Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!ames!ll-xn!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!bruce From: bruce@ssc-vax.UUCP (Bruce Stock) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: 802 (.2).3 TCP/IP Keywords: interoperability? Message-ID: <1919@ssc-vax.UUCP> Date: 11 May 88 17:41:22 GMT Distribution: na Organization: Boeing Aerospace Corp., Seattle WA Lines: 20 Does anyone have any wisdom to share regarding the ability of TCP/IP versions based on Ethernet 2 frame formats to communicate with 802 (.2).3 based versions ( on the same network)? I just got a flyer for the Wollongong WIN/H3000 software (FTP, Telnet, SMTP) for the HP 3000 series of computers. This package uses the underlying 802 (.2).3 frame formats of HP's TCP/IP implementation for its lower layers. Most ( all?) other TCP implementations seem to use the Ethernet 2 frame formats and would probably not communicate with this package. Any experience to relate? It would seem that HP's TCP/IP implementation is grossly out of step with prevailing practice in the TCP arena. Are there any reasons to choose it, based on either short term or long term considerations? Bruce E. Stock Boeing Aerospace uw-beaver!ssc-vax!bruce