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Date:      Tue, 28 Aug 2001 16:08:08 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        Alex Pilosov <alex@pilosoft.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Runt frames = broken VLAN ?
Message-ID:  <200108282008.f7SK88340636@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSO.4.10.10108281549570.19482-100000@spider.pilosoft.com>
References:  <200108281759.f7SHxh439282@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <Pine.BSO.4.10.10108281549570.19482-100000@spider.pilosoft.com>

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<<On Tue, 28 Aug 2001 15:53:31 -0400 (EDT), Alex Pilosov <alex@pilosoft.com> said:

> Disagree. Packet is either a runt or not a runt. It cannot be
> inconsistently bridged it to one (trunk) interface but not to (access)
> interface.

Runt-ness is not a property of the contents of the frame, it's a
property of the wire the frame is sent on.  A frame bridged from
another network with no minimum frame length must be properly padded
upon output if it is to be sent on an Ethernet.

-GAWollman


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