RE: X.25 ?

Thanks for all the responses (especially Buck, Patrick and Todd)

But GREAT news!!  I will actually be able to connect via FTP over our
Ethernet TCP/IP network and file will look EXACTLY the same as the
current file we do a CPYFRMTAP from, so all I have to do is replace the
current tape processing in the CL with some FTP processing.

Just my luck I'll find out tomorrow that this is an April fool's
joke!!!!

Mark Allen
I.S. Manager
Wilkes Telephone & Electric
A Dycom Company
Phone: (706) 678-9565
Email: allenmark@nu-z.net
http://www.nu-z.net




:-----Original Message-----
:From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
:[mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com] On Behalf Of Buck Calabro
:Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 4:56 PM
:To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
:Subject: RE: X.25 ?
:
:
:Mark Allen wondered:
:
:>Buck, what about Siemens switches.
:>The outside project engineer did
:>mention BX.25 but gave me the
:>"impression" that they had connected
:>to 400's before???
:
:I haven't had to poll a Siemens switch myself but I believe
:we've done it in the past with an HDLC connexion back when
:they were still Stromberg.  As for BX.25, the engineer has it
:backwards.  We spent months trying to get the 400 to talk to
:the switch, including getting the network guys with test gear
:etc. in the mix.  They never connected.  BX.25 is missing some
:of the OSI protocol layers.
:
:We then spent an incredible amount of time and money to
:develop a BX.25 poller for a cellular switch.  It involved a
:PC and an ARTIC card as well as some intricate C programming.
:The customer decided that tape was better than the solution we
:presented, so we scrapped it wholesale.  I heartily recommend
:paying somebody else to do this if at all possible.  BX.25 = Bad News.
:
:   --buck
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