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- From: mwr@tridom.uucp (Mark Reardon)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
- Subject: Re: Decnet Packets over Sun Router ??
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.203200.28669@tridom.com>
- Date: 22 Jul 92 20:32:00 GMT
- References: <1992Jul20.151114.9155@ee.eng.ohio-state.edu>
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- Organization: AT&T Tridom; Marietta, Georgia
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- In article <1992Jul20.151114.9155@ee.eng.ohio-state.edu>, redmill@ee.eng.ohio-state.edu (Keith A. Redmill) writes:
- |> I have a Sun 4 (IPC) with two ethernet cards running as a router for
- |> a small subnet. I would like to install some vax stations under this
- |> subnet but Decnet packets don't seem to make it through the sun routed
- |> software.
- |>
- |> Can this be done??
- |>
- |> --------------------------------------------------------------
- |> redmill@ee.eng.ohio-state.edu
- |> --
- |> Keith A. Redmill (redmill@ee.eng.ohio-state.edu)
- |> The opinions expressed above are well reasoned and insightful. Needless to
- |> say, they are not those of OSU, its faculty, or lackeys. Anyone who says
- |> otherwise is itching for a fight. -- Whad'ya Know?
-
- The vaxes are running either Decnet IV or the new OSI based Decnet.
- in either case, the Suns won't handle it without some new software.
- The Sun handles IP and that is it. The four solutions are :
-
- 1. Upgrade the vaxes to use tcp/ip.
- 2. Upgrade the Sun to route the correct Decnet.
- 3. Replace the Sun with either a bridge or router to handle all
- protocols.
- 4. Place a bridge or router in parallel with the sun and have it
- handle all non IP traffic.
-
- My personal preference would be 3. Especially if I could get a low
- cost, two ethernet port PC and a copy of the PCBridge software.
- Then, for the cost of the PC I get back a Sun. This would however
- require that the IP hosts on both ethernets be part of the same
- (sub)network.
-
- --
- Mark
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