Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 14:38:51 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: matt@lkg.dec.com (Matt Thomas) Cc: terry@lambert.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Giant Sized Ethernet Packets Message-ID: <199609192138.OAA01485@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199609191638.QAA26304@whydos.lkg.dec.com> from "Matt Thomas" at Sep 19, 96 04:38:09 pm
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> > I would find this suprising, since it would imply that DEC's cards can't > > run DECNet (which has a nasty habit of shoving huge frames around). > > That is *complete* and *utter* bullsh*t. DECnet uses standard size > Ethernet frames. Always has, always will. We had problems with DECNet Phase IV protocols, specificall MOP, specifically MOP-MOM responses generating large frames at Weber State University during the download of DECServer 200's from VMS 4.x systems. This may have been an implementation error or something else; nevertheless, we did have problems, and that is what the DEC field support rep claimed when he suggested we replace some of our non-DEC hardware. > Again, no DEC developed protocol uses over-sized Ethernet frames. What's "oversized"? How many bytes, exactly? Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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