[ih] early competition and networking

[John Day]

Right.  So you believe that the solution to internetworking all networks use the same network protocol?

Should I jump to the conclusion that that was true, prior to IP being separated from TCP?

John

> On Apr 14, 2024, at 21:37, Dave Crocker <dhc at dcrocker.net> wrote:
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> On 4/14/2024 6:24 PM, John Day wrote:
>> Then is it just the translation of the headers of the protocol?  We can leave the applications out of it.  The question is more about interworking between different networks.
> 
> IP relaying doesn't 'translate' the IP header.  It does minimal alterations.
> 
> It's the layer below that is entirely replaced, not just translated.  That is, the 'different networks' are /below/ IP.
> 
> d/
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