> Anders Magnusson wrote:
> > 
> > >
> > > So, I could imagine using CI as a link layer for IP just like
> > > Ethernet. Anyone ever tried that or knows otherwise that it
> > > cannot work?
> > >
> > Yes, it is supported in Ultrix and works well (we have used it for
> > several years). It runs about 70Mbit with an MTU of around 8K.
> 
> Yes! Cool. Now you do use the star coupler as a hub, don't you?
> Are all 4 CI connectors used for a single VAX-to-starcoupler link?
> If not, and if a crossover VAX-to-VAX link would be physically
> possible, one could build sort of a ring network where every
> VAX connects to two neighbors and all do link-layer bridging.
> 
Yes, I use starcouplers. I don't know if it will work without, I
have dozens of starcouplers around so I have never tried anything else.

-- Ragge