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From: adelman@TGV.COM (Kenneth Adelman)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: TCP/IP and DECNET
Message-ID: <890218075430.3b@TGV.COM>
Date: 18 Feb 89 15:59:44 GMT
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Reply-To: Adelman@TGV.COM (Kenneth Adelman)
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      I don't know exactly what would satisfy the following, but I,m
> looking for a thing which can smooth the turbulent waters between
> TCP/IPers and DECNETters; something that uses the tcp/ip in the
> appropriate levels and uses the plusses of decnet in the higher
> levels.  I know it's a tall order, particularly since decnet is
> predicated upon DDCMP.

    Ah, DECnet isn't stuck on DDCMP. As part of our VMS TCP product,
MultiNet, we provide the ability to run DECnet lines and circuits over
an arbitrary IP network (and the inverse). You can make a
point-to-point DECnet circuit across the Internet, or any other place
where you have IP connectivity. One copy of MultiNet would be required
on each site of the link, and of course any other DECnet-only machines
could route through the link.

    We attach DECnet at the lowest level of the protocol stack and
encapsulate the DECnet datagrams into UDP datagrams for transmission.
When they arrive at the other site, we pass them up to DECnet.

    For more information about MultiNet, please contact me offline...

						Kenneth Adelman
						TGV, Incorporated