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- Subject: Re: SNA <-> IP Encapsulation
- Message-ID: <92326.090352PMW1@psuvm.psu.edu>
- From: Peter M. Weiss <PMW1@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 09:03:52 EST
- References: <1992Nov12.082646.1647@msus1.msus.edu><1992Nov20.053647.25809@cheops.qld.tne.oz.au>
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- In article <1992Nov20.053647.25809@cheops.qld.tne.oz.au>,
- logier@cheops.qld.tne.oz.au (Rob Logie) says:
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- >mndot@msus1.msus.edu writes:
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- >>I am trying to provide mainframe connectivity to a number of remote sites.
- >>Most of the sites have IBM 3174 (or compatible) remote controllers for SNA
- >>communications. This comm. takes place over multidrop 9600 bps lines. We
- >are
- >>in the process of installing T1 circuits to all of those same locations. The
- >>T1's are primarily IP. Does software exist for the 3174 to allow SNA
- >>encapsulation in IP packets? I have seen hints of this scenario on some of e
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- Believe it or not, there is optional RPQs for LIC 3174 that allow
- the 3174 to be a communications gateway to an IP network. This also
- involves converting/adding a TRN interface, and coax-attached PCs.
- Don't know its available in IBM W.T. countries.
-
- /Pete (pmw1@psuvm.psu.edu)
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- Peter M. Weiss | not affiliated with psuvm.psu.edu|psuvm
- 31 Shields Bldg -- Penn State Univ.| "Connectivity is more than a Connection"
- University Park, PA USA 16802-1202 | E. Michael Staman, _The Circuit_, Apr 92
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