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From: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti)
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Subject: Re: BITNET hosts also internet?
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Date: 11 Jul 90 08:30:21 GMT
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In-Reply-To: gs26@prism.gatech.EDU's message of 11 Jul 90 03:43:57 GMT

In article <11197@hydra.gatech.EDU> gs26@prism.gatech.EDU (Glenn R. Stone) writes:

   etc....  Admittedly, when everything is peachy-keen, 
   ip point-to-point is an order of magnitude faster, but 
   when the chips are down, a slow RSCS link is better than
   no link at all....  forcing a reroute thru IP regardless 
   of the address form introduces a single point of failure.

Many (most?) long-haul 'bitnet' links are running RSCS on top of IP,
and I don't think it's exactly common to keep the dedicated leased
point to point link around once the VMNET software is going.  So a
forced route through bitnet doesn't necessarily buy you anything.

--Ed

Edward Vielmetti, U of Michigan math dept <emv@math.lsa.umich.edu>
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