On Thu, 7 Jan 1999, Riley Williams wrote:
>
> Hi there.
Greetings
> Partly out of curiosity, and partly in connection with a project I
> might be working on shortly, but can anybody advise whether the
> current (2.2.0-preX) implementation of AX.25 implements either of the
> SABME or SREJ frame types, and if so, whether there's any limitations
> thereon?
We have had AX.25 with extended sequence numbers for quite a long time (>
2 years I think). By default it is switched off on the interfaces. It does
not handle the SREJ frame properly. It uses the standard AX.25 method of
go-back-N instead of true selective rejects. If your project would like to
expand that part of the code ...
> Best wishes from Riley.
>
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Jonathan HB9/G4KLX in Zurich
