14 Mar
2007
14 Mar
'07
4:01 a.m.
On Wed, 14 Mar 2007, arcarlini at iee.org wrote:
Mmmm, message router. Need to have ALL-IN-ONE set up too :o)
Andrew Back wrote:
> But where is the fun in RFC1006? Would prefer to have native ISO CONS
> running direct atop layer 2 on the LAN rather than on top of IP. So
> you kinda have a real native network, and can play around with ISO
> routing. Or, are you saying you can configure IS-IS connections to
> tunnel via IP and have your ES-IS native ethernet?
I think I meant CLNS and not CONS, much as I love X.25
Given the right equipment it's easy to configure a
proper Phase V
network.
I don't think Routing ever made it onto OpenVMS VAX but I do think it
made it into OpenVMS Alpha. Not sure about Digital Unix though.
Then again WR90s and Routeabouts are common enough. If you
like bigger, noiser hardware then DEMSA and DECnis are for you!
I know it's on Alpha 7.3-2, not check VAX 7.3 yet.
Right, forgot
VMSmail could use IP direct. Would be more fun it using
I forgot that the Message Router stuff (including MRX) also provided
a VMSmail transport. My recollection (as a customer) was that either you
were trying to peer
9as I was) to BT Gold, and they spoke a different language; or you were
trying to peer to someone else who also didn't know what they doing
(and spoke a different language) :-)
I've peered to BT Gold twice: once from Mailbus400, to replace an
unreliable X.400 (1984) MR gateway based on some EOL DEC software (inc DDS
- pre X.500 directory), and the second time using commercial Isode MTA.
Although I also encountered the second problem you mentioned when I worked
at boo.com doing EDI stuff and had to get FTAM on Solaris talking to a
Deutsche Bank responder in Germany running on god-knows-what, via PSDN. I
remember it involved lots of ISO traces, and X.25 traces and calls to BT
and countless teams in DB.
Even without additional hardware you can set up X.25
over LLC2 (ISO8889
IIRC) and pretend you have two systems separated by a PSDN. Then you
can get MRX running on each of them. I currently have PSI on my
VAXstation
set up that way, although the other end (another VAXstation) is
currently
powered off.
Nice idea :o)
Andrew