Path: utzoo!utgpu!ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca!CUNYVM!IBMTCP-L Date: Mon, 12 Feb 90 11:14:52 EST Reply-To: IBM TCP/IP For VM List Sender: IBM TCP/IP For VM List From: "Justice, James E." Subject: SNA over IP? To: UofToronto LAN redistribution References: Message of 02/12/90 at 09:25:19 from SNSTR@TTUVM1.BITNET Message-ID: <90Feb12.111813est.58364@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca> Newsgroups: list.ibmtcp-l Distribution: ut Approved: devnull@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu >>>My use of the term 'tunnel' gateway refers to the function of passing >>>data composed on one protocol stack and transporting it, or them, across >>>another. This would allow us to, for instance, encapsulate all SNA >>>traffic on a LAN within IP packets, transport it across our IP backbone, >>>and then unencapsulate it for use by a T-R 3174 or T-R 37X5. Reverse >>>traffic follows the same logic. I wonder if such a thing exists and >>>how feasible it might be to develop the software. >> >>Vitalink had a box called a TransSDLC. It didn't use IP, but it did >>transport 3274 traffic to a 37X5 box. >We've been looking for a box like this... I called VitaLink and >discovered that they discontinued this box about a year ago. Are >there any similar products available?? >strick I know of nothing else that does what this box does. Vitalink has a new box that may replace it. I am not sure and can't remember what they called it. The unforturate thing is that the box is just the standard Vitalink box running different software. At one point Vitalink told us that since we were a customer who had bought TransSDLC before the product was dropped, we could buy their standard box and run the TransSDLC soft- ware on it.