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Article #736Re: Need help with Ethernet
From: Doug McCallum
Date: Fri, 24 May 1985 03:32
Date: Fri, 24 May 1985 03:32
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> implement IEEE 802.3 in a way that maintains compatibility with machines
> that use the Ethernet definitions. I don't know whether any vendors have
> actually implemented IEEE 802.3, and if so whether they did the extra work
> needed to be compatible with Ethernet. So far we haven't run into any real
> implementations of IEEE 802.3. (As I said above, most of the people who
Don't confuse the IEEE 802.3 standard with the IEEE 802.2 standard. 802.3
specifies a "media access method" of CSMA/CD and describes what is basically
Ethernet Version 2.0 with the type field called a length field. It is
possible to be IEEE 802.3 compatible without implementing the IEEE 802.2
"Logical Link Control" protocol. The vendors claiming 802.3 compatibity
probably are. Full IEEE 802 compliance is another matter. Very few
802.2 implementations are available.
Doug McCallum
NBI, Inc.
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