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Re: Should new server be 802.2 or Ethernet II?

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From: nick
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 00:00
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alan@bali.seg.wj.com (Alan Strassberg) wrote:

> In article <50mknh$1tmm@ausnews.austin.ibm.com>,
> Brian M Helman <bhelman@neu.edu> wrote:
> >In message <322E0545.2A94@iserv.net> - Bill <wott@iserv.net> writes:
> >>Ray Todd Sevens wrote:
> >>> Bottom line on 802.3 is that if you plan to use any other protocol    > besides ipx in your organization at anytime now or the future, don't  > use it.
> >> 
> >>Would you mind elaborating on this?

> 	See ftp://netlab2.usu.edu/misc/ethernet.txt on why to
> 	use ethernet_ii packets. You'll be glad you did.

Um ... netlab2.usu.edu won't let me look at directory /misc when logged in
anonymously (and I obviously don't have an account on that system), so does
anyone know whether the document (ethernet.txt) is available anywhere else ?

TIA, Nick
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From: nick@pmjb.demon.co.uk
Subject: Re: Should new server be 802.2 or Ethernet II?
Date: 1996/09/24
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