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- From: djc@scimitar.unx.sas.com (David J. Cherveny)
- Subject: Re: anyone using STUN to connect FEPs?
- Originator: djc@scimitar.unx.sas.com
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- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 00:42:43 GMT
- References: <ssw.713566474@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> <ej.713727684@cc.univie.ac.at>
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- In article <ej.713727684@cc.univie.ac.at>, ej@cc.univie.ac.at (Ewald Jenisch) writes:
- |> ssw@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (steven wallace) writes:
- |>
- |> >We're considering using STUN to connect a local 3725 to a remote
- |> >3725. Anyone have experience using STUN to connect IBM FEPs?
- |>
- |> Yes, we've done exactly that -- at least with partial success. Our
- |> only problem was that the SNA-tunnel can't get through frames larger
- |> than about 1500 or 2000 bytes unfragmented.
- |>
- |> If I remember right, this isn't actually a problem with the tunnel
- |> itself, but rather a limit of the hardware of the serials: they are
- |> limited to 1500 or 2000 bytes (don't remember the exact figure
- |> though).
- |>
- |> If fragmentation isn't a problem for your SNA-applications you should
- |> be happy with the STUN connecting FEPs though. We've had no
- |> configuration tuning besides proxy-poll in order to keep the WAN
- |> responsive.
- |>
- |> On the software-side we used 8.3(1) and 8.3(3). (we've done our tests
- |> some months ago)
- |>
- |> -ewald
- |>
- |> --
- |> Ewald Jenisch | E-mail: ewald.jenisch@cc.univie.ac.at
- |> Vienna University Computer Center | z00ejr01@awiuni11.bitnet
- |> Universitaetsstrasse 7 | Tel: +43 (222) 43-61-11 x251 Fax x170
- |> A-1010 Vienna, Austria | NIC-Handle: EJ63
- |>
- |>
- |>
- |>
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- We ( SAS Institute Inc ) tried STUN between FEPs and ran into the same
- problem. In particular, when we ran SAS ( our favorite program ), it
- failed. Other applications like SPF ran OK.
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- To improve performance, SAS apparently draws its screens with large writes.
- 4k or so it seems. I haven't talked to the developers, this is from
- analyzing the data stream.
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- We looked into adjusting some parameters on the FEPs to limit the max
- data size but it was thought performance would suffer too much.
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- Due to various other considerations, and lack of a pair of FEPs to test
- with, we punted and just multiplexed the circuit. Sigh.
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- So, how did you get around the 2k limit? Tweek some VTAM parameters?
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- David Cherveny djc@unx.sas.com
- Systems Programmer, networking
- Network Support Dept
- SAS Institute Inc.
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- ( SAS is a registered trademark of SAS Institute Inc. )
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