[HECnet] OT Cisco question

[Brian Hechinger]

I’ve never used those SOHO ones. Good to know that about them.

So I guess the takeaway is: get a model with 4 digits in the model number. :)

-brian

> On Feb 9, 2016, at 1:52 PM, Tim Sneddon <tim at sneddon.id.au> wrote:
> 
> On 10/02/2016 2:44 AM, Brian Hechinger wrote:
>> The additional benefit of having a cisco on the edge is that cisco can
>> route DECnet natively and you can join the GRE tunnel setup. :)
> 
> Just to add to this...
> 
> I have a Cisco 1841 on the edge with a HWIC for handling the DSL side of things.  It of course natively routed DECnet so all my tunnels come into it.
> 
> However, prior to this I used to have a Cisco 857 on the edge and a DECbrouter 90T2a (really a Cisco router for a DEChub 90) behind it.  The Cisco 857 will not do DECnet as it is one of the little IP-only "SOHO" routers.  That did not prevent the DECbrouter from establishing tunnels through the NAT provided by the 857 though.
> 
> As Brian says, feel free to ask more questions, there are plenty Cisco nerds here :-)
> 
> Regards, Tim.