Re: Why no HDLC on the OR-HS?

Stephen Fisher (lithium@cia-g.com)
Wed, 21 May 1997 18:19:32 -0600 (MDT)

Does anyone know if HDLC works between vendors? Surely it does.. but I
haven't ever tried.

On Wed, 21 May 1997, Charlie Clemmer wrote:

> If only Cisco created HDLC......
>
> I believe you'll find that the three main router vendors (Cisco, Bay,
> 3Com) do support HDLC. That doesn't mean that you can interoperate with
> any of these by using HDLC, but it does work in a single vendor
> environment.
>
> When you need to interoperate, you need protocols like Frame Relay or
> PPP to do so.
>
> Perhaps that's why Livingston only supports those protocols? What's the
> benefit of adding HDLC to a Livingston box if it can interoperate with
> other vendors?