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In article <1992Oct31.014819.16180@netcom.com>, seifert@netcom.com (Rich
Seifert) writes:

> Of course, there will be no connectivity to devices connected to the
> backbone.  Neither Ethernet nor FDDI devices support source routing.
> Let's just hope that it won't cause them to crash--The problem area is
> when someone sends a frame to a multicast (or broadcast) with source
> routing enabled.  The receiving Ethernet or FDDI station will see a
> source address with the Routing Information Indicator set to one.  This
> looks like a multicast source address, which is outlawed in Ethernet.

While it is a given that Ethernet does not support source routing, I
beleive FDDI does. I am looking at the Source Routing Supplement to IEEE
802.1d (MAC Bridges) (Unapproved Draft) and it mentions SRT operation
for FDDI several times. Could you please clarify what you mean?


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