Token Ring Bit Swapping

2000-11-30 Thread Mike Neal
Can anyone help me with Bit swapping from Token to Ethernet. I can't seem to grasp how it is done. Thanks, Mike begin:vcard n:Neal;Mike tel;pager:(877) 671-3005 tel;cell:(703) 932-7864 tel;fax:(240) 208-3006 tel;home:(540) 937-5923 tel;work:(703) 364-2032 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://mneal.

Re: Token Ring Bit Swapping

2000-11-30 Thread Russell Lusignan
Ethernet reads frames backwards.. ie: least significant bit first.. so it reads a frame "abcdef" as "fedcba"... Token Ring reads it left to right so the same frame appears as "abcdef". If you are doing transnational bridging between Ethernet and token ring, the bridge/router will have to bit-sw

Re: Token Ring Bit Swapping

2000-11-30 Thread D. J. Jones
Let me try a quick stab at it: Let's say you have the following token ring mac address: 0110.1234.5678 Convert the address to binary: 0 1 1 01 2345 678 0001 0001 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 1000 Swap t

Re: Token Ring Bit Swapping

2000-12-01 Thread Nigel Taylor
Thursday, November 30, 2000 5:05 PM Subject: Token Ring Bit Swapping > Can anyone help me with Bit swapping from Token to Ethernet. > I can't seem to grasp how it is done. > > Thanks, > Mike > _ FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: htt

Re: Token Ring Bit Swapping

2000-12-01 Thread Mike Neal
und the White paper on > CertificationZone to make all the difference. Both the Token > ring and the > Bridging really help me grasp the topic. Of course you'll need > a > subscription to view it now. I know http://www.ccprep.com/ > has some whitepapers ava

RE: Re: Token Ring Bit Swapping

2000-12-01 Thread psimmons
inal Message - From: Mike Neal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 5:05 PM Subject: Token Ring Bit Swapping > Can anyone help me with Bit swapping from Token to Ethernet. > I can't seem to grasp how it is done. > > Than