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From: morgan@jessica.Stanford.EDU (RL "Bob" Morgan)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.protocols.misc,comp.protocols.iso
Subject: Re: Questions about IEEE 802 packets on ethernet media
Keywords: Ethernet 802.2 802.3 IP SNAP
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Date: 20 Feb 90 05:14:53 GMT
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> 3. In practice which protocols use SNAP. I think IP uses SNAP, do
>    other protocols such as DECNET, Apple Talk, Novell etc. which
>    have ethertype assigned to them always use SNAP or do they have
>    newer dsap and ssap numbers assigned to them?

AppleTalk Phase 2 uses 802.2/SNAP encapsulation on 802.3 (Ethernet)
and 802.5 (Token Ring).  AppleTalk Phase 1 uses Ethernet encapsulation
on Ethernets.

 - RL "Bob" Morgan
   Networking Systems
   Stanford