[1563] in linux-net channel archive
Re: Ethernet_SNAP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Paul Morrison)
Sun Dec 31 02:23:20 1995
From: jmorriso@bogomips.com (John Paul Morrison)
To: root@zaphod.wayne.esu1.k12.ne.us (Superuser Account)
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1995 19:04:32 -0800 (PST)
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.951230180802.7069A-100000@zaphod.wayne.esu1.k12.ne.us> from "Superuser Account" at Dec 30, 95 06:14:09 pm
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> So as you can see, the only way that we can get the workstations on the
> Ethernet side to use bootp properly is to use Ethernet_SNAP framing.
> When we use Ethernet_SNAP, we can now BOOTP, connect to anyplace on the
> other side of the bridge (since it bridged it to Token_Ring_SNAP so the
> cisco and bootp can read it), however, we cannot talk to our Linux box on
> the same segment as the sending machine. If we change our frame type to
> Ethernet_II, the linux box can now talk to us, but we cannot bootp or hit
> the router since it gets bridged to Token_Ring frames rather then
> Token_Ring_SNAP frames.
>
> Any ideas??
Can you setup a proper IP router between the ethernet and token-ring segments instead?
That wouldn't be as awful as using a bridge. A router can do bootp forwarding too.
>
> -me
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