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From: huston@prime.com (Steve Huston)
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Subject: Re: OSI lans and TCP/IP
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Date: 15 Feb 91 17:21:26 GMT
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gottsc@citrus.citr.uq.oz.au (John Gottschalk) writes:

>	The question is: is it possible to run TCP/IP and OSI
>connectionless protocols over the same wire, where the MAC sublayer 
>(an 802.3 network) is common to both, and the OSI protocols use TP4, 
>CLNP and 802.2 LLC?

>	More generally, is it always possible to run different network
>protocols over the same wire if the MAC sublayer is identical event
>though the full set of data-link protocols differ?

     Yes to both questions - part of the 802.3/Ethernet header
     identifies which next-higher protocol gets the packet.

Steve Huston                     Prime Computer, Inc.
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