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From: Kastenholz@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA
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Subject: Re: ARP on FDDI
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Date: Mon, 9-Nov-87 17:57:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov  9 17:57:00 1987
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Jim,

There is a rather simplistic solution to the 16 vs 48 bit FDDI address
problem - assign two physical hardware types to FDDI - one for 16 bit
addresses and one for 48 bit addresses.

This may violate some underlying deep philosophical intent of ARP, but
it looks like it should work.

Frank Kastenholz