ccaw001@UTADNX.CC.UTEXAS.EDU ("Rick Watson") (12/24/87)
To all DECnet gurus: Is the following topology legal? A:: B:: +----+ +----+ | |--dmr----------dmr--| | +----+ +----+ | | ---------ether------------------------ The reason for this topology is that the ethernet is more than 1 physical segment, connected via level-2 bridges running over a long phone circuit. The dmr circuit would be used as a backup in case the ether-ether bridge failed. I know that redundant circuits are normally supported by DECnet, but I am not sure about the above case. The reason for the question is that after configuring the above topology, we started seeing high levels of kernel/interrupt activity which was (apparently) stopped by turning off the dmr circuit. An additional note: A:: and B:: are area routers in different areas. Rick Watson Computation Center University of Texas at Austin watson@utadnx.cc.utexas.edu watson@utadnx.bitnet utspan::utadnx::watson (SPAN) ------