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

[John Levine]

It appears that Brian E Carpenter via Internet-history <brian.e.carpenter at gmail.com> said:
>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."

It's quite impressive that forty years later Ethernet has the same
logical formats as the Ethernet that ran on thick yellow coax, even
though at the hardware level practically nothing is the same.

The Ethernets in my house are all gigabit twisted pair, and if I upgrade
it'll likely be to 10G fiber.  But ARP still works.

R's,
John