its how you read a number, big endian, most significant bit is how we humans like it which is to the left, little endian the MSB is the rightmost bit. Dave
Matthew Tayler wrote: > > Ok dumb question of the day, what do you mean by Big Endian & Little Endian > please ? > > Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: > > > > At 10:12 PM 11/16/01, Kane, Christopher A. wrote: > > >Someone was a Douglas Adams fan? > > > > Of course! Also another cool thing about 42 is that it's a > > palindrome (the > > same backwards and forwards in binary) and avoided the Little > > Endian/ Big > > Endian wars! > > > > Priscilla > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Priscilla Oppenheimer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > >Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 8:27 PM > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Subject: Re: Spanning Tree Protocol [7:26538] > > > > > > > > >At 04:55 PM 11/16/01, John Neiberger wrote: > > > >You asked that question right when I had EtherPeek running > > on my PC. > > > >So, the answer is: > > > > > > > >0180.c200.0000 > > > > > > > >Source and Destination SAP: 0x42 :-) See? The answer > > *is* 42! > > > > > >According to Radia Perlman, the IEEE chose this SAP on > > purpose. ;-) > > > > > > > > > > >>> "Randy Lopez" 11/16/01 2:27:57 PM >>> > > > >What Multicast address does STP use? > > >________________________ > > > > > >Priscilla Oppenheimer > > >http://www.priscilla.com > > ________________________ > > > > Priscilla Oppenheimer > > http://www.priscilla.com -- David Madland Sr. Network Engineer CCIE# 2016 Qwest Communications Int. Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 612-664-3367 "Emotion should reflect reason not guide it" Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=26717&t=26538 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
