Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 19:22:32 +0100 (CET) From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: John Hay <jhay@mikom.csir.co.za>, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG, "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> Subject: Re: Frametypes (was: Re: Netware client for FreeBSD) Message-ID: <XFMail.981117192232.asmodai@wxs.nl> In-Reply-To: <199811171813.NAA26414@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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On 17-Nov-98 Garrett Wollman wrote: > <<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.) 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... <http://www.freebsd.org>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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