From: Jeff Omick (jomick@xxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Wed Mar 22 2000 - 23:49:13 GMT-3
It did come before LANE (or was definitely implemented before LANE).
Since ATM is not a broadcast media it is a method of tieing IP addresses
to ATM NSAP addresses. It basically gave a way to have this mapping located to
one
central location (the ARP Server). All the clients would need
to know is how to get to the ARP server. Original versions contained
a static mapping but as things progressed they allowed clients
to register with the ARP server and have the mappings dynamic.
It is not really lane because it is limited to IP.
Hope this helps
Jeff Omick
Kevin Gannon wrote:
>
> Can someone please expalin what is to be gained by using classical IP. It is
> intended for
> use by end stations (PC's) rather than routers. Is it like a predecessor to
> LANE to allow
> it to be easily used by end stations in that they can treat the ATM cloud as
> a ethernet
> segment ?
>
> Regards,
> Kevin
>
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