cyrus@hi.unm.edu (Tait Cyrus) (05/11/88)
I hate to admit this, but I don't know diddly about the new 802 LLC frame
format. Is there an RFC or some document on sri-nic that describes this
format? If not, what texts contains such a description?
The reason I ask is because devices on our net use the old dst/src/type
format and now some of the newer devices are using the dst/src/len/llc
and I can't make heads or tails of what these new devices are "saying".
What is the `correct' way to refer to dst/src/type (IEEE 802.?) ?
The `correct' way to refer to dst/src/len/llc (IEEE 802.3)?
Thanks in advance.
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@/_________@/ cyrus@hc.dspo.govddp+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Drew Daniel Perkins) (05/12/88)
Check out RFC1042. Drew
jbvb@VAX.FTP.COM (James Van Bokkelen) (05/12/88)
RFC1042 documents the official method for encapsulating IP (with a 'SNAP' header) in 802.2 packets. For complete information on 802.2 LLC, as the IEE envisioned it, I think you need to get the 802.2 standard itself from the IEEE. I always refer to them as "802.3" and "Bluebook" (from the DEC-Intel-Xerox "Blue Book" which was the original Ethernet standard). Some other people refer to them as "Ethernet" and "802.3", but I feel that is confusing to the neophyte. (It is kind of rough on someone who has just read his first "LANs are Great" article when you say "Ethernet and 802.3 really are different, trust me...".) jbvb
postel@VENERA.ISI.EDU.UUCP (05/12/88)
W. Tait Cyrus: Try looking at RFC-1042 for some clues. --jon.