AIS Router AI2524 User Manual

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Chapter 12: AI2524 X.25 Configuration Steps

August 1997

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Understand Protocol Identification

The various methods and protocols used in X.25 SVC encapsulation
are identified in a specific field of the call packet; this field is defined
by X.25 to carry CUD. Since PVCs do not use the X.25 call setup pro-
cedures, only PVCs do not use CUD to identify their encapsulation.

The primary difference between the available AI2524 and IETF en-
capsulation methods is the specific value used to identify a protocol.
When any of the methods establishes a virtual circuit for carrying
single protocol, the protocol is identified in the call packet by the
CUD. When a virtual circuit is established to carry more than one pro-
tocol (only available using the RFC 1356 methodology), a protocol
identification field precedes the datagram encapsulated in the X.25
data packet; every datagram exchanged over that virtual circuit has its
protocol identified.

This table summarizes the values used in the CUD field to identify
protocols.

Protocol

AI2524

Protocol

Identifier

IETF RFC 1356

Protocol Identifier

Apollo Domain

0xD4

0x80 (5-byte SNAP

encoding

1

)

Bridging 0xD5 (Not implemented)

ISO CLNS

0x81

0x81

2

Compressed TCP

0xD8

0x00 (5-byte SNAP

encoding)

3

IP 0xCC

0xCC

4

or 0x80 (5-byte

SNAP encoding)

Novell IPX

0xD3

0x80 (5-byte SNAP
encoding)

PAD

0x01

5

0x01

5

QLLC 0xC3 (Not available)

Multiprotocol (Not

available)

0x00

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