[35663] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: DECNet over IP?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Spencer.Wood@dot.state.oh.us)
Wed Mar 14 12:59:24 2001
To: Simon Lockhart <simonl@rd.bbc.co.uk>
Cc: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>, owner-nanog@merit.edu,
"Stillman, Kevin" <STILLMKT@sysadm.suny.edu>
Message-ID: <OFAAF36955.6A35DAFA-ON85256A0F.005F9973@dot.state.oh.us>
From: Spencer.Wood@dot.state.oh.us
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 12:24:57 -0500
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GRE tunnel's are the best. We used that for over a year to tunnel Banyan
Vines across our IP Network....
It works great....
Spencer
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Spencer Wood, Network Administrator
Ohio Department Of Transportation
1320 Arthur E. Adams Drive
Columbus, Ohio 43221
E-Mail: Spencer.Wood@dot.state.oh.us
Phone: 614.644.5422/Fax: 815.361.0714
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Simon Lockhart <simonl@rd.bbc.co.uk>
Sent by: owner-nanog@merit.edu
03/14/2001 11:30 AM
To: "Stillman, Kevin" <STILLMKT@sysadm.suny.edu>
cc: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
Subject: Re: DECNet over IP?
>Has anyone had any experience successfully getting native DECNet packets
>encapsulated in an IP packet and transmitted over an IP network? The
>solution I am trying to create will allow VAXes to continue to talk
DECNet
>on their LANs and have the ability to communicate with DECNet areas on a
WAN
>via IP. Essentially we are try to remove the DECNet protocol from our
>intranet while not disrupting location's DECNet configurations.
I've not tried it, but my gut reaction would be to use GRE tunnels. Have
you looked on cisco.com for sample configs?
Simon
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">GRE tunnel's are the best. We used that for over a year to tunnel Banyan Vines across our IP Network....</font>
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>Has anyone had any experience successfully getting native DECNet packets<br>
>encapsulated in an IP packet and transmitted over an IP network? The<br>
>solution I am trying to create will allow VAXes to continue to talk DECNet<br>
>on their LANs and have the ability to communicate with DECNet areas on a WAN<br>
>via IP. Essentially we are try to remove the DECNet protocol from our<br>
>intranet while not disrupting location's DECNet configurations.<br>
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I've not tried it, but my gut reaction would be to use GRE tunnels. Have <br>
you looked on cisco.com for sample configs?<br>
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Simon<br>
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Internet Engineering Manager | Fax: +44 (0)1737 839516 <br>
BBC Internet Services | Email: Simon.Lockhart@bbc.co.uk <br>
Kingswood Warren,Tadworth,Surrey,UK | URL: http://support.bbc.co.uk/<br>
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