[Info-vax] Loosing all LAT connections on one machine in DECNet Network

[Jur van der Burg]

 > In IP terms: LAT is like UDP while DECNET is like TCP.

Not true. LAT does implement retry at the protocol level. It is true
however that lat is more sensitive to timing issues on the network.

Jur.

JF Mezei wrote, On 15-Apr-09 11:17:
> Volker Halle wrote:
>> It doesn't have to be hardware. DECnet to/from the VAX still seems to
>> work and - I assume - it is using the same ethernet interface.
> 
> If the ethernet link from the VAX  has high packet loss rate during
> certain periods (for instance, if the VAX vacuum cleaner is in use right
> next to the ethernet cable and geerates interference), it could cause
> the multicast packets to be lost. But when decnet packets are lost,
> DECNET will result in a request for them to be resent so the end user
> may not notice the problem on the line.
> 
> In IP terms: LAT is like UDP while DECNET is like TCP.