[Info-vax] Maybe a bit OT, maybe not.. in any case an interesting article

[David Froble]

Paul Sture wrote:
> On Thu, 17 May 2012 15:26:09 +0000, VAXman- wrote:
> 
>> In article <fkcf89-k2d.ln1 at news.sture.ch>, Paul Sture <paul at sture.ch>
>> writes:
>>> On Thu, 17 May 2012 08:39:19 -0500, Bob Koehler wrote:
>>>
>>>> In article <j2tc89-7l7.ln1 at news.sture.ch>, Paul Sture <paul at sture.ch>
>>>> writes:
>>>>> A decnet joiner
>>>>    Freudian slip?
>>> Yup! :-)
>>
>> decnet router and a decnet joiner... no shop should be without! :)
> 
> And coincidentally, last night I found a requirement for a DECnet joiner. 
> 
> My VAX on SimH cannot see my Alpha on FreeAXP via DECnet, though TCP/IP 
> utilities have no problem.  They are on separate physical boxes, linked 
> via a router with Gigabit ports.
> 
> I think another name for a DECnet joiner could be a Gigabit switch. :-)
> 
> 

Years ago some routers stopped supporting DECnet.  Sad ....   Bastards ....

I think some bridges may have also done so, not sure.  A switch should still work.