karen.otto@att.com (Karen Otto) (03/21/91)
I received several requests for a summary of the replies I received about the interoperability of cisco and Wellfleet using PPP. I have talked to Wellfleet and they say that PPP will be available with their next release, due out in April. They have shown interoperability with 3Com, Proteon, and ACC, and are due to test with cisco later this year. cisco showed interoperability with telebit and 3Com at Interop. PPP on Proteon will be available ~ 2Q91. Apparently, existing implementations for PPP are only for IP. It looks like bridging might be the first new addition, since this standardization work is farther along than PPP for other protocols (Novell, DECNet, etc). I've heard there is a useful relevant article in the Feb 1991 issue of Data Communications. Thanks to Vicki Ralls, Gary Kunis, and Ed Kozel at cisco, Brad Turner at 3Com, and Clarence Austin at Proteon. Karen Otto karen.otto@att.com (908)-949-3370 AT&T Bell Laboratories DISCLAIMER: Any views stated here are mine alone. Any missing information should not be misconstrued as implying missing features of a particular vendor.
mbt@ESD.3Com.COM (Brad Turner) (03/21/91)
karen.otto@att.com (Karen Otto) writes: [...stuff deleted...] >Apparently, existing implementations for PPP are only for IP. It >looks like bridging might be the first new addition, since this >standardization work is farther along than PPP for other protocols >(Novell, DECNet, etc). Karen, Just to clarify this, the 3Com implementation of PPP supports IP, IPX, OSI, DECNET phase IV, XNS and bridging. -brad- -- v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v Brad Turner | 5400 Bayfront Plaza | Marketing Engineer | (408) 764-5261 3Com Corp. | Santa Clara CA, 95052| mbt@ESD.3Com.Com | (408) 764-5003 fax