[ih] "This is the History of Ethernet."

[Brian E Carpenter]

BTW, it's worth noting that the *current* IETF STD 37 for ARP (a.k.a. RFC 826) says:

"This protocol was originally designed for the DEC/Intel/Xerox
10Mbit Ethernet.  It has been generalized to allow it to be used
for other types of networks.  Much of the discussion will be
directed toward the 10Mbit Ethernet."

Regards
    Brian

On 22-Aug-24 08:07, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> Yes, DIX was very important. Especially, at that time, people took Digital and Intel much more seriously than a copying machine company. Xerox PARC was of course a wonderful place, but only in the eyes of the research community. DIX made Ethernet plausible for non-research users. Which ultimately saved us from Token Ring everywhere.
> 
> Regards
>      Brian Carpenter
> 
> On 22-Aug-24 03:32, Tom Lyon via Internet-history wrote:
>> Good history of the *standardization* of Ethernet, but not the history of
>> deployment of DIX and how that became the de-facto standard.
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 8:05 AM Jared E. Richo via Internet-history <
>> internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> https://x.com/danieldibswe/status/1826137555605049601
>>>
>>> This is the most research I've done for a blog post. Ever. It's taken
>>> months, reviewing hundreds of papers, standards, RFCs, interviews, etc.
>>> I was lucky to get to talk to some people from the original P802.
>>>
>>> This is the History of Ethernet.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> https://lostintransit.se/2024/08/21/ethernet-history-deepdive-why-do-we-have-different-frame-types/
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