JAmes, The RII bit is the first bit in the first byte of the source mac address and signifies whether a RIF is present. It is NOT contained in the RIF and indeed by definition cannot be.
-----Original Message----- From: Pieter Jordaan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 19 October 2001 11:22 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: CCIE study Question : RIFs [7:22750] It is the RII bit which is set to one to indicate that the rif is present. The RII is in the header of the packet and indicates whether or not there is a rif. The rif below is valid ""James"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hello, > > I have been reading up on RIFs and one little part > confuses me.. Says, if RIF is present the first bit of > the first byte is set to 1 instead of 0. The RIF below > I have is a valid RIF but the first bit of the first > byte is 0 ?? Hope that someone can offer an > explaination to this. I apologize if this topic is a > rehash. Thanks for your time.. > > 0810.0012.00b3.00a0 > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > http://personals.yahoo.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=23622&t=22750 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
