Banyan Vines/PPP


                    Fred Baker standing in for

                          Steve Senum

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Vines Features

  o  Supported

     -  Vines address resolution

     -  Vines data protocol

     -  Vines fragmentation protocol

     -  Negotiation

  o  Not supported

     -  Vines Echo Protocol 

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Options

  o  BV-Link-Type

  o  BV-FRP

  o  BV-RTP

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BV-Link-Type

  o  Non-Sequenced Routing Update Protocol

  o  90 second update interval

  o  LAN model

     -  Full update every 90 seconds

  o  WAN model

     -  twelve minute cycle

     -  three full updates

     -  five updates containing only changed routes

  o  Default is WAN

  o  no effect if VINES 5.5 (sequenced RTP) in use

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BV-FRP

VINES Fragmentation Protocol

  o  Negotiates enabling/disabling FRP

  o  FRP not deeded if MRU >= 1484

  o  Default is "disabled"

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BV-RTP

Enables/Disables Route Updates

  o  May want to disable on dial link

  o  default is "enabled"

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BV-Routing

Why not declare your routing protocol?

  o  Four values

     -  RTP-LAN

     -  RTP-WAN

     -  S-RTP      default?

     -  no routing

  o  Receiver may not understand S-RTP

  o  Receiver may require route info from a system configured
     otherwise

  o  One option replaces BV-RTP and BV-Link-Type