gnu@l5.uucp (John Gilmore) (10/28/85)
In article <360@nrcvax.UUCP>, geoffb@nrcvax.UUCP (G. Geoffrey Baehr) writes: > If you want to gateway down to a > slow speed link, gateway back out to another net , using XNS, you're in > good shape. Any other combination is 'interesting'. Sun sells an Internetwork Router that runs in a pair of Suns (one on either end of a serial link) that handles TCP/IP gatewaying without being especially 'interesting'. It can run at low speeds (9600) using the serial ports on the CPU board, or for 56KBit operation a comm board with its own processor is supported.
jr@sun.uucp (John Reed) (10/30/85)
In article <227@l5.uucp> gnu@l5.uucp (John Gilmore) writes: >In article <360@nrcvax.UUCP>, geoffb@nrcvax.UUCP (G. Geoffrey Baehr) writes: >> If you want to gateway down to a >> slow speed link, gateway back out to another net , using XNS, you're in >> good shape. Any other combination is 'interesting'. > >Sun sells an Internetwork Router that runs in a pair of Suns (one on >either end of a serial link) that handles TCP/IP gatewaying without >being especially 'interesting'. It can run at low speeds (9600) using >the serial ports on the CPU board, or for 56KBit operation a comm board >with its own processor is supported. A minor correction to John Gilmore's message - The Sun Internetwork Router runs at speeds up to 230 Kbits using the associated comm board. JR. -- ...!{ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4}!sun!jr (John M. Reed) Sun Microsystems Inc, 2550 Garcia Ave, MS5-40, Mountain View, CA, 94043 415-960-7336
jbn@wdl1.UUCP (10/30/85)
We've been testing the Bridge IP gateway; it's probably adequate now for users who just want to interconnect multiple Ethernets equipped with 4.2BSD machines, but is not yet general enough to handle interconnection with the general ARPANET/Internet community. But we've given them some advice, and they are going back to put in more general routing, subnets, etc. Stay tuned for futher developments. I expect we'll get a few of these boxes once they get them upgraded to handle all the hard cases. John Nagle
cak@purdue.UUCP (Christopher A. Kent) (10/31/85)
If you're out to put gateways into your internet, let me recommend the products from the folks at Proteon. Their boxes are based on lsi11 or 68K technology, and the person responsible (Noel Chiappa) has been building gateways for many years. He know what he's doing. The current release interacts with 4.2's routed, so you can just drop the gateway in and your VAXen will still understand what's going on. Contact him as jnc@proteon.ARPA for more info. chris