[HECnet] Stupid question about areas...

Cory Smelosky b4 at gewt.net
Thu Oct 10 15:06:11 PDT 2013


On Thu, 10 Oct 2013, Mark Wickens wrote:

Even though I think I know the answer to this question, I'll ask it any way...

Is it OK to run machines that are in the same area on different subnets? For example, passing traffic between SLAVE:: and RIPLEY:: both on DECnet area 4 but on different subnets connected via a bridge?


Should be fine so long as it can still find the MAC addresses.

I think it is and that the bridge is transparent, but for some reason in the back of my mind I have the concept of 'area router' and that doesn't fit with this model.

Thanks, Mark.



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