24 Jan
2004
24 Jan
'04
11:38 a.m.
Makes sense.... even though a switch is really just a
bank of bridges, for decnet you're better off with a hub. Though I haven't run
into localtalk issues to date with using switches.
I've run DECnet through switches without any difficulty, just not this switch. It was
handling the Ethertalk-to-Localtalk converter just fine, then slowly got more erratic.
Same with LAT. It about drove me crazy trying to figure out what was going wrong.
Zane
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