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From: nik@Shiva.COM (Nik Langrind)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: DECnet Level 1 and Level 2 Routing
Message-ID: <1990Nov9.190156.14366@Shiva.COM>
Date: 9 Nov 90 19:01:56 GMT
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Reply-To: nik@Shiva.COM (Nik Langrind)
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Is it ever permissible for a DECnet level 1 router to send a
message to an area router outside its own area?  My reading of the
Routing spec indicates "no" but I'm unsure of the meaning of the 
term "nearest level 2 router," so perhaps it is permitted.  The 
implementation that I'm maintaining (which is an Ethernet level 1 
router) will forward to an area router outside its area.  The area
router (a VAX) accepts and routes the message.  A VAX Level 1 router
on the other hand, would have forwarded only to an area router in its 
own area.

So, I would correct this seeming error, but I'm worried that it
may actually be a feature, or it may actually be the correct
behaviour.

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