bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) (02/20/91)
Is anyone working on a standard for IP tunneling over SNA networks? That is, given an existing SNA network, and a desire to use it for IP transport, is there an equivalent to any of RFCs 1201, 1188, 1171, 1149, 1088, 1042, and 877? (OK, I just mentioned 1149 to see if you were really watching :-)
allen@b11.ingr.com (John Allen) (02/28/91)
in article <BOB.91Feb19180852@volitans.MorningStar.Com>, bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) says: > > Is anyone working on a standard for IP tunneling over SNA networks? > That is, given an existing SNA network, and a desire to use it for IP > transport, is there an equivalent to any of RFCs 1201, 1188, 1171, > 1149, 1088, 1042, and 877? > > (OK, I just mentioned 1149 to see if you were really watching :-) Harris - Adacom has TCP/IP over LU6.2. Requires no software on the IBM host. I believe this is a UNIX-based box, it can act as a gateway to connect remote TCP/IP LANs through an existing IBM Mainframe. -- * O . John E. Allen * * /\__ ____@__ . ingr!b23b!allen!jallen@uunet.uu.net * * /\ -|0 ... (205) 730-8627 (days) * * / \ ===...... . *
PMW1@psuvm.psu.edu (Peter M. Weiss) (03/01/91)
In article <1991Feb28.152833.12503@b11.ingr.com>, allen@b11.ingr.com (John Allen) says: >in article <BOB.91Feb19180852@volitans.MorningStar.Com>, bob@MorningStar.Com >(Bob Sutterfield) says: >> >> Is anyone working on a standard for IP tunneling over SNA networks? >> That is, given an existing SNA network, and a desire to use it for IP >> transport, is there an equivalent to any of RFCs 1201, 1188, 1171, >> 1149, 1088, 1042, and 877? >> >> (OK, I just mentioned 1149 to see if you were really watching :-) >Harris - Adacom has TCP/IP over LU6.2. As far as I am aware, IBM's TCP/IP For MVS can do this too (except it uses LU_0 ) and it is called SNALINK. ref: "TCP/IP For MVS Installation and Connections" form GG24-3412-00 /Pete -- Peter M. Weiss | pmw1 @ PSUADMIN | psuvm.psu.edu|psuvm 31 Shields Bldg - PennState Univ.| ^ affiliated with psuvm.psu.edu|psuvm University Park, PA USA 16802 | Secrecy is the guardian of bureaucracy
bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) (03/01/91)
In article <1991Feb28.152833.12503@b11.ingr.com>, allen@b11.ingr.com (John Allen) says: in article <BOB.91Feb19180852@volitans.MorningStar.Com>, bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) says: Is anyone working on a standard for IP tunneling over SNA networks? Harris - Adacom has TCP/IP over LU6.2... and in private mail: Date: Tue, 19 Feb 91 18:21:28 CST From: David Boyes <dboyes@brazos.rice.edu> The IBM TCP/IP for VM package already does this quite nicely. The SNALNK component of the software opens a LU0... From: Paul Sergeant <paulus@convex.mitek.com> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 91 10:09:33 CST IBM's ... SNALINK ... for MVS and VM. This connects TCP/IP networks using LU0 connections. Each IBM mainframe must have TCP/IP installed for this to work. OpenConnect Systems ... an IP level router ... called OCIR, encapsulates TCP/IP or UDP/IP in an LU 6.2 frame ... OCIR also can emulate IBM's SNALINK, so it can connect via IBM's TCP/IP. Date: Tue, 26 Feb 91 17:56:51 EST From: rlg@ida.org (Randy garrett) I also found a company called Brixton that has a card for the Sun that translates IP into something understandable to a 3745... There are several implementations, using disparate schemes, but no standards. The schemes about which there's any detail use either LU0 or LU6.2 transports, as expected. But unless one explicitly emulates another, there's no guarantee that their encapsulation methods will interoperate, even if they picked the same LU transport. Caveat Emptor!