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From: mort@apollo.HP.COM (Stephen Moriarty)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: Networking Apollo rings together with Cisco router boxes.
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Date: 7 Feb 91 14:08:00 GMT
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In article <1991Feb1.000434.244@zoot.avgrp.cr.rok.com> jeff@satchmo (Jeff Detterman) writes:
>Also is it possible to have two rings connected via ethernet 
>and token ring back each other up. In otherwords how do I make 
>the ethernet take over if the token ring fails. 

        A lot of people ask for this. You can't do it. The reason
is that the registries/naming servers are fixed, and can only be
changed explicitly. What you're asking for is that the naming
server be dynamic, trying different net.nodeid pairs upon failing
to access on. The `node_data/hint_file comes into play, as well,
since that's where you get your net.nodeid pair after accessing a
node for the first time. If you consult Chapter 7 of, "Managing
Domain/OS and Domain Routing in an Internet" for "How to move a
node from one network ID to another", you'll see what needs to be
done dynamically in more detail.

mort

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