Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 8/7/84; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!info-vax From: info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA Newsgroups: fa.info-vax Subject: Re: Fast communications Message-ID: <2729@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Sun, 21-Oct-84 13:54:14 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.2729 Posted: Sun Oct 21 13:54:14 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 22-Oct-84 02:21:57 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.ARPA Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 8 From: medin@ucbarpa.BERKELEY (Milo Medin) Granted you cant have a loop in the path, but that cluster is logically one ethernet. By using a host with 2 interfaces as a gateway, you can get around that. The key point here is that it doesnt force you into any protocol which a gateway does. Milo