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- From: fenner@cmf.nrl.navy.mil (William C Fenner)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
- Subject: Re: Decnet Packets over Sun Router ??
- Message-ID: <3133@ra.nrl.navy.mil>
- Date: 27 Jul 92 13:29:44 GMT
- References: <1992Jul20.151114.9155@ee.eng.ohio-state.edu> <1992Jul22.203200.28669@tridom.com>
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- In article <1992Jul22.203200.28669@tridom.com> mwr@tridom.uucp (Mark Reardon) writes:
- >In article <1992Jul20.151114.9155@ee.eng.ohio-state.edu>, redmill@ee.eng.ohio-state.edu (Keith A. Redmill) writes:
- >> [Can I route DECNet using a Sun?]
- >
- >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.
-
- 5. Encapsulate your DECNet packets into IP packets, which the Sun can then
- route. A grad student at PSU wrote some software that runs on a 386 PC that
- will create a "virtual ethernet" via IP routing. It requires one PC on each
- seperate routed network that wants to be part of the "virtual ethernet".
- It can filter (I think -- it's been a while since I talked to him about it)
- based on Ethernet address and/or protocol numbers.
-
- The only disadvantage is that you need a dedicated PC in each location.
-
- Bill
- --
- Bill Fenner fenner@cmf.nrl.navy.mil
-