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- From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Questions about Arcnet (A2060) card
- Date: 24 Jan 1996 20:02:06 +0100
- Organization: dis-
- Message-ID: <4e5vne$9df@serpens.rhein.de>
- References: <DLGBC9.CGE@bandelier.cs.unm.edu> <paul.3l7f@serena.iaehv.nl> <4e5m05$n8k@rapidnet.com>
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- wblock@rapidnet.com (Warren Block) writes:
-
- >Arcnet. Apparently this is due to the frame type used by the A2060
- >drivers, which is relatively old, and only old PC software speaks the
- >same frame type. Pointers for successful PC-Amiga Arcnet connection
- >would be welcomed (mostly just PC software, one supposes).
-
- Sort of. Current A2060 drivers use the old frame format (RFC1051)
- that old PC drivers use. The Linux driver however started with the
- new frame format (RFC1201) but the current Linux driver also supports
- the old format. The NetBSD/Amiga driver also supports both formats
- and it is a matter of time until we get an AmigaOS driver for the
- new format.
- The new format has slight speed advantages and reduces the CPU time
- used by the TCP software.
-
- Another difference is the usage of ARP to map IP addresses to hardware
- addresses. This has to be solved for systems that do not use ARP for
- Arcnet with appropriate configuration of network addresses.
-
- Regards,
- --
- Michael van Elst
-
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