[comp.os.vms] DECNet dies

GROVER@IUBACS.BITNET.UUCP (09/30/87)

We've endured the bouncing circuit problem too.  Our central net
consists mostly of 780/5's at VMS 4.2 and MicroVaxes at 4.4.  The
bouncing circuits have been exclusively with the MicroVaxes, however--
never with any routing node.  DEC Colorado has told us that yes, they
are aware of the problem, that it is with end nodes under 4.4/4.5, and
that it is fixed in 4.6.

At the same time, we realized that we had far more routing nodes on the
net than we should (I think DEC says 10 max).  We cut back to four, and
surprisingly, the MicroVax bouncing circuit problem dropped to almost nil.

Doug Grover
Academic Computing
Indiana University