Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!umd5!ames!amdcad!percy From: percy@amdcad.AMD.COM (Percy Irani) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Vitalink Bridges.. Message-ID: <19509@amdcad.AMD.COM> Date: 9 Dec 87 22:22:58 GMT Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, Ca. Lines: 29 Keywords: Bridge, TCP/IP, Vitalink We have a Vitalink sales guy trying to sell Vitalink Bridges to our Company. We primarily have TCP/IP hosts on the net. We also have some DECNET hosts. What is attractive to some people (Sigh!) is that the Vitalink's will be able to do protocol independant connections. I guess we can beat the Vitalinks iff there is a router that does both IP and DECNET. IS THERE ONE AVAILABLE LIKE THAT TODAY???? ------------------------------------------ Also, the Vitalink sales and tech support (I beleive the sales guy talked to them) do **NOT** understand the problem of "Ethernet Meltdown". Has *anyone*, yes anyone, encountered this problem using bridges? Also, to be specific, has anyone, encountered this problem using Vitalink boxes? (DEC sells Vitalinks too!!). (Come on some one from DEC can shed light on that!!). Besides, our friends do not understand the advantages of alternat routing (routed type), support of triangles in a net instead of spanning trees....... Sigh! -- Ignorance is bliss but can be embarassing at times!