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From: bob@cloud9.UUCP (Bob Toxen)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans,comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Many things on ethernet together???
Summary: You can hang almost any protocol off the same cable
Keywords: TCP-IP. XNS. DECNET.
Message-ID: <380@cloud9.UUCP>
Date: 11 May 88 00:33:12 GMT
References: <218@turbo.RAY.COM> <33974@felix.UUCP>
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc., Marlboro, MA
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You can run just about any protocl on the same ethernet cable.
This is because anyone wanting to devise a new protocol is supposed
to obtain a protocol number from Xerox.  This protocol number is
encoded in the sent packet.  Receivers are expected to recognize only
the protocols they are prepared to deal with.  This is why this works.
-- 

Bob Toxen	{ucbvax!ihnp4,harvard,cloud9!es}!anvil!cavu!bob
Stratus Computer, Marlboro, MA
Pilot to Copilot: What's a mountain goat doing way up here in a cloud bank?