["Farley, Tim (ISSAtlanta)" <TFarley@xxxxxxx>]

>The top 6 bytes *is* the whole destination address; presumably 
>you meant "not just the top 6 hex digits"?

You are correct, of course.  I misspoke.

>Or, rather, the first 5 octets, as the 6th octet contains the
>encapsulation type plus a per-encapsulation-type value of some sort
>(it's a priority for Ethernet, and distinguishes different packet types
>in some unspecified fashion - LLC vs. MAC? - on Token Ring).

This is an ISL-specific encoding of that last octet, right?

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