From owner-freebsd-net Tue Nov 17 10:18:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA18380 for freebsd-net-outgoing; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 10:18:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp01.wxs.nl (smtp01.wxs.nl [195.121.6.61]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA18341 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 10:18:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from asmodai@wxs.nl) Received: from chronias.ninth-circle.org ([195.121.58.169]) by smtp01.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 3.6) with ESMTP id AAA5F95; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 19:17:58 +0100 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <199811171813.NAA26414@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 19:22:32 +0100 (CET) Organization: Ninth Circle Enterprises From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai To: Garrett Wollman Subject: Re: Frametypes (was: Re: Netware client for FreeBSD) Cc: John Hay , freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG, "Matthew N. Dodd" Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 17-Nov-98 Garrett Wollman wrote: > < 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.) Ehm, Ethernet is 802.2/3 (aka eth_snap, eth_llc and eth_mac), also Eth_II and the original ethernet afaik... Ethernet is not ONE standard... --- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven/Asmodai asmodai(at)wxs.nl | Cum angelis et pueris, Junior Network/Security Specialist | fideles inveniamur *BSD & picoBSD: The Power to Serve... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message