Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 07:49:04 +0900 (JST) From: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: John Hay <jhay@mikom.csir.co.za>, jkh@time.cdrom.com, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Does IPX routing work? ... Of course. :-) Message-ID: <Pine.SV4.3.93.960912074731.18328A-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <199609112000.NAA05402@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On Wed, 11 Sep 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > > Three things I can think of. > > > > Our IPX only support ETHERNET_II framing. NOT 802.3 (yet) > > > > You can not support 802.3 framing in a Novell IPX environment. > > Novell implemented 802.3 encapsulation incorrectly. It is only the > coincidence that the packet type for IPX is an illegal length which > allows it to be detected and function at all. > > You will need to similarly hack the IPX for FreeBSD if you wish to > support what Novell calls 802.3 -- there is no encapsulation header, > and this is the implementation error. I thought it was just implemented before IEEE fully defined it. Regards, Mike Hancock
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