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From: tedcrane@batcomputer.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: DecNet and TCP/IP possible? - (nf)
Message-ID: <1180@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: Thu, 28-May-87 13:35:34 EDT
Article-I.D.: batcompu.1180
Posted: Thu May 28 13:35:34 1987
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Reply-To: tedcrane@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu.UUCP (Ted Crane)
Organization: Program of Computer Graphics, Cornell University
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In article <137900003@exunido.UUCP> dewal@exunido.UUCP writes:
>we want to build up a subnet with two Micro-Vaxes connected with DecNet.
>Furthermore we'd like to connect one of these Micro-Vaxes to a TCP/IP-
>Net. Has anyone experience with this type of connections? Is it possible
>to connect the two Micro-Vaxes without a Delni or another net just with
>one transceiver cable? Will these two network-protocols interfere each 
>other, or can we start them at a time?

If you are asking whether TCP/IP and DECnet can coexist on the same
Ethernet cable, the answer is yes.  Whether you use a real cable, thick
or thin, or build up a net using DELNI's, etc., it will work.

You will need non-DEC software to run TCP/IP ... DECnet won't help you there.