[9586] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: SMDS info
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Shields)
Wed May 28 16:01:08 1997
Date: 28 May 1997 19:15:39 -0000
From: shields@crosslink.net (Michael Shields)
To: Brian Horvitz <horvitz@websecure.net>
Cc: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <01BC6B50.463DEB30@Milquetoast.WebSecure.Com>
> Can anyone direct me to a good resource for info on configuring an ADC SMDSU plugged into a HSSI port on my Cisco router? I've never had the pleasure of working with SMDS before and I don't like guessing when it needs to work before I ship it. Thanks.
I didn't have to do anything on mine except (a) turn down the access
class because I wasn't using the full speed and (b) set it for c-bit
framing.
Do *not* configure your SMDS address into the SMDSU, configure it into
the router.
On the Cisco:
interface Hssi1/0
encapsulation smds
smds address c1XX.XXXX.XXXX
smds multicast IP e1XX.XXXX.XXXX <ipaddress> <mask>
smds multicast ARP e1XX.XXXX.XXXX <ipaddress> <mask>
smds enable-arp
That's it.
SMDS is pretty ok, the two major flaws being that (a) no one is
familiar with it and (b) it's fast-switched on a 7000.
--
Shields, CrossLink.
