Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1998 13:15:47 +0100 From: Thomas Seidmann <tseidmann@simultan.ch> To: Kris Kirby <kris@airnet.net> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IPX Routing Message-ID: <364196F3.711CE7DF@simultan.ch> References: <199811032339.PAA13534@abused.com> <3640049D.ABC8E3D6@simultan.ch> <3640A3B2.72268322@airnet.net> <364145A3.9F09D220@simultan.ch> <36419458.EB13C43@airnet.net>
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Kris Kirby wrote: > I was completely unaware of this fact. My home lan runs Ethernet_II for > the Novell stuff (which stays turned off unless I need to play quake :-) > whereas another lan in the house uses the Novell default of 802.3. Which > is the longest or has the most carrying capacity? They are almost equal, except the 802.3 frame contains the size of payload in the frame in place of the frame ID. The maximum length and carrying capacity are exactly the same. 802.2 presents some loss compared to those two, because it caontains another additional header in each packet. > Kris Kirby Cheers, Thomas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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