[HECnet] Talking of other possible protocols

[Sampsa Laine]

But Johnny's bridge does however support bridging it so in practice it can be used for long distance connections on HECnet...

Sampsa


On 10 Nov 2009, at 15:21, Paul Koning wrote:

Yes, LAT is a layer 2 protocol so it's not routable, and its timers and delay assumptions are for LANs, not for long distance networks.

	paul

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On
Behalf Of Mark Wickens
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 10:19 AM
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: [HECnet] Talking of other possible protocols

Am I right in thinking that LAT is only suitable for the local network?
I just tried

Local> connect pdxvax

from the DECserver 90M just for a laugh.

Regards, Mark.