9 May
2013
9 May
'13
12:01 a.m.
Point to point or Ethernet-like?
I can't speak for the implementation, but from DECnet's point of view a
Multinet link is a point to point connection. A Multinet link connects
exactly one VMS host to exactly one other VMS host - it's not a multi host
bus connection like Ethernet.
Of course DECnet can route traffic thru a Multinet link just like it'd
route thru any other point to point connection, so DECnet machines on one
LAN can see DECnet machines on the remote LAN as long as the two Multinet
connected hosts are DECnet routers.
Bob