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From: dougm@ico.UUCP (Doug McCallum)
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Subject: Re: Digital LANBridge-100 survey results
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Date: Sun, 25-May-86 22:26:15 EDT
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> use type 0x600X packets, but maybe they were assigned the 0x8038
> protocol type).  I'm trying to get information about exactly what this
> packet is and what the "802.3 management protocol is".  (I couldn't
> find anything in the copy of the 802.3 spec lying around, but I didn't
> look as carefully as I might have).

Hmmm.  I don't have my 802.3 management spec handy, but I do know that
802 specific protocols don't use the type field as a type but as a
length of the data segment. 0x8038 is not a valid length for 802.3.
The management protocol was not published as part of the 802.3
standard.  I haven't seen a published 802 management standard, but
have seen a draft.  It uses the 802.2 Logical Link Control protocol.
I would be interested in what you find out.

Another vendor with the same product is Vitalink.  I think that the
DEC and Vitalink boxes are the same product.

			Doug McCallum
			Interactive Systems
			{cbosgd, nbires, hao}!ico!dougm