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From: iiit-ih@cybaswan.UUCP (i.izikowitz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso
Subject: OSI broadcast question
Keywords: OSI, networking, LAN
Message-ID: <82@cybaswan.UUCP>
Date: 12 Sep 88 10:36:00 GMT
Organization: University College of Swansea
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Is there any way of implementing the broadcast of messages
in a local area network which conforms to the OSI standard
reference model?

Would this be possible with a modification of the 7-layer model to
deal with messages of this type?

Note: By "broadcast" I mean completely unacknowledged!

 
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