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From: eshop@saturn.ucsc.edu (Jim Warner)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Response to Long Distance NFS Query
Message-ID: <1461@saturn.ucsc.edu>
Date: 21 Dec 87 17:15:40 GMT
References: <8712202159.AA13986@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <1649@faline.bellcore.com>
Reply-To: eshop@saturn.ucsc.edu (Jim Warner)
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz; CIS/CE
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In article <1649@faline.bellcore.com> karn@faline.bellcore.com (Phil R. Karn) writes:
>By the way, one advantage of bridges over routers for NFS traffic (at
>least for the Vitalink bridges we use) is that they maintain the
>original Ethernet CRC; they encapsulate the entire source packet (CRC
>included) over the HDLC link....

This is *NOT* a general characteristic of all bridges.  It is true
for DEC and Vitalink.  If this characteristic is important, you should
be sure to ask your vendor how they handle it.

jim