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Article #951Re: Baseband <--> Broadband gateways
From: Martin Schoffstall
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1986 02:24
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1986 02:24
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> Bridges get involved at the network layer. IEEE 802.3 & 802.4 only Sorry, "bridges" as that word is used by DEC, the INTERNET world and other significant portions of the free world does NOT deal with the network layer. Only through the datalink layer. > specify up through the data link layer. What bridge you need depends > on what network layer protocols you need. For example, Ungermann-Bass > provides networks based on a variety of different protocols. Which > bridge software you get depends on which network protocols you're using. > Like Ungermann-Bass's, Bridge's and DEC's bridges will only work on > networks that use their protocols. Fortunately, we've all started basing Even a quick look at DEC's marketing literature, let alone a technical understanging show's that DEC's bridges are independant of protocol. Your posting is both wrong an a little commercial... -- marty schoffstall schoff%rpics.csnet@csnet-relay ARPA schoff@rpics CSNET seismo!rpics!schoff UUCP martin_schoffstall@TROY.NY.USA.NA.EARTH.SOL UNIVERSENET RPI Computer Science Department Troy, NY 12180 (518) 271-2654
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!rpics!schoff From: schoff@rpics.uucp (Martin Schoffstall) Newsgroups: net.lan Subject: Re: Baseband <--> Broadband gateways Message-ID: <1@rpics.uucp> Date: Sun, 16-Feb-86 21:24:12 EST Article-I.D.: rpics.1 Posted: Sun Feb 16 21:24:12 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 18-Feb-86 03:44:38 EST References: <733@abic.UUCP> <440@ubvax.UUCP> Organization: RPI Computer Science Dept., Troy NY Lines: 30