CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Preface

  1      Network Hardware and Software

  1.1     What Is a Network?

  1.2     Why Connect to a Network?

  1.3     Local Area Networks and VAXclusters
    1.3.1      Local Area Networks
      1.3.1.1      Ethernet:  Digital's Local Area Network
    1.3.2      Local Area VAXclusters

  1.4     Networking in a DECnet-VAX Environment

  1.5     Networking in an ULTRIX Environment
    1.5.1      TCP/IP Protocols
    1.5.2      Network File System
    1.5.3      DECnet-ULTRIX Software
    1.5.4      UNIX to UNIX Copy (UUCP) Facility

  1.6     Desktop-VMS Software in a Networked Environment

  1.7     DECnet Distributed System Services Software

  1.8     Network Security:  DESNC Secure Ethernet Controller

  2      Setting Up a Network: Components and Rules

  2.1     ThinWire Components: Cables, Connectors, and Terminators

  2.2     ThinWire Ethernet Rules
    2.2.1      Adding Systems to an Active ThinWire Segment
    2.2.2      Removing Systems from an Active ThinWire Segment
    2.2.3      Lengthening a ThinWire Segment

  2.3     Connecting a Work Group with DECconnect Products

  2.4     Creating a Daisy-Chain Work Group
    2.4.1      Expanding the Daisy-Chain Work Group

  2.5     Setting Up a Combined Daisy-Chain and DECconnect Work Group

  3      Setting Up a Network:  Work Group to Wide Area Network

  3.1     Digital Ethernet Multiport Repeater
    3.1.1      Installing a DEMPR
    3.1.2      Standalone DEMPR Rules
    3.1.3      Standalone Cascading DEMPRs

  3.2     Digital Ethernet Single Port Repeater (DESPR)

  3.3     Baseband Ethernet Transceiver (H4000 and H4005)

  3.4     Digital Ethernet Local Network Interconnect (DELNI)
    3.4.1      Rules for Standalone DELNI with DEMPRs

  3.5     The Ethernet Bridge:  The LAN Bridge 100

  3.6     To Expand a Network:  Start with a Small Work Group
    3.6.1      Add Systems to the ThinWire Segment
    3.6.2      Create a Standalone Work Group
    3.6.3      Create Networked Work Groups
    3.6.4      Plan an Extended Ethernet LAN
    3.6.5      Connect Your Ethernet LAN to a Wide Area Network

  4      Connecting to Standard Ethernet

  4.1     Standard Ethernet Components
    4.1.1      Standard Ethernet Cable
    4.1.2      Transceiver
    4.1.3      Transceiver Drop Cable
    4.1.4      Digital ThinWire Ethernet Station Adapter (DESTA)
    4.1.5      Local Network Interconnect

  4.2     Connecting Systems to Standard Ethernet

  A   Associated Documents

  Glossary
    asynchronous . . . coaxial cable
    communications line . . . DEMPR (Digital Ethernet Multiport Repeater)
    DESNC (Digital Ethernet Secure Controller) . . . hardware
    host system . . . network coordinator (network manger)
    node . . . server
    single-segment LAN . . . TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)
    Teflon cable . . . wide area network (WAN)
    window . . . workstation

  FIGURES

  1-1        Workstation Work Group

  1-2        Network Printing Using the VAX Distributed Queuing Service

  1-3        A Network Secure Environment Provided by DESNC Controllers

  2-1        Connectors

  2-2        Adding a T-Connector to a ThinWire Segment

  2-3        Removing a System from an Active Segment

  2-4        Connecting Two ThinWire Sections

  2-5        Connecting a System to a DECconnect Faceplate

  2-6        Daisy-Chain Configuration

  2-7        Single Segment Configuration

  3-1        DEMPR Installation

  3-2        Standalone Work Groups

  3-3        Standalone Cascading DEMPRs

  3-4        H4000 and H4005 Transceivers

  3-5        Attaching a DEMPR to Standard Ethernet

  3-6        Standalone DELNI with DEMPRs

  3-7        LAN Bridge 100

  3-8        Daisy-Chain Configuration

  3-9        Standalone Work Group Configuration

  3-10       Networked Work Groups

  3-11       Wide Area Network

  4-1        DESTA

  4-2        Workstation Daisy-Chain Configuration

  4-3        Connecting Work Groups to Standard Ethernet

  4-4        Creating an Extended LAN

  4-5        Expanding the Network