[Info-vax] strange LAT problem

[Bob Koehler]

In article <pu0os2$tgf$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de (Phillip Helbig (undress to reply)) writes:
> In article <pu0igt$54o$1 at Iltempo.Update.UU.SE>, Johnny Billquist
> <bqt at softjar.se> writes: 
> 
>> On 2018-11-28 21:52, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>> > In article <ptls10$hsa$2 at Iltempo.Update.UU.SE>, Johnny Billquist
>> > <bqt at softjar.se> writes:
>> > 
>> >> Any WiFi in this picture?
>> > 
>> > No.  There is WiFi on the same LAN, but nothing to do with VMS.
>> 
>> Meaning you use LAT between VMS hosts, and all the VMS hosts are sitting 
>> on the same ethernet segment with nothing else in between?
> 
> Right; just a switch.

   LAT is extreemly sensitive to timing, and it's possible that the
   switch does not meet the needs of LAT.  We've seen network bridges
   that required special firmware to hande LAT.  (Not routers, LAT is
   not a routable protocol, one can expect it to stop at a router.)