Date   : Tue, 01 Aug 2006 13:20:52 +0100
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Re: The Beeb BBs Project

>Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0607121334200.11886@...>
 
Chris Johns <chris@...> wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Jules Richardson wrote:
> > Well 255 networks of 255 stations each, I believe, presumably with each
> 
> I think it's only 127 networks (and network 0 is special), but bridges
> don't take any station IDs.
> 
> You can't use station IDs 0 or 255, so I make it 127 * 254, so thats
> 'only' 32258 stations.
> 
> I'll now await someone to correct my correction =)
 
254 stations (1-254), 254 networks (1-245). Network 0 is "this
network". On reception, station 0 is "any". On transmission,
station or network 255 is broadcast.
 
AUN reserves networks 128-254 for Ethernet. My incomplete
SerialNet reserves 112-127 (&70-&7F) for serial.
 
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