[ih] TCP adoption in 1984

[vinton cerf]

Correct re: router

On Sun, May 3, 2026, 08:35 Craig Partridge via Internet-history <
internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> The first Internet router is generally believed to be the one created by
> Virginia Travers and Mike Brescia (they were recognized with the IEEE
> Internet award for it about 20 years ago -- I remember a lot of research
> went into confirming their's was, as best one could tell, the first).
>
> I don't recall if it supported Ethernet or simply connected two
> ARPANET-technology networks (of which there were a few at the time).
>
> Craig
>
> On Sun, May 3, 2026 at 1:46 AM Greg Skinner via Internet-history <
> internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>
> > On May 2, 2026, at 11:02 PM, Barbara Denny via Internet-history <
> > internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >  I don't think i have a good grasp of Bridge Communications and what
> > they had and when.
> > > Link below is an interview with Judy Estrin.
> > >
> >
> https://web.archive.org/web/20060428054108/http://www.pbs.org/cringely/nerdtv/transcripts/013.html
> > > barbara
> > >    On Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 09:37:11 PM PDT, Brian E Carpenter via
> > Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Anyone remember when the first Ethernet IP gateway appeared, or who
> did
> > >> it and where?
> > >
> > > I think Noel should answer that. The answer might be "Noel, at MIT,
> > > in 1984" but I don't know the date for sure.
> > >
> > > See
> https://historyofcomputercommunications.info/section/14.18/Proteon/
> > > Of course, Proteon was anti-Ethernet for commercial reasons.
> > >
> > > Regards/Ngā mihi
> > >     Brian Carpenter
> > >
> >
> > The Memoranda of the Project MAC/LCS Computer Systems Research Group
> > authored by or coauthored with Jerome H. Saltzer page contains many
> reports
> > detailing various aspects of that project, including network topologies
> and
> > protocols that ran on those networks. [1] Network Implementation Note #25
> > goes into a fair amount of detail, including a map. [2] Local Network
> Note
> > #32 also includes a map. [3] Noel and Michael Greenwald can probably give
> > more info.
> >
> > --gregbo
> >
> > [1] https://web.mit.edu/~saltzer/www/publications/memos.html#lnn
> > [2] https://web.mit.edu/~saltzer/www/publications/nin/csr-nin-025.pdf
> > [3] https://web.mit.edu/~saltzer/www/publications/lnn/csr-lnn-032.pdf
> >
> > --
> > Internet-history mailing list
> > Internet-history at elists.isoc.org
> > https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-history
> > -
> > Unsubscribe:
> >
> https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/9b6ef0621638436ab0a9b23cb0668b0b?The%20list%20to%20be%20unsubscribed%20from=Internet-history
> >
>
>
> --
> *****
> Craig Partridge's email account for professional society activities and
> mailing lists.
> --
> Internet-history mailing list
> Internet-history at elists.isoc.org
> https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-history
> -
> Unsubscribe:
> https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/9b6ef0621638436ab0a9b23cb0668b0b?The%20list%20to%20be%20unsubscribed%20from=Internet-history
>