WAN Router Tutorial

Hi all - wonder if someone could point me in the right direction.

I work in a computer/commo lab that would like to simulate and test
TCP/IP over RF. Basically - we want to use an RF link for our
transmission medium instead of a T1/Cable/DSL/other...

The RF Link is not a problem, and setting up a LAN is not a problem.
The problem is that none of us is familiar with setting up a WAN
router. We would like to serialize the data from the LAN to pass it
over the RF link and analyze the results.

We currently have all the equipment for the RF link, and I am setting
up a Linux box with an ImageStream WanIC520 card to be the router.

The manufacturer has not been a lot of help, probably because they are
used to dealing with TELCO pros. I am not one.

So - if anyone has a good recommendation on a beginner's tutorial on
WAN technology, I would appreciate it. I apparently am not googling the
right terms.

Thanks for any help!

Skippyboy wrote:
> Hi all - wonder if someone could point me in the right direction.
>
> I work in a computer/commo lab that would like to simulate and test
> TCP/IP over RF. Basically - we want to use an RF link for our
> transmission medium instead of a T1/Cable/DSL/other...
>
> The RF Link is not a problem, and setting up a LAN is not a problem.
> The problem is that none of us is familiar with setting up a WAN
> router. We would like to serialize the data from the LAN to pass it
> over the RF link and analyze the results.
>
> We currently have all the equipment for the RF link, and I am setting
> up a Linux box with an ImageStream WanIC520 card to be the router.
>
> The manufacturer has not been a lot of help, probably because they are
> used to dealing with TELCO pros. I am not one.

The $1000 question is: Is there a driver for the card or enough
information to write one?

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Tauno Voipio
tauno voipio (at) iki fi

Tauno Voipio wrote:
>
> The $1000 question is: Is there a driver for the card or enough
> information to write one?
>
> --
>
> Tauno Voipio
> tauno voipio (at) iki fi

Yes - there is a driver supplied, and it seems to be working - but we
have not been able to get data into or out of this card, and I am
starting to suspect that it may be how we have our stuff wired...

I built the cable to interface to our equipment, but I think there may
be something I missed. Hence the request for a tutorial or guide on WAN
technologies...

Skippyboy wrote:
> Tauno Voipio wrote:
>
>>The $1000 question is: Is there a driver for the card or enough
>>information to write one?
>
>
> Yes - there is a driver supplied, and it seems to be working - but we
> have not been able to get data into or out of this card, and I am
> starting to suspect that it may be how we have our stuff wired...

Working - how?

Does it show in 'ifconfig -a'?
Does it have an IP address?

If you tried to ping the local address of the WAN card,
it proves nothing of the card or driver: the Linux IP stack
is smart enough to route ALL local addresses via the loopback
interface, lo, so the ping never visited the driver or card.

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Tauno Voipio
tauno voipio (at) iki fi

On Tue, 14 Nov 2006 08:32:38 -0800, Skippyboy rearranged some electrons to
form:

> Hi all - wonder if someone could point me in the right direction.
>
> I work in a computer/commo lab that would like to simulate and test
> TCP/IP over RF. Basically - we want to use an RF link for our
> transmission medium instead of a T1/Cable/DSL/other...

Do a search on packet radio, you might find something of interest.

>
> The RF Link is not a problem, and setting up a LAN is not a problem.
> The problem is that none of us is familiar with setting up a WAN
> router. We would like to serialize the data from the LAN to pass it
> over the RF link and analyze the results.

What do you mean by 'serialize'? (it's already serial data)

>
> We currently have all the equipment for the RF link, and I am setting
> up a Linux box with an ImageStream WanIC520 card to be the router.
>
> The manufacturer has not been a lot of help, probably because they are
> used to dealing with TELCO pros. I am not one.
>
> So - if anyone has a good recommendation on a beginner's tutorial on
> WAN technology, I would appreciate it. I apparently am not googling the
> right terms.
>
> Thanks for any help!

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