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From: farallon@well.UUCP (Farallon Computing)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: Do FastPaths isolate broadcasts?
Message-ID: <6139@well.UUCP>
Date: 1 Jun 88 17:05:06 GMT
Article-I.D.: well.6139
References: <3868@fluke.COM>
Reply-To: farallon@well.UUCP (Farallon Computing)
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA
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Jeff Meyer at Fluke asked whether K-boxes pass throught the burst
of packets that occur at startup time, thereby clogging up ethernet.  The
burst of packets comes from the need to do a node address bid.  These are
3-byte LAP packets that seek to ensure that no other device has the node
address that the newly-booted device intends to use.  The node address
only has to be unique within the zone (defined by the K-box usually).
The Kinetics box does not need to pass on the packets and does not.
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