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From: kzm@hls.com (Keith McCloghrie)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Token Ring ARPs
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Date: 11 Apr 91 08:44:47 GMT
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Jeremy,

> I agree that, because of ARP, bridges highlight the multi-media problem.
> But what about other applications, say for  network management, which
> also send MAC addresses in data? 

The IETF 802.5 MIB (which has been submitted for publication as an RFC) 
specifies the use of the (802.1a) canonical ordering for MAC addresses
when accessed by SNMP, rather than 802.5 transmission ordering.

Keith.