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Subject: Re: Fast communications
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Date: Sun, 21-Oct-84 13:54:14 EDT
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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