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From: dlnash@ut-emx.UUCP (Donald L. Nash)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Ethernet packet type information requested.
Message-ID: <2799@ut-emx.UUCP>
Date: 27 May 88 17:16:22 GMT
References: <8805231149.AA22588@msr.epm.ornl.gov>
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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Posted: Fri May 27 12:16:22 1988

In article <8805231149.AA22588@msr.epm.ornl.gov>, dunigan@MSR.EPM.ORNL.GOV
(Tom Dunigan 576-2522) writes a very informative article which I would
like to add to slightly.

> Current BBN Ethernet and IEEE802.3 "Type" Fields
> 
> 809B	AppleTalk over Ethernet (Kinetics only?)

I believe that this type number has been registered and is "official",
whatever that may mean.  Anyway, Apple uses it as well in their EtherTalk
product.


> Ethernet Vendor Addresses
> 
> 080020	Sun		Sun machines
> 08002B	DEC		UNIBUS or QBUS machines, VAXen, LANBridges
> 			(DEUNA, DEQNA, DELUA)

The Texas Instruments Explorer (a Lisp workstation) has a vendor address
of:

  080028	TI		TI Explorer

Just thought I'd through in my $0.02 worth, if it is worth even that
much....

				Don Nash

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