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From: drake@drake.almaden.ibm.com
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: TCP/IP Over SNA
Message-ID: <1842@ks.UUCP>
Date: 20 Jul 90 17:04:50 GMT
References: <2136@althea.UUCP> <2812@awdprime.UUCP> <BOB.90Jul19094010@volitans.MorningStar.Com>
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Reply-To: drake@ibmarc.uucp (Sam Drake)
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In article <BOB.90Jul19094010@volitans.MorningStar.Com> bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) writes:
>In article <2812@awdprime.UUCP> linas@linas.austin.ibm.com (Linas Vepstas/32784) writes:
>
>   IBM TCP/IP is NOT implemented on top of SNA.
>
>I don't know of anyone who's doing that.  Yet.

The IBM mainframe TCP/IP products for the VM and MVS operating systems
will, in fact, allow you to use an existing SNA network to route IP packets.
You do not HAVE to do this, of course, but it's an option that can be very
attractive if you already have a SNA network between two cities, say.


Sam Drake / IBM Almaden Research Center 
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