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From: fks@VAX.FTP.COM (Frances Selkirk)
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Subject: Re:  Wollongong and Packet drivers ??
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Date: 25 Jul 90 14:38:15 GMT
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I believe the IPXPKT is a class 11 packet driver. Companies that say
they run with packet drivers generally mean class 1 (DIX Ethernet)
packet drivers, as these have historically been the only ones around.
This changed with the introduction of the SLIP driver, which is class
6, but people still tend to think of all packet drivers as using the
same interface, when, in fact, the interface to a packet driver changes
with any change in how the packet header is structured. KA9Q seems to 
have expanded support to new classes of packet driver very quickly. 



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