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- From: peterd@pjd.dev.cdx.mot.com (Peter Desnoyers)
- Subject: Re: fat cells (was Re: Computers dont like ATM?)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.135258.29925@merlin.dev.cdx.mot.com>
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- References: <sjdveq8@sgi.sgi.com>,<1992Nov20.122227.6002@infodev.cam.ac.uk> <1992Nov20.150333.17701@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com> <1992Nov20.211632.18945@infodev.cam.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 13:52:58 GMT
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- rjb17@cl.cam.ac.uk (Richard Black) writes:
- >--
- >In article <1992Nov20.150333.17701@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com>,
- >myoung@force.ssd.lmsc.lockheed.com writes:
- >> OK, this seems to be the right tack for ethernet-ATM transfer. I vote
- >> to continue this thread, possibly leading to some standard mapping
- >> between ethernet and cell relay.
-
- >This is not the forum for such activity, even if such a standardisation was
- >desirable.
-
- Emily PostNews rule number 114, fascicle 43: don't propose discussion of
- extensions to standard protocols in a forum that is accessible without
- paying international air fare...
-
- Really, lighten up. This sounds like an interesting idea; I'm
- delighted to hear that your lab is actually implementing something
- very close to it:
-
- Mark.Hayter@cl.cam.ac.uk (Mark Hayter) writes:
- >We have been using a system similar to this to allow interworking between
- >our ATM networks and the Ethernet for several years. The ethernet packet
- >contains the headers for all of the cells followed by the data - thus the data
- >is contiguous at the host. This system works well, and the router forwarding
- >code is efficient (since it is basically just doing cell forwarding).
-
- I'm curious as to why you chose to aggregate all the cell headers at
- the front of the packet, rather than just the first - did this design
- predate AAL5?
-
- Peter Desnoyers
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