Re: Comments on X.25 MIB, 12 June, 1992
"Dean D. Throop" <throop@dg-rtp.dg.com> Fri, 26 June 1992 19:21 UTC
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From: "Dean D. Throop" <throop@dg-rtp.dg.com>
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To: lars@cmc.com
Subject: Re: Comments on X.25 MIB, 12 June, 1992
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> From lars@CMC.COM Fri Jun 26 00:23:32 1992 > From: lars@CMC.COM (Lars Poulsen) > To: throop@dg-rtp.dg.com > Subject: Re: Comments on X.25 MIB, 12 June, 1992 > Newsgroups: ietf.x25mib > > In article <9206252301.AA02654@walrus> you write: > >In the 1988 version of X.25, Section 5.2.1.2.1 states "The maximum > >value of a DTE address field length indicator is 17." > > I'm at home and don't have the 1988 book with me, but surely this must > be an error ? It is my recollection that the X.25 call request packet > format puts the address field length into a 4 bit field. > The 1988 version allows the use of 8-bit address lengths in addition to the use of 4-bit address lengths. The A-bit determines which. An A bit of zero means 4-bit addresses while an A bit of 1 means 8-bit addresses. See section 5.2.1.2. > -- > / Lars Poulsen, SMTS Software Engineer Internet E-mail: lars@CMC.COM > CMC (Rockwell Digital Systems) Telephone: +1-805-968-4262 > Santa Barbara, CA 93117-5503 TeleFAX: +1-805-968-8256 Dean Throop throop@dg-rtp.dg.com
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