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The Question is: Hi, our small company got bought out by a bigger one. Now our Vax 6630 along with the ethernet equipment is sitting in a room next to our new company's WAN equipment. We use pathworks and lat / decnet. They want us to install TCP/IP on the VAX. I will probably get the software from Process Software. What I'm unsure of is how to connect our Ethernet to Theirs. They have a bunch of Synoptics Lattis Hubs and a couple Baynetwork Backbone nodes that route to the WAN. I don't want to mess up their WAN with Lat and Decnet noise. I just want TCP/IP to pass between the two. Do I need some kind of switch???? any ideas??? thanks, jim The Answer is : :Hi, our small company got bought out by a bigger one. The Wizard is somewhat familiar with that feeling. : Now our Vax 6630 :along with the ethernet equipment is sitting in a room next to our new :company's WAN equipment. We use pathworks and lat / decnet. :They want us to install TCP/IP on the VAX. I will probably get the software :from Process Software. The OpenVMS Wizard would strongly recommend evaluating a current version of Digital TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS (UCX) for its capabilities. In particular, look at what is available now in V4.2, and what is expected in the upcoming V5.0 release. :What I'm unsure of is how to connect our Ethernet to Theirs. :They have a bunch of Synoptics Lattis Hubs and a couple Baynetwork Backbone :nodes that route to the WAN. :I don't want to mess up their WAN with Lat and Decnet noise. I just want :TCP/IP to pass between the two. :Do I need some kind of switch???? any ideas??? Use a bridge, brouter, or switch.
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