Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ucbvax!TOPAZ.RUTGERS.EDU!ron From: ron@TOPAZ.RUTGERS.EDU (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Vitalink Bridges.. Message-ID: <8712101855.AA07448@topaz.rutgers.edu> Date: 10 Dec 87 18:55:14 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 16 Yes, we've encountered meltdowns and broadcast storms across bridges. Watch for Chuck Hedrick and Len Bosack's article on such network phenomena in an upcoming IEEE Network Magazine. We do run IP and DECNET through our CISCO routers. I don't know if CISCO has made it a product yet (although it is likely that they will). Also Proteon, I believe, has already marketed the product. Noel's code has always been aimed at multiple protocol support (originally IP/CHAOS). As a slight bit of humor, when hooking up my sun, I managed to crash every VMS machine at Rutgers (including two in NEWARK that were 20 miles away) because all the VMS machines (being primarily DECNET speakers) were on the data link repeated parts of the Rutgers net. -Ron