Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site allegra.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!mit-eddie!mit-vax!eagle!allegra!jdd From: jdd@allegra.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: 4.1c Ether Addressing Problem - (nf) Message-ID: <1633@allegra.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Jul-83 10:35:11 EDT Article-I.D.: allegra.1633 Posted: Thu Jul 7 10:35:11 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Jul-83 03:37:38 EDT References: <1098@zehntel.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs, Murray Hill Lines: 15 Unisoft!billn's for automatic address resolution from Internet addresses to Ethernet addresses, a la Chaosnet, is neat and nifty \but/ would only allow 4.1c systems to speak to other 4.1c systems! If you wanted a 4.1c system to speak, say, to a VMS system, you'd be out of luck. UNET does it better: it has a file of explicit correspondences between Internet names and physical network names. You can (i.e., have to) edit this file to set up any correspondences you like. When we were using just UNET, we assigned our hosts numbers 1, 2, 3, ...; now we're having to go back and assign their logical addresses based on their physical addresses, which is a real drag. Cheers, John ("The Future Is Fun") DeTreville Bell Labs, Murray Hill