From owner-freebsd-net Tue Nov 17 12:35:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA08427 for freebsd-net-outgoing; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 12:35:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from messenger.cacheflow.com (messenger.cacheflow.com [208.2.250.90]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA08422 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 12:35:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from krowett@verio.com) Received: from rowettpc (208.2.250.25) by messenger.cacheflow.com (Worldmail 1.3.167); 17 Nov 1998 12:32:11 -0800 Message-Id: <4.1.19981117123137.00a24400@pop.ncal.verio.com> X-Sender: krowett@pop.ncal.verio.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 12:34:46 -0800 To: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai , Garrett Wollman From: "Kevin J. Rowett" Subject: Re: Frametypes (was: Re: Netware client for FreeBSD) Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <199811171820.NAA26469@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Care to elaborate on Novell's breaking of the IEEE specs? AFAIK, they just used >the standard (IEEE's). > In one "mode" NetWare sets the type field (Eth II lingo), or the length field (802.3 lingo) to a value of zero. The type/length field has been the major difference between Ethernet II and 802.3. What it's used for, how the values are chosen, and what those values truely mean is never clear. However, almost everyone agrees that a type/length field = broken Netware packet to follow. KR To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message