Framing type

UnixWare allows you to set the type of framing performed by the network adapter driver. You may want to change this parameter if you reconfigure a network segment to use a different framing type.

The following framing types are supported by IPX/SPX:

• Ethernet network adapters

  • IEEE 802.2

    This is the default Ethernet framing type used by most Novell networks with NetWare 4 servers.

  • Ethernet II

    This framing type, defined in RFC 894, is sometimes referred to as XEROX PARC or traditional Ethernet. Most TCP/IP Ethernet-based networks use this framing type.

  • IEEE 802.3 (raw)

    This framing type for Ethernet is sometimes used on Novell networks with NetWare 2 and 3 servers.

  • Ethernet SNAP

• Token-Ring network adapters

  • Token Ring (IEEE 802.2)

  • Token Ring SNAP

    SNAP framing is most commonly used with Token Ring-based networks.

• FDDI network adapters

  • FDDI (IEEE 802.2)

  • FDDI SNAP

See also the description of the lan_x_frame_type parameter on the nwcm(1Mipx) manual page.