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

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2012-05-17 16:57, David Froble wrote:
> 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.

Not sure what a bridge is. It can mean so many different things and 
products...

A switch have no idea what protocol you are using, which is good, since 
otherwise more than DECnet would stop working...

	Johnny