From: Jerry Steinhauer (steinhau@xxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Tue Aug 21 2001 - 11:51:54 GMT-3
> What beats me with IPX is why you need both the protocol and a socket with
> RIP and SAP.
> I tend to think of IPX protocol numbers as similar til IP
> protocol numbers,
> and sockets as TCP/UDP port numbers,
> but why do you need both?
Here's my .02c: the protocol will be relevant depending on which frame type (en
capsulation in IOS-speak) you are using on the interface. 802.2 (encap sap) in
cludes a protocol descriminator, whereis 802.3 (encap novell-ether) does not.
--Jerry Steinhauer Berbee Senior Systems Engineer, Voice Specialist **Please read:http://www.groupstudy.com/list/posting.html
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