Re: ipv6nd-02.txt & autoconfig

Grenville Armitage <gja@bellcore.com> Thu, 09 May 1996 21:16 UTC

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Pete,

>>While I don't think that the use of the SEL should be restricted as Bert
>>has suggested, the ATM switch already has to be able to keep track of 
>>multiple ESIs per endsystem.

I am aware that they can and do.

>>However, not
>>using the SEL byte does reduce the potential number of ATM services
>>that can be addressed on an end system by a factor of 256.

exactly.

gja