Ethernet -- thicknet and thinnet before 10BaseT

From: Carlini, Antonio <Antonio.Carlini_at_riverstonenet.com>
Date: Mon Jul 30 07:07:51 2001

> I'm wondering how long it is before DECnet and Appletalk fail to work
> on some modern networks because of the smart switches screwing up.
> Nowadays it almost seems they expect everything to be all TCP/IP.

I've seen it happen already (although that
was an 802.3 vs Ethernet II issue, and the
later rev of the h/w was fixed).

But you are right, noone tests against anything
other than IP(v4) and noone designs new protocols
that easily accomodate anything that is not IP.

Antonio
Received on Mon Jul 30 2001 - 07:07:51 BST