nrf wrote: > Vines does have something called 'ARP', although I believe it was mostly > used just for a DHCP-type service (address assignment). Apollo implements > as true full-blown ARP. ATM also supports an inverse-ARP. > > ""Priscilla Oppenheimer"" wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > ARP is an IP term. But AppleTalk has the AppleTalk Address Resolution > > Protocol (AARP) which behaves just like IP ARP, with a few additional > > features to support dynamic addressing. But its main function is to find > > the data-link-layer address when the network-layer address is known, which > > is just like IP ARP. > > > > Novell IPX doesn't need such a feature because the Node ID in the > > network.node network-layer address IS the data-link-layer address. So if a > > station knows another station's network-layer address, it knows the > > station's data-link-layer address too. > > > > DECnet doesn't need such a feature either because it changes the > > data-link-layer address on an interface so that it is based on the > > network-layer address. > > > > I can't remember too much about Banyan. It may have an ARP. > > > > What else is there?? Hmmmmm. NetBEUI doesn't have a network layer, so it > > doesn't need ARP. SNA is such a different beast, I doubt it has ARP. > > > > We could talk about WANs too I guess. Frame Relay has inverse ARP. HDLC > has > > SLARP. > > > > Priscilla > > > > At 09:01 PM 10/30/01, Dave Shine wrote: > > >Does anyone know what protocols do or better yet do > > >not support ARP? > > > > > >D.S. > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > > >Do You Yahoo!? > > >Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > > >http://personals.yahoo.com > > ________________________ > > > > Priscilla Oppenheimer > > http://www.priscilla.com VARP - Vines Address Resolution Protocl http://www.protocols.com/pbook/banian.htm
By "Apollo" do I assume you are referring to the HP Apollo workstation? It runs a TCP/IP stack and not a proprietary protocol as you seem to imply. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=24796&t=24738 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]