AIX v4 and TCP/IP and standards

ITEM: RS4000015457



Question........:                                                               
                                                                                
  I have to answer an invitation to tender issued by the Joint Research         
  Centre of the EEC - Ispra site. Among the other things, they ask for          
1) the availability of IPng support (RFC1752) on AIX v4.                        
2) TCP/ip on AIX v4 support MIL-STD 1778 ?                                      
3) Is Ethernet Encapsulation RFC894 ?                                           
I need an urgent answer,as the due date is 20 September 1996.                   
Anyone knows about it ?                                                         
                                                                                
Thanks in advance for help Please send an answer to ITHVM04(75824782)           
Answer..........:                                                               
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Answers:                                                                        
                                                                               
1)  RFC1752 refers to IP Version 6 and is not supported on AIX.                 
    AIX V4 currently supports IP Version 4.                                     
                                                                                
2)  Yes, RFC894 (Ethernet Encapsulation) is supported by AIX V4.                
                                                                                
Thank you for using AIX Technical Support.                                      
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Question........:                                                               
                                                                                
  I have to answer an invitation to tender issued by the Joint Research         
  Centre of the EEC - Ispra site. Among the other things, they ask for          
1) the availability of IPng support (RFC1752) on AIX v4.                        
2) Is Ethernet Encapsulation RFC894 ?                                           
I need an urgent answer,as the due date is 20 September 1996.                  
Anyone knows about it ?                                                         
                                                                                
Thanks in advance for help Please send an answer to ITHVM04(75824782)           
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TIME:1144                                                                       
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Response:                                                                       
                                                                                
Answers:                                                                        
                                                                                
1)  RFC1752 refers to IP Version 6 and is not supported on AIX.                 
    AIX V4 currently supports IP Version 4.                                     
                                                                               
2)  Yes, RFC894 (Ethernet Encapsulation) is supported by AIX V4.                
                                                                                
Thank you for using AIX Technical Support.                                      
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                               


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Dated: 09/1996 Category: AIXCOMMS
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