[HECnet] Talking of other possible protocols

Except that LAT is currently turned off on PDXVAX, you could try MONK and see what happens. Zane At 3:23 PM +0000 11/10/09, Sampsa Laine wrote: But Johnny's bridge does however support bridging it so in practice it can be used for long distance connections on HECnet... Sampsa On 10 Nov 2009, at 15:21, Paul Koning wrote: Yes, LAT is a layer 2 protocol so it's not routable, and its timers and delay assumptions are for LANs, not for long distance networks. paul -----Original Message----- Behalf Of Mark Wickens Am I right in thinking that LAT is only suitable for the local network? I just tried Local> connect pdxvax from the DECserver 90M just for a laugh. Regards, Mark. -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh at aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | MONK::HEALYZH (DECnet) | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |