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Re: What is the standard ethernet frame type?



>    I believe that the answer to your question is that most systems are
> 802.2. I have a client who is running Novell v3.11, which is an
> "intermediate" version, and they need 802.3. But because i think that the
> 802.3 is "odd", that implies that 802.2 is "normal". 

Netware 3.11 defaults to an 802.3 frame type, while all newer versions of
Netware (3.12, 4.0x, 4.1x) default to 802.2.

However, there's nothing stopping the Netware 3.11 Administrator from
specifying an 802.2 frametype in the AUTOEXEC.NCF.  (You could even bind
both frametypes, if desired).

Later,

Kevin Traas
Systems Analyst
Edmondson Roper CA
http://www.eroper.bc.ca


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