sparks@etch-eshop.Berkeley.EDU (Jay Sparks) (09/06/90)
I am wondering if shareware is available for tcpip to Decnet. The idea being to connect a Sun with an ethernet card to a VMS machine. Thank you, Jay Sparks sparks@etch-eshop.berkeley.edu
kph@dirt.cisco.com (Kevin Paul Herbert) (09/07/90)
The easiest thing to do is to run TCP/IP on your VMS system; there are a number of packages available. I use the version from CMU; it is very complete and works quite well (at this moment, I have some windows on my NCD X terminal which use CMU TCP/IP as the X transport). I am told that it costs $150. The commercial packages cost more, and would give you support, and a different feature set. You'd probably get better answers on comp.os.vms. Kevin |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Kevin Paul Herbert | Use of psychedelics and marijuana leads | | Terminal Server Software Hacker | to greater spiritual understanding and | | cisco Systems, Inc. | the ability to see through propaganda. | | Menlo Park, CA | This is why it is illegal. Any questions? | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
VANCE@TGV.COM (Icarus) (09/08/90)
>>I am wondering if shareware is available for tcpip to >>Decnet. The idea being to connect a Sun with an ethernet card >>to a VMS machine. >>Thank you, >>Jay Sparks >>sparks@etch-eshop.berkeley.edu > >uggh! Don't convert between TCP/IP and DECnet, this would >be a mess! Just load Wollongong TCP/IP on your VMS systems, >and make it communicate with TCP/IP to your Sun... (alternatively, >you could load Sun's DECnet/DNI product on your Sun and make >it communicate via DECnet to the VMS system, but I've tried >both approaches and prefer making TCP/IP the common denominator). >The Wollongong TCP/IP product for VMS is a full & clean >implementation of TCP/IP, I can't say the same for Sun's DECnet/DNI >product. There are actually a number of TCP/IP implementations for VMS and at least a couple of DECnet implementations available for Suns. In addition to SunLink/DNI, Thursby Software (Arlington, TX) has a DECnet for SunOS (and a few other UNIXs), and KI Research makes a DECnet and MOP for several UNIX platforms (not sure if that includes SunOS, though). The TCP/IPs for VMS that I am aware of (listed in alphabetical order) are: Board-based: ------------ CMC EXOS from Excelan/Novell Interlan Host-based: ----------- CMU/TEK from Carnegie Mellon University Fusion from Network Research Corporation MultiNet from TGV, Inc. TCPware from Process Software WIN/TCP from The Wollongong Group If you fire off a query to info-vax (probably the best place), I'm sure you can get some recommendations from users as to the good and bad points of each of the above VMS TCP/IPs. -----Stuart -------