Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!apple!bionet!agate!ucbvax!ANDREW.CMU.EDU!leong+ From: leong+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (John Leong) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Brouters Message-ID:Date: 30 Nov 88 23:36:55 GMT References: <8811251445.AA13702@hawk.ulowell.edu.ulowell.edu> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 10 > 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