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From: leong+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (John Leong)
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Subject: Re: Brouters
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Date: 30 Nov 88 23:36:55 GMT
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> but it seems this new box attempts to replace one LLC+MAC
> header with another .....  at a first glance it seems as a rather
> interesting way to get over the clasic problem of connecting
> two different networks with a bridge

Such blind replacement seems unlikely to be workable for bridging between
Ethernet and Token Ring.  Token ring bridging requires source routing with
dynmaic route discovery involving the bridge.

John Leong   leong+@andrew.cmu.edu