On Sun, 18 Aug 1996, DebbyG wrote:
> Rick Durlin wrote:
> HP3000 MPE/iX 4.0.
>
> Host site has CISCO 2501 Router; e0 plugs on to Corporate backbone.
> s0 goes to remote A CISCO 2501 via 56kDDS- works fine.  s1 goes to
> remote B CISCO 2524 via 64k Frame Relay-cannot get DTC on remote side
> to download.  We can telnet back and forth between the routers all day
> long. We can ping the host HP3000 all day long but CANNOT get the DTC
> to "reach" the host.
 
> ***
> Please don't shoot the messenger.  <shy grin?>
>
> I hate to see you banging your head against an ummovable wall...
>
> Your problem -->  DTC's and HP3000's communicate via AFCP, a proprietary
>                     HP protocol predating TCP/IP...
>                       Routers (anybody's) throw the packets away
                        because they can't make heads or tails of them...
>                   You can make this configuration work IF...
>                     1) You upgrade to MPE/iX 5.0 to get routable AFCP
>                     2) You get another DTC to sit on the HP3000 side of
                         the router(s)
>                     3) You purchase and setup OpenView DTC Manager to
>                        handle the downloading
>
> Your other choice is to chuck the DTC's, put all the users on PC's running
> terminal emulators with built in TCP/IP stacks ... <<snip>>
 
Or buy an HP router (don't have any part numbers handy) that will
route AFCP.  We use this for a remote DTC 16/iX and it works pretty
well.
 
Regards,
 
John Joerger                    Press-Telegram (Long Beach)
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