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In article <4ud5f1$55o@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net> bdhuskey@postoffice.worldnet.att.net (Brian Huskey) writes:
>I thought the default frame type for 3.x was 802.3 and that it was not
>until 4.x that the default became 802.2.
  [ ... ]

No, the change was made with 3.12. I remember the fuss that was caused
by that...numerous "I can't see my new server!" articles.

On my departmental net, which has two main segments (office and 
manufacturing areas), I run all three major frame types; on the link
to the Corporate network, which is done with a third card in my
central server (NW 3.11), we only use two frame types since it's all
supposed to be NW 4.1 and TCP/IP. We figured it'd be less hassle to
require all connections to the Corporate net use only the NW 4.x and
TCP/IP standard frames, thus minimizing the workload on the Corporate
support staff.

It doesn't hurt anything to bind both 802.2 and 802.3 to the NIC, and
can avoid a lot of headaches.

Gary


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