL
- ---help---
- X.25 is a set of standardized network protocols, similar in scope to
- frame relay; the one physical line from your box to the X.25 network
- entry point can carry several logical point-to-point connections
- (called "virtual circuits") to other computers connected to the X.25
- network. Governments, banks, and other organizations tend to use it
- to connect to each other or to form Wide Area Networks (WANs). Many
- countries have public X.25 networks. X.25 consists of two
- protocols: the higher level Packet Layer Protocol (PLP) (say Y here
- if you want that) and the lower level data link layer protocol LAPB
- (say Y to "LAPB Data Link Driver" below if you want that).
-
- You can read more about X.25 at <http://www.sangoma.com/x25.htm> and
- <http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios11/cbook/cx25.htm>.
- Information about X.25 for Linux is contained in the files
- <file:Documentation/networking/x25.txt> and
- <file:Documentation/networking/x25-iface.txt>.
-
- One connects to an X.25 network either with a dedicated network card
- using the X.21 protocol (not yet supported by Linux) or one can do
- X.25 over a standard telephone line using an ordinary modem (say Y
- to "X.25 async driver" below) or over Ethernet using an ordinary
- Ethernet card and the LAPB over Ethernet (say Y to "LAPB Data Link
- Driver" and "LAPB over Ethernet driver" below).
-
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
- will be called x25. If unsure, say N.
-
-config LAPB
- tristate "LAPB Data Link Driver (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL
- ---help---
- Link Access Procedure, Balanced (LAPB) is the data link layer (i.e.
- the lower) part of the X.25 protocol. It offers a reliable
- connection service to exchange data frames with one other host, and
- it is used to transport higher level protocols (mostly X.25 Packet
- Layer, the higher part of X.25, but others are possible as well).
- Usually, LAPB is used with specialized X.21 network cards, but Linux
- currently supports LAPB only over Ethernet connections. If you want
- to use LAPB connections over Ethernet, say Y here and to "LAPB over
- Ethernet driver" below. Read
- <file:Documentation/networking/lapb-module.txt> for technical
- details.
-
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
- module will be called lapb. If unsure, say N.
-
-config NET_DIVERT
- bool "Frame Diverter (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL
- ---help---
- The Frame Diverter allows you to divert packets from the
- network, that are not aimed at the interface receiving it (in
- promisc. mode). Typically, a Linux box setup as an Ethernet bridge
- with the Frames Diverter on, can do some *really* transparent www
- caching using a Squid proxy for example.
-
- This is very useful when you don't want to change your router's
- config (or if you simply don't have access to it).
-
- The other possible usages of diverting Ethernet Frames are
- numberous:
- - reroute smtp traffic to another interface
- - traffic-shape certain network streams
- - transparently proxy smtp connections
- - etc...
-
- For more informations, please refer to:
- <http://diverter.sourceforge.net/>
- <http://perso.wanadoo.fr/magpie/EtherDivert.html>
-
- If unsure, say N.
-
-config ECONET
- tristate "Acorn Econet/AUN protocols (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL && INET
- ---help---
- Econet is a fairly old and slow networking protocol mainly used by
- Acorn computers to access file and print servers. It uses native
- Econet network cards. AUN is an implementation of the higher level
- parts of Econet that runs over ordinary Ethernet connections, on
- top of the UDP packet protocol, which in turn runs on top of the
- Internet protocol IP.
-
- If you say Y here, you can choose with the next two options whether
- to send Econet/AUN traffic over a UDP Ethernet connection or over
- a native Econet network card.
-
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
- will be called econet.
-
-config ECONET_AUNUDP
- bool "AUN over UDP"
- depends on ECONET
- help
- Say Y here if you want to send Econet/AUN traffic over a UDP
- connection (UDP is a packet based protocol that runs on top of the
- Internet protocol IP) using an ordinary Ethernet network card.
-
-config ECONET_NATIVE
- bool "Native Econet"
- depends on ECONET
- help
- Say Y here if you have a native Econet network card installed in
- your computer.
-
-config WAN_ROUTER
- tristate "WAN router"
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL
- ---help---
- Wide Area Networks (WANs), such as X.25, frame relay and leased
- lines, are used to interconnect Local Area Networks (LANs) over vast
- distances with data transfer rates significantly higher than those
- achievable with commonly used asynchronous modem connections.
- Usually, a quite expensive external device called a `WAN router' is
- needed to connect to a WAN.
-
- As an alternative, WAN routing can be built into the Linux kernel.
- With relatively inexpensive WAN interface cards available on the
- market, a perfectly usable router can be built for less than half
- the price of an external router. If you have one of those cards and
- wish to use your Linux box as a WAN router, say Y here and also to
- the WAN driver for your card, below. You will then need the
- wan-tools package which is available from <ftp://ftp.sangoma.com/>.
- Read <file:Documentation/networking/wan-router.txt> for more
- information.
-
- To compile WAN routing support as a module, choose M here: the
- module will be called wanrouter.
-
- If unsure, say N.
-
-menu "QoS and/or fair queueing"
-
-config NET_SCHED
- bool "QoS and/or fair queueing"
- ---help---
- When the kernel has several packets to send out over a network
- device, it has to decide which ones to send first, which ones to
- delay, and which ones to drop. This is the job of the packet
- scheduler, and several different algorithms for how to do this
- "fairly" have been proposed.
-
- If you say N here, you will get the standard packet scheduler, which
- is a FIFO (first come, first served). If you say Y here, you will be
- able to choose from among several alternative algorithms which can
- then be attached to different network devices. This is useful for
- example if some of your network devices are real time devices that
- need a certain minimum data flow rate, or if you need to limit the
- maximum data flow rate for traffic which matches specified criteria.
- This code is considered to be experimental.
-
- To administer these schedulers, you'll need the user-level utilities
- from the package iproute2+tc at <ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/net/ip-routing/>.
- That package also contains some documentation; for more, check out
- <http://snafu.freedom.org/linux2.2/iproute-notes.html>.
-
- This Quality of Service (QoS) support will enable you to use
- Differentiated Services (diffserv) and Resource Reservation Protocol
- (RSVP) on your Linux router if you also say Y to "QoS support",
- "Packet classifier API" and to some classifiers below. Documentation
- and software is at <http://diffserv.sourceforge.net/>.
-
- If you say Y here and to "/proc file system" below, you will be able
- to read status information about packet schedulers from the file
- /proc/net/psched.
-
- The available schedulers are listed in the following questions; you
- can say Y to as many as you like. If unsure, say N now.
-