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Compressing IPX Headers Over WAN Media (CIPX)
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Network Working Group S. Mathur
Request for Comments: 1553 M. Lewis
Category: Standards Track Telebit Corporation
December 1993
Compressing IPX Headers Over WAN Media (CIPX)
Status of this Memo
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and
status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Abstract
This document describes a method for compressing the headers of IPX
datagrams (CIPX). With this method, it is possible to
significantly improve performance over lower speed wide area
network (WAN) media. For normal IPX packet traffic, CIPX can
provide a compression ratio of approximately 2:1 including both IPX
header and data. This method can be used on various type of WAN
media, including those supporting PPP and X.25.
This memo ia a product of the Point-to-Point Protocol Extensions
(PPPEXT) Working Group of the IETF. Comments should be sent to
the authors and the ietf-ppp@ucdavis.edu mailing list.
Specification of Requirements
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of the specification. These words are often capitalized.
MUST
This word, or the adjective "required", means that the
definition is an absolute requirement of the specification.
MUST NOT
This phrase means that the definition is an absolute
prohibition of the specification.
Mathur & Lewis
