  Internetworking on OpenVMS? 
 The Question is:
 
Hi,   our small company got bought out by a bigger one.  Now our Vax 6630
along with the ethernet equipment is sitting in a room next to our new
company's WAN equipment.   We use pathworks and lat / decnet.
They want us to install TCP/IP on the VAX.  I will probably get the software
from Process Software.
What I'm unsure of is how to connect our Ethernet to Theirs.
They have a bunch of Synoptics Lattis Hubs and a couple Baynetwork Backbone
nodes that route to the WAN.
I don't want to mess up their WAN with Lat and Decnet noise.   I just want
TCP/IP to pass between the two.
Do I need some kind of switch????   any ideas???
 
thanks,  jim
 
 
 The Answer is:
 
:Hi,   our small company got bought out by a bigger one.
 
  The Wizard is somewhat familiar with that feeling.
 
:  Now our Vax 6630
:along with the ethernet equipment is sitting in a room next to our new
:company's WAN equipment.   We use pathworks and lat / decnet.
:They want us to install TCP/IP on the VAX.  I will probably get the software
:from Process Software.
 
  The OpenVMS Wizard would strongly recommend evaluating a current version
  of Digital TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS (UCX) for its capabilities.  In
  particular, look at what is available now in   V4.2, and what is expected
  in the upcoming V5.0 release.
 
:What I'm unsure of is how to connect our Ethernet to Theirs.
:They have a bunch of Synoptics Lattis Hubs and a couple Baynetwork Backbone
:nodes that route to the WAN.
:I don't want to mess up their WAN with Lat and Decnet noise.   I just want
:TCP/IP to pass between the two.
:Do I need some kind of switch????   any ideas???
 
  Use a bridge, brouter, or switch.
 
 
