Cell Relay Archive[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index][Thread Index][Author Index][Subject Index] Re: RFC 1483 vs. LANE bridging vs. PNNI
> In article <674j17$f2a@milo.mcs.anl.gov>, > curtis@anl.gov (Jeffrey S. Curtis) wrote: > > > > Paul Koning <pkoning@xedia.com> writes: > > }RFC 1483 is (in practice) nothing more than the IP over ATM > > }encapsulation > > }spec. (In theory it applies to other protocols too.) > > } [...] > > }(But note that only with LANE can you use IP multicast.) > > > > I run an RFC 1483 backbone over which I run IP, IPX, AppleTalk, DECnet, > > bridging, and IP Multicast. I wouldn't touch LANE with a borrowed > > ten-foot pole, but that's beside the point. Argh, my mailhost is missing posts... Anyway... I was referring to what you can do using standards. Yes, I suppose you can run protocols other than IP over RFC 1483, but that would be proprietary (since no equivalent for RFC 1577 exists for any of the others that I know of. ...except for multicast, of course, there's MARS. paul -- !----------------------------------------------------------------------- ! Paul Koning, NI1D, C-24183 ! Xedia Corporation, 119 Russell Street, Littleton, MA 01460, USA ! phone: +1 978 952 6000 ext 115, fax: +1 978 952 6090 ! email: pkoning@xedia.com ! Pgp: 27 81 A9 73 A6 0B B3 BE 18 A3 BF DD 1A 59 51 75 !----------------------------------------------------------------------- ! "The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over ! any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent ! harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not ! a sufficient warrant." -- John Stuart Mill, "On Liberty" 1859 |
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