Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!crdgw1!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!samsung!olivea!mintaka!spdcc!tauxersvilli!alphalpha!nazgul From: nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo Subject: Re: Stretching a Domain file system Message-ID: <1991Feb17.022748.21439@alphalpha.com> Date: 17 Feb 91 02:27:48 GMT References: <9102151426.AA22291@richter.mit.edu> Organization: asi Lines: 18 In article <9102151426.AA22291@richter.mit.edu> krowitz@RICHTER.MIT.EDU (David Krowitz) writes: >Apollo nodes that are on differnet physical network *may* share the same >Domain file system *IF* the network gateway is an Apollo workstation with >"rtsvc" enabled to perform routing *OR* if the network gateway is a machine >which accepts the Apollo DDS network protocal (I thinkt the Cisco routers >do this?). The Apollo file system does *not* use TCP/IP network protocals >(they are too slow) and can not span an internet in which one or more or >(of) the routers is a TCP/IP-only router. Apollo workstation can run NFS I assume this means you couldn't use a Telebit NetBlazer? -- Alfalfa Software, Inc. | Poste: The EMail for Unix nazgul@alfalfa.com | Send Anything... Anywhere 617/646-7703 (voice/fax) | info@alfalfa.com I'm not sure which upsets me more; that people are so unwilling to accept responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate everyone else's.