Multi-site TCP/IP

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From: Richard Gopstein
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1985 17:40

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  We (at RCA) are interested in networking several remote sites
together.  The machines involved will be a mixture of VAX/VMS
systems and UNIX (and unix-like) workstations.  We are currently
planning on buying Wollongong software at each site to use over
local ethernets, and connecting the seperate ethernets together
using something connected to 56KB lines.  The question is whether
this makes sense in general, and specifically what to use to
"connect" these seperate ethernets.

  As far as I know, there are three options:

    1) Use exising VAXes with Wollongong software to do the TCP/IP
	routing themselves over the phone lines.

    2) Use a dedicated TCP/IP gateway (Bridge Communications?)

    3) Use an ethernet packet gateway (Vitalink?)

Can anyone make a recommendation or alternate suggestion?
What is the consensus about the performance/reliability
of the Wollongong software?  Thanks.


Rich Gopstein
RCA

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Subject: Multi-site TCP/IP
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Date: Wed, 17-Jul-85 13:40:06 EDT
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