Re: SDLC & Network configuration Help?

Mike,

Thanks.

I will forward this to the Sprint tech. I knew the Perle could be switched to 
use
ethernet but at this time we don't want to swap the cards out of the Perles.

Roger Vicker, CCP

Mike Buglass wrote:

> Roger,
> When configuring an SDLC connection on a Cisco router, a virtual MAC address
> is assigned for Datalink Switching to transport over the network. This is
> configured manually in the router - you can use any address from the locally
> administered range (the values you can enter for the MAC address on the
> ethernet line) provided it is not already being used on your network.
> If you are using Dlsw then you do not need to connect your main AS/400 via
> serial ports at all - the router can simply use the virtual MAC address to
> send the data over the ethernet. You can also configure the Perle
> controllers to communicate over the ethernet instead of using SDLC.
> --
> Mike Buglass
> Technical Consultant
> DCS eIntegration
> Nottingham, United Kingdom
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