hollandm@prlhp1.prl.philips.co.uk (Martin Holland) (07/29/88)
One of our factory sites about 10 miles away has a group of Suns wishing to connect with some Suns on out local Ethernet. They want E/Mail,UUCP remote login and fast file transfer for Mbyte files. Their suggestion is to install a remote bridge linking both Ethernets. I am worried about security on our site as well as the possibility of the remote site producing faults on our site. Am I worring about nothing? Has anyone any ideas? The sites are currently linked by DecNet over a 9600 baud line but this could be uprated to 64K if necessary. The only other links are by Case DCX which is a distributed terminal multiplexor system for RS232. (probably not fast enough). All ideas would be welcome (the cheaper the better)
ron@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) (07/31/88)
If you want cheap and you already have a 9600 baud DECNET link, investigate Wollongong's DBridge software. We used it over a 19.2K line. What it does is encapsulate IP packets in DECNET packets and send them across. It worked well enough for mail. -Ron