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From: gogan@bbs.acs.unc.edu (Jim Gogan)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: packet drivers/ARCNET/hardware addresses
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Date: 14 Mar 91 12:51:47 GMT
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We've got a couple of departments here that have put in ARCNET systems
on their PCs over Novell networks.  The vast majority of our micro
nets are Ethernet and Token-Ring, so we're very familiar with
using packet drivers to support NetWare IPX and IP packets concurrently.
We've got a way to route the ARCNET to the Ethernet without any problem
for the IP traffic (using packet drivers and the like); however,
my question is ......
for those of you out there running packet drivers and IP on ARCNETs,
how are you dealing with the addressing issue re: hardware.  Unlike
Ethernet and Token-Ring with universally unique addresses, my
understanding of ARCNET is that it provides only an 8-bit hardware
address that's switch-selectable.  How do you maintain address
uniqueness across departments?
Inquiring minds want to know!

-- Jim Gogan (gogan@samba.acs.unc.edu)
   Networking Systems
   University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
.