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Conference netcad::hub_mgnt

Title:DEChub/HUBwatch/PROBEwatch CONFERENCE
Notice:Firmware -2, Doc -3, Power -4, HW kits -5, firm load -6&7
Moderator:NETCAD::COLELLADT
Created:Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4455
Total number of notes:16761

39.0. "What is P802.3K hub spec" by NYDVIA::ROWLEY () Fri Mar 20 1992 19:02

    I am responding to an RFP for a local college and the college asks the
    following question:
    
    " The Vendor shall discuss its product support or planned support on
    the draft IEEE standard P802.3K, Layer Management for HUB devices"
    
    Can anyone explain what this stardard is and do our management products
    support this standard.
    
    Thanks,
    Sean
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39.1IEEE P802.3K is basically a Repeater management specMEMIT::FORRESTMon Mar 23 1992 16:0313
This spec is basically a description of manageable attributes of repeaters.

The draft is still evolving; the person who tracks this spec for DEC expects 
a few more changes before it is approved.

The IEEE gets upset when vendors advertise compliance with a spec that hasn't 
yet been approved. We tried to comply with the mandatory pieces of an early 
version of it, when we did the DECrepeater 90C and 90T.

You can expect future repeater products to comply with whatever draft is 
current when we have to freeze the design. 

jack