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  • From: Masataka Ohta <mohta@cc.titech.ac.jp>
  • Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 11:34:39 +0900 (JST)
  • CC: curtis@wawa.ans.net, hiroshi@ctr.columbia.edu, curtis@ans.net, fong@fore.com, ip-atm@hplms2.hpl.hp.com

> >I think so.  If there is more than one LIS, the same multicast group
> >cannot be used for both LIS.  If a PVC is used with a well known
> >VPI/VCI, this VCI must map differently for each ingress interface at a
> >carrier switch.

> So to answer your question: each port on a switch can support a different
> LIS with each having its own server, and yet be identified by the same
> VPI/VCI from the point of view of the end station on that port.

Yes, if you hand-configure switches or something other than workstations,
workstations can be autoconfigured.

For example, if you hand-configure ROM chips and plug them to workstations, 
workstations can be autoconfigured.

Is it any meaningful to call it autoconfiguration?

							Masataka Ohta