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		wayfinder on Oct 18, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google opens Falcon, a reliable low-latency hardwa... But you can do that already. DNS, ARP, TCP/UDP, and IP are all completely optional. Just write a program to send and receive Ethernet frames. I believe it doesn’t have to contain IP.

camtarn on Oct 18, 2023 [–]

Indeed - see industrial protocols such as EtherCAT or Powerlink, which use Ethernet frames with their own non-IP protocol on top.

namtab00 on Oct 18, 2023 | [–]

aren't also ATMs using a protocol of the same "species"?

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