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From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin)
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Subject: Re: DecNet-Ultrix / TCP-IP incompatability?
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Date: 26 Feb 90 04:40:55 GMT
References: <9479@portia.Stanford.EDU> <8647@shlump.nac.dec.com> <25E5C914.26964@orion.oac.uci.edu> <JV.90Feb25231631@mhres.mh.nl>
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In article <JV.90Feb25231631@mhres.mh.nl> jv@mh.nl (Johan Vromans) writes:
>Does anyone know why DECnet changes the hardware address?

I believe DECnet uses a simple formula to translate from DECnet addresses
to Ethernet addresses, rather than a dynamic mechanism like ARP.
Therefore, it must set your Ethernet address to be the one that
corresponds to your DECnet address.
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Barry Margolin, Thinking Machines Corp.

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