Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 13:13:27 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> Cc: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG, John Hay <jhay@mikom.csir.co.za> Subject: Re: Frametypes (was: Re: Netware client for FreeBSD) Message-ID: <199811171813.NAA26414@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9811171306370.17054-100000@sasami.jurai.net> References: <199811171747.MAA26273@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.02.9811171306370.17054-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
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<<On Tue, 17 Nov 1998 13:07:23 -0500 (EST), "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> said: >> Given the limited utility, I would rather see this information simply >> stored as a part of the interface address struct for IPX. > So running IP over 802.2 framing woudn't be supported? The standard way of running IP is not over 802.2 framing. (Remember we're talking Ethernet here; obviously, other technologies have different link layers.) (In point of fact, the right way to implement `IP over 802.2' would be to use the ARP protocol and save the frame type in each ARP entry.) -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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