[comp.dcom.lans] XYPLEX MAXServer TCP/IP-LAT Gateway 1710/2710

wmah@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Wayne Mah) (06/30/91)

We have 8 unix minis all connected together using thick
ethernet and all are running TCP/IP.  We have a VAX
4000 in another building running LAT.
 
We have PCs connected to the unix using TCP/IP software
and a terminal emulator over ethernet cards.  We have
PCs connected to the VAX using LAT and a terminal emulator
over ethernet cards.
 
We would like to have our unix users access the VAX (for
terminal emulation) by having the XYPLEX MAXServer
translate the telnet to the LAT equivalent of telnet.
We do not want to have to run LAT software on our PCs
to access the VAX.  Similarly, our VAX users would like
to be able to access our unix computers without having
to run TCP/IP and use the XYPLEX MAXServer to convert
LAT to TCP/IP's telnet.
 
Has anyone done this?  How successful is it?
 
By the way, we know we can run TCP/IP on the VAX, but
that would mean PC users would have to buy TCP/IP software
Right now the PC users are loading PCSA and Novell.  To
load TCP/IP software would leave us virtually no memory
to run applications even after using QEMM or 386-to-the-Max.
 
Any info is greatly appreciated.

Wayne Mah              wmah@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca
Edmonton Remote Systems:  Serving Northern Alberta since 1982