[Info-vax] VAXStation 3100

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/18/2019 8:17 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 1/18/19 7:35 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>> And I have to ask, are you ocnfusing DECnet with LAT?  Two totally 
>> separate things.
> 
> Yes, but I thought LAT was a subset of DECNET.  Guess I was wrong.

Very distinct.

DECnet (Phase IV) : ethertype 0x6003, routable via 16 bit DECnet addresses
LAT : ethertype 0x6004, non-routeable, use just MAC addresses

And I may add that LAT is a very sensitive protocol. Any network
problem and it will timeout. Even too many bridges could make
it timeout.

Arne