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Annex Communications Server R7.1B and Annex Host Tools R14.2 Release Notes
ACP to Work with NIS
This release adds simple support for host passwd and shadow file
reading routines to erpcd. These can be selected by the use of the
NATIVEPASSWD and NATIVESHADOW flags in src/erpcd/
Makefile.
Support for 57.6Kbps
The 57600 speed will be supported only in new hardware platform
with fast octart.
do_compression and allow_compression
The slip_do_compression and slip_allow_compression parameters
are renamed to do_compression and allow_compression,
respectively. There is no change to their meaning for SLIP. The
allow_compression parameter now also applies to PPP. If
allow_compression is enabled, the Annex always requests for
compression and always accepts requests for compression. If
allow_compression is disabled, the Annex never requests for
compression, and always rejects requests for compression. The
do_compression parameter is not used for PPP.
The default value for allow_compression is N. Be sure to set this to Y
to negotiate for VJ compression.
Bootp over SLIP Lines
Both SLIP or PPP listen for any BOOTP packets sent by the remote
device that are addressed to either the Annex address(es) [unlikely]
or 0.0.0.0 or 255.255.255.255 [likely]. It then formulates a response
based upon the na parameters and the input packet by examining
each field. If the Server Name field is not null, the Annex tries to
resolve it as a host name. If this succeeds, the Annex fills in some
reasonable IP addresses in the fields and forwards the packet to that
host rather than respond by itself.
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