DecNet-Ultrix / TCP-IP incompatability?

[Barry Margolin]

In article <JV.90Feb25231631 at mhres.mh.nl> jv at mh.nl (Johan Vromans) writes:
>Does anyone know why DECnet changes the hardware address?

I believe DECnet uses a simple formula to translate from DECnet addresses
to Ethernet addresses, rather than a dynamic mechanism like ARP.
Therefore, it must set your Ethernet address to be the one that
corresponds to your DECnet address.
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Barry Margolin, Thinking Machines Corp.

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