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From: melohn@SUN.COM (Bill Melohn)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Which version does Sun run?
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Date: 23 Apr 88 09:38:58 GMT
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In article <6140@shamash.UUCP> jwabik@shamash.UUCP (Jeff Wabik) writes:

> Does anyone know which version of tcp-ip is implemented in the standard
> Sun OS (Sun UNIX 3.x) ?  802.2?  802.2/snap?  802.3?

Charles's observations are correct; the standard SunOS kernel provides
support for TCP/IP over Ethernet/802.3. Sun does offer TCP/IP using
snap over 802.2 (as defined in RFC1042) layered on either 802.3 or
802.4 using the Sunlink OSI product, which also comes with TP4/CLNS.