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From: PAP4@AI.AI.MIT.EDU ("Philip A. Prindeville")
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: CMU PC/IP
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Date: Tue, 1-Dec-87 01:01:57 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  1 01:01:57 1987
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	I've finished the driver for IP over the ARCnet interfaces made
by Pure Data Inc. and Standard Microsystems Corp.  If I can get an
ethernet forwarder up, I will demo it in D.C. this week.  As per a few
requests, it supports ARP, though it really doesn't seem necessary. One of
the changes I had to make to PCIP was to include fragmentation/reassembly
support, following RFC-815.  I don't know if I can call it lightening fast,
but it gets you past the ARCnet 508 byte MTU.  Since it is at the IP level,
it will (of course) be useable with other network interfaces.

	With any luck, it will be in the next release of PC/IP.  If you would
like to test drive it before then, contact me by e-mail.  My thanks to all
the people who contributed their thoughts about the hows and wherefores, as
well as the equipment loans.  An RFC from all this should hopefully be
forthcoming, as soon as I can get a router up so I can collect some useful
timing statistics...

-Philip