
VINES Overview
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At the data link level, VINES currently supports several IEEE standards, including
Ethernet, Token Ring, and 802.x. VINES also provides its own proprietary data
link protocol, VINES Fragmentation Protocol, which breaks up and reassembles
packets that are too large to travel over certain media. However, only routers
configured over synchronous lines support VINES Fragmentation Protocol.
At the networking level, VINES supports both industry standard protocols such as
TCP/IP, X.25, and AppleTalk, and its own set of networking protocols. The latter
include VINES
• Internet Protocol
• Nonsequenced Routing Update Protocol
• Sequenced Routing Update Protocol
• Nonsequenced Address Resolution Protocol
• Sequenced Address Resolution Protocol
• Internet Control Protocol
Upper-layer protocols include VINES print and file service applications and the
VINES naming protocol, StreetTalk.
Transport VINES Interprocess Communication (IPC) Protocol
VINES Sequenced Packet Protocol (SPP), Transmission Control
Protocol (TCP), and User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
Network VINES Internet Protocol (IP)
VINES Internet Control Protocol (ICP)
VINES Nonsequenced Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
VINES Sequenced ARP
VINES Nonsequenced Routing Update Protocol (RTP)
VINES Sequenced RTP
X.25, X.3, X.29, and IP used by TCP, ICMP, and NetBIOS
Data Link VINES Fragmentation Protocol
Drivers for Block Asynchronous, High Data Link Control (HDLC),
Token Ring, Ethernet, other LANS, and Institute of Electrical and
Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 802.x standards
Physical Broadband, baseband, point-to-point, and twisted pair
Table 1-1. VINES Protocol Stack
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Layer Protocol or Application
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