Date   : Sat, 20 Nov 2010 17:47:01 +0100
From   : rick@... (Rick Murray)
Subject: Rockin' out with awServer :-)

On 20/11/2010 13:05, Pete Turnbull wrote:

> Your livebox uses PPPoE, that is, it sends PPP packets over Ethernet.

Livebox, yes. PPPoE VC.

The other router uses PPPoA LLC as I can't get PPPoE to respond. Don't 
know what the difference is, but if it works...


...in addition, the biggest oddity is the VPI? Something like that? It 
is 8/35 but the LinkSys router keeps "seeing" 8/51. If I turn off auto 
and specify 8/35, "bing!". Go figure.


> The choice seems to have been made then to assume that any
> number in that field bigger than 1518 (now 1522, allowing for 802.1p/q
> QoS and VLAN tags) was a type indicator, and anything small was a length
> indicator.

;-) You probably shouldn't make odd assumptions regarding stuffing 
alternative behaviour into "size" fields. For another example, any RISC 
OS DiscOp address...


On a related note - RISC OS Open DOSFS... Can it handle:
   FAT32                - ?
   Long File Names      - I think this one can
   Files up to 4Gb      - *important* question
?

There is not going to be much point on messing with my ARM-based PVR if 
RISC OS can't manipulate a file up to 4Gb (-1 byte!) on FAT media...


Best wishes,

Rick.

-- 
Rick Murray, eeePC901 & ADSL WiFI'd into it, all ETLAs!
BBC B: DNFS, 2 x 5.25" floppies, EPROM prog, Acorn TTX
E01S FileStore, A3000/A5000/RiscPC/various PCs/blahblah...