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From: dsb@ihwpt.ATT.COM (debbie butler)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Ethernet broadcast
Message-ID: <2520@ihwpt.ATT.COM>
Date: 5 May 88 13:54:17 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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Keywords: application/protocol failure


Are there any applications or protocols that *require* the use
of Ethernet's broadcast mechanism?  Do they fail without it?

The two that that I'm aware of are ARP and RARP.
How about for other implementations?

Thanks for any info.

Debbie Butler                    **** NORMAL DISCLAIMER ****
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Naperville, IL.