26 Feb
2020
26 Feb
'20
2:36 a.m.
On 2020-02-25 05:12, Robert Armstrong wrote:
The biggest problem with it is scaling, and that I have not implemented
anything like STP.
Apart from that, it usually works very well, covering about half of the
earth.
GRE and
Johnny's bridge software are two good options.
The problem with Johnny's bridge is that it turns everything into a giant
Ethernet segment. Everybody appears to be adjacent to everybody else.
That's not realistic and doesn't scale well. GRE is a non-starter unless you have a Cisco
router.
If you don't like Multinet, write something better. Make sure it works on
a VAX...
Which is a big problem. Most people do not even have the information
needed to write something that would hook into DECnet this way.
Johnny
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