[HECnet] Multiple Area routers on one area?

Is it feasible/advisable/possible to have 2 Area Routers on a DECnet Phase IV network? Yes. Restriction, you need are-routers to talk to all area-routers in your area thorug area-routers.. So you can not have non-area routers as transit between area routers. If you have two area routers on the same LAN, router priority and/or node-number will be used by the non-area routers to select wich one they hand their outgoing traffic to. The only reason I ask is that I'd like my emulated cluster system to be = able to run Area 6 independently as all the nodes are area 6 nodes and = it'd be neat to have area 6 working at places events like DEC Legacy. Would it cause issues on HECNet having 2 Area 6 routers in different = places also? I'm guessing not as they are still on the same DECnet = network, same as if they are in the same room on the same LAN, but what = do I know ;) I have 4 area routers in area 59, US-east-coast, US-west-coast and two in Sweden, works fine. --P