Sorry I meant Routing.

Apologies
--- Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Steve
Belkacem wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > In the dim and distant past, I remember that there
> was
> > a way to bridge over DTC traffic over a WAN with a
> > serail connection. I believe that it involved a
> couple
> > of DTC's and did not involve Openview.
>
> If you "really bridge" it and own all the
> infrastructure between your
> central site and the remote DTCs, yes.  You can
> simply bridge
> unilaterally (not terribly efficient), bridge 802.3
> encapsulated packets
> (better), or set a protocol type filter to only
> bridge AFCP and ADCP
> protocol types.  You'll have to pull out your magic
> decoder ring for
> those values, I don't think they are listed by the
> IANA references.
>
> If you don't own the whole infrastructure, you *may*
> be able to tunnel
> it over IP, with the above caveats on what packets
> you bridge through
> the tunnel (I'm speaking cisco routers here, your
> mileage may vary with
> another vendor).
>
> So yes, it is possible in certain situations, but
> not terribly efficient
> if you have mixed protocols on your network
> (especially
> 802.3-encapsulated Novell IPX).
>
> Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>


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