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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



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