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- Subject: Re: HELP: VAX to PC Communications questions?
- Message-ID: <92357.093218RBYAML@rohvm1.rohmhaas.com>
- From: Aengus Lawlor <RBYAML@rohvm1.rohmhaas.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 09:32:18 EST
- References: <BznHHv.A33@world.std.com>
- Organization: Rohm and Haas Company
- Lines: 44
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- In article <BznHHv.A33@world.std.com>, dlowe@world.std.com (Miller Lowe) says:
- >
- >In our office we have Three Netware Servers, A couple
- >of VAX and tens of PCs. We want to connect the PCs to the VAX
- >systems using a LAT terminal emulator such as SmartTerm 340.
- >
- >Here is the current cabeling picture;
- >
- >UNFORTUNATE QUESTION #3
- >-----------------------
- >If commercial software/hardware is the only answer, what do you
- >suggest and how would it apply to our situation. I really don't
- >want to re-configure the whole system with a big expensive router
- >in the middle. I have a hard enough time attempting to justify
- >additional PCs.
- There is another possibility if you just want to use terminal emulation.
- Consider installing TES on the VAX. Terminal Emulation Services from
- Interconnections allows the VAX to speak IPX, and a client TSR on the
- PC will use allow any PC comms package that uses INT-14 to login to the
- VAX. If you haven't already bought Smart-Term for all your PCs, this might
- even work out cheaper than the LAT solution. Because it's IPX based, you
- won't have any routing problems getting through the Novell server.
-
- A similiar solution would be to install some TCP/IP package on the VAX,
- and use Telnet, but the management of such a solution might be a headache.
-
- I can dig out Interconnections phone number, if you want. (I'm just a
- satisfied customer).
- >
- >
- >Any comments would be greatly appricated. I am very new to DECNET
- >requirements and still being a neophyte with TCP/IP and IPX I am stuck!
- >
- >
- >Thanks in advance!
- >
- >D. Miller Lowe
- >Email: dlowe@world.std.com
- Aengus
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- RBYAML@ROHMHAAS.COM Aengus Lawlor
- RBYAML@ROHVM1.BITNET (who used to be ALAWLOR@DIT.IE)
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