aj3u@ash.cs.virginia.edu (Asim Jalis) (06/21/91)
I am looking for a precise description of the
format for the Ethernet packets, which for the
controller I am using is supposed to be Version
1.0. I have very little documentation. The goal
here is to write a network device driver for
Minix.
I can see what look like machine addresses in the
packets in octets number 26-29 (start counting at
0) and in octets number 30-33.
This does not match any of the packet formats I
see in the various textbooks in the library.
Here are the things I am looking for:
o which address is which.
o where does the data start.
o what are the octets before the addresses.
There is no preamble (no regular 1s and 0s).
o what is a good source for the info I need.
Any books or journals? I would especially
appreciate references to journals since
our library has relatively complete
collections.
Please respond by email, since I am posting this
to several newsgroups that I don't read regularly.
Asim Jalis.