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From: malloy@ittral.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.lan
Subject: Ethernet <=> Ethernet Link
Message-ID: <435@ittral.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Jul-84 13:21:14 EDT
Article-I.D.: ittral.435
Posted: Wed Jul 18 13:21:14 1984
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Does anybody know of, or have even heard a rumor of, some form of link from
an Ethernet in one building, connecting to an Ethernet in another building.
The distance is four miles, and the computers would be Vax 780 running 4.2bsd
and Sun 2/170's running 4.2bsd.  Thus two seperate Ethernet's but both using
TCP/IP.

The problem is first finding a box that will do it, and second the physical
link needed.  Ungermann Bass make a Bridge 1 unit which will work on lots of
different links, leased lines, fiber optics almost anything you can name.
However they currrently use Xerox XNS protocol and are only working on TCP/IP
(for some reasons bridges seem to need to know the protocol used).  Bridge
Comm. also have a link, but they too use XNS and are only working on TCP/IP.

Any and all information you can provide will be appreciated, even rumors of
"I heard of a guy who was doing something like that".  The need as is always
the case, is to have it yesterday.

For those people who say MOVE!  You've obviously never worked for a company
like ITT, it would make too much SENSE to have everyone in the same building.
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Address: William P. Malloy, ITT Telecom, B & CC Engineering Group, Raleigh NC
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