pasek@npdiss1.StPaul.NCR.COM (Michael A. Pasek) (01/29/91)
In article <29515@usc> frankc@skat.usc.edu (Frank Callaham III) writes: >I know the "benifits" of Phase II, the problem I have, is that the >Cisco Routers cannot currently route EtherTalk Phase II packets over >a FDDI backbone.(This is according to my net admin. He says that >apple did something "wrong/strange" with the E-Talk2 packets) Frank's net admin is misinformed. Apple did the "correct" (according to the IEEE standards) thing with AppleTalk Phase II. The problem is that CISCO's FDDI implementation ASSUMES that all 802.2 SNAP headers have a zero OrgID field....which they do not. M. A. Pasek Software Development NCR Comten, Inc. (612) 638-7668 NP Development 2700 N. Snelling Ave. pasek@c10sd3.StPaul.NCR.COM Roseville, MN 55113