On Tue, 19 Aug 2008, Johnny Billquist wrote:
Dynamic IP addresses are a problem in both cases, and needs manual "fixing" at the "other" end in both cases.
Looks like I'm up that proverbial creek without a paddle. :(
Fred
Sampsa Laine wrote:
I could _probably_ do this, just a few questions:
1. How involved is uninstalling UCX and installing Multinet on top?
2. What's the licensing like for Multinet? Hobbyist?
It's hobbyist licence.
http://www.process.com/openvms/hobbyist.html
When you register, it checks your VMS licence checksum, but I don't know
what it does with it.
3. What does the Multinet need to pass through my firewall? TCP, UDP
or something weirder (GRE etc)?
Port 700 UDP
I've got a static IP and a 1+ mbps uplink, located in London.
--
Chrissie
Fred wrote:
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008, Bob Armstrong wrote:
What's needed to fix that?
We need someone who will run both Johnny's bridge program and a Multinet
connection. I believe both ZARQON and PDSVAX used to do this, but both are
down now.
Off the wall question:
If I ran the bridge and ran Multinet - would that solve my quandry of having a dynamic IP address and being able to get onto HECnet (without someone having to babysit my connection)
Synamic IP addresses are a problem in both cases, and needs manual "fixing" at the "other" end in both cases.
Johnny
I could _probably_ do this, just a few questions:
1. How involved is uninstalling UCX and installing Multinet on top?
2. What's the licensing like for Multinet? Hobbyist?
3. What does the Multinet need to pass through my firewall? TCP, UDP or something weirder (GRE etc)?
I've got a static IP and a 1+ mbps uplink, located in London.
Sampsa
On 19 Aug 2008, at 16:08, Bob Armstrong wrote:
What's needed to fix that?
We need someone who will run both Johnny's bridge program and a Multinet
connection. I believe both ZARQON and PDSVAX used to do this, but both are
down now.
Bob
Bob Armstrong wrote:
What's needed to fix that?
We need someone who will run both Johnny's bridge program and a Multinet
connection. I believe both ZARQON and PDSVAX used to do this, but both are
down now.
Zarqon is back up at the moment (it's nice and cold here ... in
August!), though multinet doesn't seem to be talking to you for some reason.
Chrissie
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008, Bob Armstrong wrote:
What's needed to fix that?
We need someone who will run both Johnny's bridge program and a Multinet
connection. I believe both ZARQON and PDSVAX used to do this, but both are
down now.
Off the wall question:
If I ran the bridge and ran Multinet - would that solve my quandry of having a dynamic IP address and being able to get onto HECnet (without someone having to babysit my connection)
Fred
What's needed to fix that?
We need someone who will run both Johnny's bridge program and a Multinet
connection. I believe both ZARQON and PDSVAX used to do this, but both are
down now.
Bob
At the moment, HECnet is somewhat split, since a central router isn't up and running. So not everyone can reach area 2. :-(
That's sad. :-(
What's needed to fix that?
--Marc
Marc Chametzky wrote:
If anyone wants to try PHONE this evening, I'm logged into my VMS system as DUSTY::MARC. Old fashioned chatting at its best. :-)
(DUSTY is a relatively new node. For those who don't have the address, it's 2.210.)
At the moment, HECnet is somewhat split, since a central router isn't up and running. So not everyone can reach area 2. :-(
Johnny
Sampsa Laine wrote:
Now correct me if I'm wrong but at least my bridge setup file has a DNS address in it, not an IP address. Will Johnny's bridge not work against a DynDNS type setup?
Sorry, but no.
While I do name lookups, I'm not doing it for every packet that goes out, or comes in. It's done at startup, and when the config file is re-read. So if someones address change, the bridge program will "stop working".
Johnny
Sampsa
On 18 Aug 2008, at 21:28, Fred wrote:
Hello all ...
After a bit of communication with a list member off-list, it seems that my dynamic IP address scenario is going to throw a wrench into the works regarding getting on to HECNet. Would someone know of a dynamic-address friendly method? I have DSL here, and switching to cable isn't an option as they block ports and are generally nasty around here. Static DSL is a last resort option as I'd rather not double my DSL bill if I don't have to.
I do not want anyone to have to "babysit" my connection to the network - if there's any babysitting to be done, I'll do it - or write some DCL to automate it, or what-have-you.
Do I have any options?
Cheers,
Fred
