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- From: "David S.A. Stine" <dstine@cisco.com>
- Subject: Re: Pre-FDDITalk compatibility....
- In-Reply-To: Your message of "06 Jan 93 19:55:36 GMT."
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- Date: 06 Jan 93 14:24:59 PST
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- On 6 Jan 93 19:55:36 GMT, wittmann@engr.wisc.edu (art wittmann) said:
- > Originator: wittmann@muskie.engr.wisc.edu
-
-
- > We're trying to get some netware servers on an FDDI ring. Everything
- > works except appletalk. The router's FDDI interface reports that it
- > is in pre-FDDITalk compatibility mode. I suspect that this is the problem.
- > The question is; how do I get the router into FDDITalk compatibility mode?
-
- > Thanks,
- > Art
-
- Start up all netware AppleTalk FDDI devices before you start the cisco
- routers. Make sure all cisco routers are running 9.0(2) or later. Then
- bring up the cisco routers on the FDDI ring. The cisco will go into
- 'pre-FDDITalk compatibility' if it hears any pre-9.0(2) cisco routers on
- the ring. Once in 'pre-FDDItalk' mode, the cisco will not come back out
- until the interface is restarted.
-
- Admittedly, this is not a superior solution to this compatibilty
- problem. The origin of this situation is that cisco provided AppleTalk
- on FDDI before Apple had defined what AppleTalk on FDDI was going to
- look like. So we have to be compatible with our installed base of
- routers, yet implement the new FDDITalk specification to function with
- other vendors (eg, Novell)
-
- In the next major release, we plan to have a router be able to be
- compatible with pre-9.0(2) routers and FDDItalk devices on the same
- ring at the same time with no configuration flags.
-
- dsa
-