ngs@duke.UUCP (Neil Sullivan) (03/12/86)
Ethernet connection questions:
I am currently working on a connection between some AT&T
3B2-300s running System V, release 2 and a Vax 11/780
running 4.2BSD over an Ethernet. I thought that the Xerox
PUP protocol would be a good candidate since, for one thing,
it is already on the 780. However, I will need something to
go on top of PUP. I was thinking of implementing UDP or URP
(out of AT&T). Has anyone had experience with such a
connection? Please send any advice or comments to me via
electronic mail. Thanks.
Neil Sullivan, Dept of Computer Science, Duke University
UUCP: {ihnp4, decvax}!duke!ngs
CSNET: ngs@duke
ARPA: ngs%duke@csnet-relay or na.ngs@su-score chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek) (03/15/86)
Actually, PUP is a very *bad* protocol to pick unless you are either supporting existing PUP machines, or want to write something very simple. The reason for this is that it has no growth potential. Even Xerox is giving it up (though *very* slowly). I would suggest TCP/IP, or Xerox NS, or maybe even some ISO stuff.... -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 1415) UUCP: seismo!umcp-cs!chris CSNet: chris@umcp-cs ARPA: chris@mimsy.umd.edu