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From: drake@drake.almaden.ibm.com
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: TCP/IP Over SNA
Keywords: RS6000, AIX
Message-ID: <1846@ks.UUCP>
Date: 23 Jul 90 03:38:34 GMT
References: <2136@althea.UUCP> <2812@awdprime.UUCP> <2318@althea.UUCP>
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Reply-To: drake@ibmarc.uucp (Sam Drake)
Organization: IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose
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In article <2318@althea.UUCP> eddjp@althea.UUCP (Dewey Paciaffi) writes:

>This seems to conflict with what I've heard elsewhere. I've been told that
>the RS/6000 doesn't support SNA, but that SNA does support TCP/IP, with
>the proper Hardware/Software/Mainframe configuration. If this actually	
>is the case, then the RS/6000 TCP/IP should be just as easily transported
>across the SNA as the TCP/IP from a SUN or a Xenix/386, for that matter.
>
>Am I missing something here?

No, you're 100% correct.  The original posting was in error.
SUNs can use SNA networks, and you CAN (but do not have to) send IP over
SNA networks.


Sam Drake / IBM Almaden Research Center 
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