Greg Crockett wrote:

>
> I see some people experimenting with the "OTHER" pinhole
> setting for things
> such as making vpn's work blah'd'blah blah.
> The "OTHER" setting seems a rather ambiguous addition to the protocol
> selection. Obviously it is there to support the protocols that aren't
> otherwise mentioned in the drop down list. My questions are..........
>
> a)What protocols are supported?

One would assume, any referenced in RFC 1700, 'Assigned numbers'

> b)What numbers relate to what protocol

See above RFC
There are a number of sources on the web, but try:
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc1700.html

> c)Where does the average humanoid obtain such a list of said
> numbers and
> protocols

See above.

> d)Why doesn't the support option on dsl.nokia.com website
> offer support
> rather than a big spiel of shit about nothing.
>
Don't be too hard on Nokia, they only route TCP/IP, they don't define it!

Most people don't need to know about such esoteric niceties. Nokia give you
the basics that suit 99% of people (ie, TCP, UDP, ICMP and GRE). My only
real gripe is that they didn't include IPSec by default, but maybe they were
anticipating the hassles their NAT would cause ('Course they could have
built an IPSec VPN engine into the box or offered it as an option.)

Anyway, if you want to study the TCP/IP protocol, I can recommend the books
by Douglas E. Comer.
A good start is "Internetworking with TCP/IP Volume 1, Principles, Protocols
and Architecture" (ISBN 0-13-216987-8)

Rob

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Received on Wed Jun 7 08:06:44 2000