Bridges create an extended LAN and DECnet areas may use the entire LAN, all segments that are not behind a DECnet router. The LAN doesn't have to be just ethernet. As long as bridges are used to connect ethernet to FDDI, or ATM or token ring then DECnet areas can easily be used across that network. Van: Mark Wickens Verzonden: donderdag 10 oktober 2013 10:19 Aan: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Beantwoorden: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Onderwerp: [HECnet] Stupid question about areas... Even though I think I know the answer to this question, I'll ask it any way... Is it OK to run machines that are in the same area on different subnets? For example, passing traffic between SLAVE:: and RIPLEY:: both on DECnet area 4 but on different subnets connected via a bridge? I think it is and that the bridge is transparent, but for some reason in the back of my mind I have the concept of 'area router' and that doesn't fit with this model. Thanks, Mark. -- http://www.wickensonline.co.uk http://hecnet.eu http://declegacy.org.uk http://retrochallenge.net https://twitter.com/#!/%40urbancamo