Re: Canonical/Non-Canonical conversion

From: George Harizanov (georgehar@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Mon Mar 20 2000 - 00:22:14 GMT-3


   
   Thanks Derek..
   
   That particular post was the reason for me to look for that reference.
   here is the mail from Michael Bernico.
   I haven't read anything on that subject either...
   
   Thanks
   
   
   ----- Original Message -----
   From: "BERNICO MICHAEL" <MBERNICO@smtp.isbe.state.il.us>
   To: "'Lee, Phillip (CAP, ITS, CA)'" <Phillip.Lee@gects.ge.com>; "'wang
   xihan'" <wangxh@nts.net.edu.cn>; <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
   Cc: <cyoung@lincon.net>
   Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2000 3:51 PM
   Subject: RE: Dlsw help
> As an intresting side note to this, if you configure static
   ICANREACH for
> DLSW you have to remember that the mac translation isn't done. i.e
   if you
> have a token ring on router 1 and an ethernet on router 2 with dlsw
   between
> them and you want to put a static ICANREACH in on router 2 for a
   ethernet
> node you should convert the mac to the mac that the token ring
   would see.
> this is because dlsw transmits all macs in token ring format and
   expects its
> static ICANREACH to be in that format.
>
> Mike Bernico
> LincOn Network Operations Center
> Illinois State Board of Education
> (217) 782-4313
   
   ----- Original Message -----
   
   From: Derek Small (Fuse)
   
   To: George Harizanov ; ccielab@groupstudy.com
   
   Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2000 7:53 PM
   
   Subject: Re: Canonical/Non-Canonical conversion
   
   I've never found one either but the process is very simple. Just
   reverse the direction you read each byte. Hence 10110001 in canonical
   (used in Ethernet) becomes 10001101 in non-canonical (Used in Token
   Ring and FDDI) It's a little harder to do directly in HEX because you
   work with four bits at a time instead of 8, so 10110001 which in HEX
   is B1, becomes 8D. You probably won't find anything on Cisco's site,
   because the process is pretty strait forward and doesn't require
   enough effort for one of Cisco's engineers to write up. The only hard
   part about the conversion is knowing which version you are looking at.
   
   
   
   While we are on the subject. Someone recently posted that DLSW
   ICANREACH addresses are always entered in non-canonical format, even
   if the host specified is Ethernet attached. This is the first place I
   have heard this (at least that I recall). I only saw the one post on
   this. Can a few of you confirm this. I don't have many DLSW
   references, and nothing I have indicates this fact. (It makes a lot
   of sense though.)
   
   
   
   Thanks
   
   
   
   Derek Small
   
   dwsmall@fatkid.com
   
   
   
   ----- Original Message -----
   
   From: George Harizanov
   
   To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
   
   Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2000 9:18 PM
   
   Subject: Canonical/Non-Canonical conversion
   
   
   
   
   
   Hi everybody..
   
   
   
   I gave up looking for a reference on the CCO about
   Canonical/Non-Canonical conversion.
   
   Does anybody know if such a link exist ?
   
   
   
   Thanks in advance
   
   George



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