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- Network Working Group P. Prindeville
- Request for Comments: 1051 McGill University
- March 1988
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- A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams
- and ARP Packets over ARCNET Networks
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- Status of this Memo
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- This RFC specifies a standard protocol for the Internet community.
- Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
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- Introduction
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- This RFC specifies a standard method of encapsulating Internet
- Protocol (IP) [1] and Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) [2] datagrams
- on an ARCNET [3].
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- Acknowledgements
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- The author wishes to express thanks to Robert Craig of the McGill
- University Computing Centre and Bruce Hughes of Datapoint Corporation
- for their generous support of facilities and information. I also
- extend my gratitude to the readers of the PCIP mailing list for their
- helpful ideas and comments.
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- Frame Format
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- IP and ARP datagrams are transmitted in standard ARCNET packets. As
- required by Datapoint Corporation, the first octet of the data field
- is reserved for the network layer protocol identification (the
- "system code" in Datapoint nomenclature), and must contain the value
- 240 (F0 hex) for IP or 241 (F1 hex) for ARP. The ARP hardware
- address type for ARCNET is 7 [9].
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- ARCNET supports packet formats containing 1-253 octets of data
- (normal format) and 257-508 octets of data (extended format),
- inclusive of system code. Note that there exists a range of data
- lengths (254-256) which are 'forbidden'. IP packets within this
- range should be padded (with octets of zero) to meet the minimum
- extended packet size of 257 data octets. This padding is not part of
- the IP packet and is not included in the total length field of the IP
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- On networks where some hosts do not support extended packet format,
- the IP Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) should be set to 253, though
- implementors are encouraged to support the extended packet format
- mode of operation.
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- Because the ARCNET maximum packet length is less than the Internet
- default MTU, implementations are strongly encouraged to support IP
- level fragmentation and reassembly. Hosts not supporting this should
- take steps to discourage others from sending fragmented packets, such
- as using the TCP Maximum Segment Size option [4].
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- The frame format is:
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- Normal Packet Extended Packet
- +----------------+ +----------------+
- | ALERT* | | ALERT* |
- +----------------+ +----------------+
- | SOH (1) | | SOH (1) |
- +----------------+ +----------------+
- | SID | | SID |
- +----------------+ +----------------+
- | | | |
- + DID + + DID +
- | | | |
- +----------------+ +----------------+
- | COUNT | | NUL (0) |
- +----------------+ + +
- | SYSTEM CODE | | COUNT |
- +----------------+ +----------------+
- | | | SYSTEM CODE |
- : DATA : +----------------+
- | | | |
- +----------------+ : DATA :
- | | | |
- + CRC + +----------------+
- | | | |
- +----------------+ + CRC +
- | |
- +----------------+
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- ALERT*: Six mark bits signifying the beginning of a frame.
- SID: Sender's node ID.
- DID: Receipient's node ID (repeated for reliability).
- COUNT: Length of data and system code (one's complement).
- SYSTEM CODE: 240 for IP, 241 for ARP (decimal).
- DATA: Is either an IP or an ARP packet, padded with NULs so
- as to not be between 254 and 256 octets long.
- CRC: Cyclic redundancy check (CRC-16).
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- Address Mappings
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- The mappings between 32-bit Internet addresses to 8-bit ARCNET
- addresses can be done several ways, recommended are:
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- Host Number Extraction
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- The easiest thing to do is to use the last eight bits of host
- number part of the Internet address as the host's node id. This
- has been implemented on Experimental Ethernet [5] and ProNET-10
- [6].
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- Dynamic Discovery
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- Mappings between 32-bit Internet addresses and 8-bit ARCNET node
- ids could be accomplished through ARP. Internet addresses are
- assigned arbitrarily on some Internet networks. All
- implementations supporting ARP must have a means of disabling ARP
- and using the above Host Number Extraction method of address
- mapping so that systems may interoperate.
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- The use of ARP is optional. However, ARP is desirable when using
- IP implementations that don't support subnetting [7], as in the
- Proxy ARP scenario [8].
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- Broadcast Address
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- The broadcast Internet address (the address on the network with a
- host part of all binary ones) should be mapped to the broadcast node
- id 0.
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- References
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- [1] Postel, J., "Internet Protocol", RFC-791, Network Information
- Center, SRI, September 1981.
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- [2] Plummer, D., "An Ethernet Address Resolution Protocol", RFC- 826,
- Network Information Center, SRI, November 1982.
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- [3] "ARCNET Designer's Handbook", Order Number 61610, Datapoint
- Corporation, 1983.
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- [4] Postel, J., "The TCP Maximum Segment Size Option and Related
- Topics", RFC-879, Network Information Center, SRI, November 1983.
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- [5] Postel, J., "A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams over
- Experimental Ethernet Networks", RFC-895, Network Information
- Center, SRI, April 1984.
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- [6] "ProNET-10 Model p1300 IBM PC Interface System Installation and
- Programming Guide", Version 4.0, Proteon Inc., July 1986.
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- [7] Mogul, J. and J. Postel, "Internet Standard Subnetting
- Procedure", RFC-950, Network Information Center, SRI, October
- 1984.
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- [8] Carl-Mitchell, S. and J.S. Quarterman, "Using ARP to Implement
- Transparent Subnet Gateways", RFC-1027, Network Information
- Center, SRI, October 1987.
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- [9] Reynolds, J., and J. Postel, "Assigned Numbers", RFC-1010,
- Network Information Center, SRI, May 1987.
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