RFC 2067 (rfc2067) - Page 1 of 30
IP over HIPPI
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Network Working Group J. Renwick
Request for Comments: 2067 NetStar, Inc.
Category: Standards Track January 1997
Obsoletes: 1374
IP over HIPPI
Status of This Memo
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Abstract
ANSI Standard X3.218-1993 (HIPPI-LE[3]) defines the encapsulation of
IEEE 802.2 LLC PDUs and, by implication, IP on HIPPI. ANSI X3.222-
1993 (HIPPI-SC[4]) describes the operation of HIPPI physical
switches. The ANSI committee responsible for these standards chose
to leave HIPPI networking issues largely outside the scope of their
standards; this document describes the use of HIPPI switches as IP
local area networks.
This memo is a revision of RFC 1374, "IP and ARP on HIPPI", and is
intended to replace it in the Standards Track. RFC 1374 has been a
Proposed Standard since November, 1992, with at least 10
implementations of IP encapsulation and HIPPI switch discipline. No
major changes to it are required. However, the ARP part of RFC 1374
has not had sufficient implementation experience to be advanced to
Draft Standard. The present document contains all of RFC 1374 except
for the description ARP, which has been moved into a separate
document.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Introduction............................................. 2
2 Scope.................................................... 3
2.1 Changes from RFC 1374.............................. 3
2.2 Terminology........................................ 4
3 Definitions.............................................. 4
4 Equipment................................................ 5
5 Protocol ................................................ 7
5.1 Packet Format...................................... 7
5.2 48 bit Universal LAN MAC addresses................. 11
5.3 I-Field Format..................................... 12
Renwick Standards Track