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From: larry@pluto.paradyne.com (Larry Swift)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.misc
Subject: Re: IEEE 802.2 Standard
Keywords: IEEE 802.2
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Date: 2 May 89 11:53:46 GMT
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In article <1702@wasatch.utah.edu> haas@wasatch.utah.edu (Walt Haas) writes:
>Type 1 LLC is trivial.  Type 2 is very similar to LAPB, as used by X.25,
>so any good X.25 implementation should serve as a suitable starting point.

This is very surprising, since LAPB is a connection-oriented, flow-controlling
protocol and Ethernet is a connectionless, free-flowing medium.  Can you
explain the differences and similarities between Type 2 & LAPB?


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