ArcNet and the Pursuit of Multiple Topologies

From: Alexander Schreiber <als_at_thangorodrim.de>
Date: Tue Oct 9 19:11:45 2001

On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 03:53:03PM -0500, Dan Wright wrote:
> Dave McGuire said:
> > On October 9, Sellam Ismail wrote:
> > > > 4) Any other interesting topologies I should try? I have plans to
> > > > do: Arcnet, FDDI, Token ring, Localtalk, 10b2, 10b5, 10bT, 10bTX,
> > > > 10bFiber, and (eventually) 802.11b wireless.
> > >
> > > String and tin cans?
> >
> > IP over carrier pigeon!!
>
> There's even an RFC for this:
>
> http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1149.txt?number=1149

Even better: It was actually implemented:

http://www.blug.linux.no/rfc1149/

But the implementation of RFC 2549 (IP over Avian Carriers with Quality
of Service) still remains to be done ...

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2549.txt

Regards,
      Alex.
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