The HP supported way is to use Routable AFCP but then you need a OpenView DTC manager PC's. One att each side. Hans "Steve Belkacem" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message news:8vu8c502s91@enews3.newsguy.com... > 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]> > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk > or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie >