perl@pbseps.UUCP (Richard Perlman) (09/22/89)
This is probably a crazy question, but then that's often how new products are born. In any case... Is there such a thing as a translating gateway between TCP/IP and XNS? I have a specific need, as follows: Site a runs TCP/IP and uses telnet to access remote services on other hosts and terminal servers. Site b is an XNS terminal server (UB NIU-180 or X.25 gateway), it runs whatever sort of virtual terminal protocol UB provides with XNS (whatever protocol you connect to when you type 'connect <host>' from an NIU-180?). I would like to use telnet at site a to talk to the server at site b. Site a Site b +-------------+ telnet +---------+ UB xns ? +----------+ | tcp/ip host |=============| gateway |===============| niu-180 | +-------------+ net A +---------+ net B +----------+ | ethernet ethernet | my terminal remote service So in other words (if I still havn't made my point clearly) I would like the "remote service" attached to the NIU-180 to appear to me as thought it were running telnet. Got it? Well, is there such a thing. All reasonable replies accepted! -- Richard Perlman * perl@pbseps.pacbell.com || {ames,sun,att}!pacbell!pbseps!perl 180 New Montgomery St. rm 602, San Francisco, CA 94105 |*| 1(415) 545-0233