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# Configuration for WAN router
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config WAN_ROUTER
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tristate "WAN router"
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depends on EXPERIMENTAL
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---help---
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Wide Area Networks (WANs), such as X.25, frame relay and leased
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lines, are used to interconnect Local Area Networks (LANs) over vast
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distances with data transfer rates significantly higher than those
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achievable with commonly used asynchronous modem connections.
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Usually, a quite expensive external device called a `WAN router' is
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needed to connect to a WAN.
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As an alternative, WAN routing can be built into the Linux kernel.
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With relatively inexpensive WAN interface cards available on the
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market, a perfectly usable router can be built for less than half
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the price of an external router. If you have one of those cards and
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wish to use your Linux box as a WAN router, say Y here and also to
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the WAN driver for your card, below. You will then need the
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wan-tools package which is available from <ftp://ftp.sangoma.com/>.
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Read <file:Documentation/networking/wan-router.txt> for more
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information.
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To compile WAN routing support as a module, choose M here: the
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module will be called wanrouter.
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If unsure, say N.
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