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Date:      Tue, 15 Jul 1997 21:12:05 +0200 (SAT)
From:      John Hay <jhay@mikom.csir.co.za>
To:        julian@whistle.com (Julian Elischer)
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: IPX routing?
Message-ID:  <199707151912.VAA18020@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za>
In-Reply-To: <33CBB063.237C228A@whistle.com> from Julian Elischer at "Jul 15, 97 10:16:19 am"

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> > 
> > > > I do have code that do the Novel 802.3 protocol, but it only works
> > > > on the ed0 type cards because I use link1 in ifconfig to set it
> > > > and most other cards use that for something else like switching
> > > > 10BT on/off.
> > >
> > > Erk.  Do I take it then that it's not possible to do the 802.[23] protocols
> > > as well as Ethernet_II simultaneously on the same interface?
> > 
> > It's possible to receive both types of frames. But how to know
> > which kind of encapsulation to use when you SEND the packets ?
> > The only way to use both encapsulations I see is to keep a table
> > that maps each network address to encapsulation type and fill
> > it using the received packets.
> 
> This is done by keeping the framing type in an IPX ARP equivalent.
> 

And how do you handle RIP and SAP broadcasts? There may be more than
one router on that segment and they may not use the same framing, eg.
two other routers, one using 802.3 and the other Ethernet_II.

John
-- 
John Hay -- John.Hay@mikom.csir.co.za



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