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Hi Kevin,

> I would like to get our CGS 3 router to accept X25 calls for 2 addresses.
> > I was working on this when we upgraded from 8.2 to 9.0(1) today.
> 
> In the 8.2 config I had an X25 route phrase like this:
> 
> x25 route ^23421234567890 alias Null0
> 
> To be frank, I do not know if this does what I want, because I had not
> tested it before the new PROMS arrived. However it is a bit academic,
> as (from my experimentation) 9.0(1) will not accept the null interface
> in an X25 route command. I get told "Must be running X.25 - Null0" -
> fair enough, but 8.2 didn't complain!
> 

Correct, 9.0 and 8.3 do not accept NULL in this command anymore.
They require a serial line number instead.

> What I would like to do is to set up the router to accept calls that
> are addressed to an X121 number other than that applied to the serial
> interfaces, I understood from the manual that this is what the "alias"
> clause would do.  But if I cannot give the null interface, what

Sure enough.

> interface should I use?  What does the interface name mean when an
> alias is specified?  Is it for calls that come in that interface only,
> or is the call sent back to that interface? Or does the call appear to
> come from that interface?
> 

an alias route is valid only for calls that come in on the named
interface.

Example: x25 route .* alias serial 0

If a call comes in on interface serial 0 and matches the
alias' x121-pattern (and any cud pattern) or in my example any x121
address, the call will be accepted for the given type of connectivity.


> In case anyone from Cisco says that I should ask them, I should say
> that our local UK technical support people cannot help, and asking the
> net seemed like the next quickest route.  But in case anyone is

Please feel free to ask the net any time.

> interested; it is my view that the manual (including the 9.0 manual)
> is a little vague on this point. 
> 

I totaly agree here and I will submit a documentation bug to correct
this problem.

Thanks,
Eman Schaffer
Customer Engineering

> Kevin Quinlan
> -- 
> 
>  	(Kevin Quinlan)
>  	kquinlan@cvedg.Prime.COM
> 	kquinlan@uk.co.cv.edg
> 
>