Re: SNA

[Johnny Helms <Johnny.Helms@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Larry.  Yes we are in the middle of a token-ring to ethernet conversion.
LOTS OF FUN for those who haven't done this yet.  I created the controllers
and devices and they are active.  How can I test to make sure they are working?
I don't believe we will use it for passthru yet.  I was hoping to test it
and make sure
it is working then at some point delete the old controllers and device
descriptions
from the token-ring side and rename the controllers and devices on  the
ethernet side
to the old names from the  token-ring.  I guess I am trying to stay away
from a lot of 
change network attributes, etc.   Any comments or suggestions?


>Johnny,
>
>  You certainly CAN do this but it is not as simple as it would seem. 
>First off the T/R is probably going to be faster anyway unless it is
>4MB and the Ethernet is 100. Are you looking for more bandwidth or are
>you migrating from T/R to Ethernet?
>
>  Creating the second connection is not too difficult:  You will need
>controllers (different names of course) on each Ethernet line. I
>believe the only difference between these and the ones on the T/R line
>is that they need a different APPN Transmission Group number.  You
>will also need devices (different names again) and these must specify
>different Mode names (Probably new one that you created based on the
>default in the network attributes).  To use the new link you must
>specify the Mode name assigned on the Ethernet devices.  (In
>STRPASTHR, CRTDDMF etc)
>
>  Hope this helps.
>
>  - Larry.
>
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------Johnny Helms------
Rock Hill Telephone Co. 
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