MICRO2.SCHWER@CRVAX.SRI.COM ("Micro Mauler") (04/27/88)
The following is a posting for a friend. Send replies or requests for summaries to: Micro2.Schwer@CRVAX.SRI.COM. =================================================================== RE: Using a DECserver 200 as a DECrouter 200 In the August 1987 issue of DEC Professional, networking editor Bill Hancock wrote about downline loading a DECserver 200 with DECrouter 200 software, thus turning a terminal server into a router. I have a DECserver 200 with 8 PC's hanging off of it doing simple VT100 emulation. I would like to turn this DECserver into a router and run DECnet-DOS on all the PC's asynchronously. DEC has told me that the DECserver 200 and DECrouter 200 are two different pieces of physical hardware and you can not software configure a DECserver to be a router. If you do, you can expect *weird* results and it is not *supported*. Is this a marketing ploy by DEC to get you to buy another piece of hardware? Is Bill Hancock wrong. Has anyone out there downline loaded a DECserver 200 with the DECrouter 200 software? Does it work? If so, how well? Any comments would be welcome. Thanks