Re: DECNet over IP?

[Spencer.Wood () dot state oh us]

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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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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