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From: lamaster@pioneer.arpa (Hugh LaMaster)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: OSI-model software
Message-ID: <1818@ames.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 18-Jun-87 13:40:52 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 18 13:40:52 1987
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Keywords: osi, iso, internetworking

In article <1800@ames.UUCP> lamaster@pioneer.UUCP (Hugh LaMaster) writes:

>
>Also, as I understand (?!) the E-S to I-S (if I'm not mixing it up) ideas
>floating around, there will be a gateway protocol defined using X.25 packet
>addressing to handle WAN's.  In a TP4/ISO IP LAN, there will be an X.25
>gateway which will repackage the contents of an IP packet as the contents of
>an X.25 packet; somehow, there will be some way to tell the X.25 gateway on

It seems that I have mixed it up; I have received several replies to that
effect.  My apologies.  X.25 (level 3?) will, it seems, be used as an
alternate "level 2.5" protocol.  Is 802.2 also considered "level 2.5"?
Is there a draft standard on this yet?  What ISO number is it?

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