HANK@TAUNIVM.BITNET (Hank Nussbacher) (08/10/87)
I have been looking at various VMS and microVMS solutions for Tcp/Ip (Excelan, Interlan-Micom, Wollongong, SRI, Hyperlink, etc.) and all of them assume an Ethernet. How do sites connect lone VMS systems that are geographically scattered over many kilometers? The expensive solution is to build a 1 meter Ethernet, buy a bridge and connect that way. Do any of these systems handle X.25? What h/w do you need to buy? Will the Excelan and Interlan solutions work with an X.25 card or can an X.25 solution only be handled by a strictly software implementation (like Wollongong or Hyperlink)? Is there a way to do it with a leased line without Ethernet or a bridge? Thanks, Hank P.S. Plz send all replies directly to me.
KASHTAN@IU.AI.SRI.COM (David L. Kashtan) (08/11/87)
> I have been looking at various VMS and microVMS solutions for Tcp/Ip > (Excelan, Interlan-Micom, Wollongong, SRI, Hyperlink, etc.) and all > of them assume an Ethernet.... I cannot speak for the rest of the VMS TCP implementations but I do know that SRI's (and probably Wollongong's) support many more devices than just Ethernet. You can get TCP over X.25 service using the ACC 5250/6250 board, which is supported by SRI's MultiNet. There are other possibilities as well: DMR-11s come to mind. David -------
heker@JVNCA.CSC.ORG (Sergio Heker) (08/12/87)
Hank, Wollongong definitely supports DMR11s ( we used to have 4 DMRs and a DEUNA on a VAX8600/VMS/WIMVX ), and I think you can connect an ACC/X.25 board to it as well. -- Sergio ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sergio Heker tel: (609) 520-2000 Internet: "heker@jvnca.csc.org" Bitnet: "heker@jvnc" JOHN VON NEUMANN NATIONAL SUPERCOMPUTER CENTER, JVNCnet Network Manager -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
STJOHNS@SRI-NIC.ARPA (08/12/87)
Sergio, the IETF would like to take you up on your offer of a place to hold an IETF meeting. The schedule we are looking for is to have a meeting at JVNC in late april/early may of 1988. Would this be possible for JVNC? Can you give me some idea of the number/sizes of conference rooms available and how far in advance we have to book them>? Thanks! Mike
STJOHNS@SRI-NIC.ARPA (08/12/87)
Apologies, that one got away from me. *sigh* Mike