gerry77 at mail.com wrote:
On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:28:20 -0400 (EDT), you wrote:
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?
What about http://decnet.ipv7.net/files/decnet-bridge_0.7-4.tar.gz ? :-P
See our source,
G. :-)
That's one option, definitely.
A few things should perhaps be pointed out. The config file is not compatible with my bridge program, so people who change need to be aware that they have to modify that.
Also, name lookups can take time, and meanwhile the bridge is stopped. If someone have a seriously bad setup dns, this could means hanging the bridge for half a minute per such host (or more). It also increases the possibilities of cracking. (If someone really is worried about that :-) .
But it do increase the usability if you have dynamic addressed, as well as making it a bit more convenient. :-)
Johnny
Bob Armstrong wrote:
Here s an updated node listing with some of the recent additions. If any
are missing or incorrect, let me know the details and I ll update the list.
http://www.sparetimegizmos.com/Downloads/DCN%20Node%20List.pdf
Can you add 3.34 ROOSTA (simh VAX/VMS 7.2) to that please ? I'll make
that my backup router (and possibly) multinet node.
Thanks,
Chrissie
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 11:46 PM, Bob Armstrong <bob at jfcl.com> wrote:
I'm not sure if my IP address changes or not, but if you're willing we
can try setting it up and see if things work :)
Your IP address is between you and your ISP (and whatever other routers and networking hardware you have at your site). Multinet has to be configured to play correctly with all of that, but that's all up to you.
Have you tested your Multinet installation to be sure it's working ? I.e. can you ping google.com?
And have you configured your DECnet already? What did you use for a node name and address?
Bob
I have tested Multinet and can ping google. According to my roommate,
our IP hasn't changed in months; it may change when we move in a
couple weeks but it'll probably stay the same afterward.
I have not set up DECnet yet, since I figured there would be some
coordination necessary. My node name is/will be LOKI (that's already
the machine name) but I don't have an address yet.
John
--
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
I'm not sure if my IP address changes or not, but if you're willing we
can try setting it up and see if things work :)
Your IP address is between you and your ISP (and whatever other routers and networking hardware you have at your site). Multinet has to be configured to play correctly with all of that, but that's all up to you.
Have you tested your Multinet installation to be sure it's working ? I.e. can you ping google.com?
And have you configured your DECnet already? What did you use for a node name and address?
Bob
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 7:52 PM, Bob Armstrong <bob at jfcl.com> wrote:
John Floren [slawmaster at gmail.com] wrote:
I'd be interested in connecting my Alphastation with Multinet, if
possible. I've got cable internet and all my machines are behind a
router... pointers and directions would be appreciated!
We don't have a guide to doing this; perhaps if I talk you thru it you'll write one for us.
The first step is to download and install Multinet -
http://www.process.com/openvms/hobbyist.html
Bob
Multinet downloaded and installed, Captain!
I'm not sure if my IP address changes or not, but if you're willing we
can try setting it up and see if things work :)
John
--
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
http://www.avanthar.com:8080/nodes/
seems to not be working to list currently active HECnet nodes.
Assuming you have a VMS, RSX or RSTS system AND your node is a routing
node (and your local node database is up to date), you can do
NCP SHOW ACTIVE NODES
to see the nodes that are adjacent to you. You can also do
NCP SHOW KNOWN NODES
to see the up/down (reachable or unreachable) status of every node.
Unfortunately if your node is NOT a routing node then this won't tell you
anything useful. BUT, don't despair - in that case you can ask your
favorite routing node to tell you. On your machine you can say -
NCP TELL LEGATO SHOW KNOWN NODES
and this will actually send the command from your node to NML ("Network
Management Listener") on LEGATO to be executed. You'll see the nodes that
LEGATO thinks are currently up. This will work on any target node where the
owner has been kind enough to enable the default DECnet account, e.g. MIM,
and probably most others too.
Bob
On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Bob Armstrong wrote:
Your safest bet would be to either re-do the VMS install, this time w/o
UCX, or try uninstalling UCX first.
I'm going to try uninstalling UCX. I've done too much configuring and customizing on this puppy to reinstall OpenVMS. :)
Fred
pardon this question but will installing Multinet "upgrade" me
from HP TCP/IP or will it work in conjunction
I've never tried installing both at the same time, but I doubt that
they'll be happy together.
Usually, I just never install UCX (aka HP TCP/IP services for VMS) when
I'm planning to use Multinet.
Your safest bet would be to either re-do the VMS install, this time w/o
UCX, or try uninstalling UCX first.
Bob
On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Bob Armstrong wrote:
The first step is to download and install Multinet -
http://www.process.com/openvms/hobbyist.html
Speaking of Multinet, I've got my Hobbyist License and /register'ed it and /load'ed it. Got the savesets in a directory ready to install, but I thought of something - probably should do this from the console, and in addition - pardon this question but will installing Multinet "upgrade" me from HP TCP/IP or will it work in conjunction? I've never been on this side of OpenVMS before, normally I just run the system that's already been prepared for me on the application side ... :-/
Cheers,
Fred
John Floren [slawmaster at gmail.com] wrote:
I'd be interested in connecting my Alphastation with Multinet, if
possible. I've got cable internet and all my machines are behind a
router... pointers and directions would be appreciated!
We don't have a guide to doing this; perhaps if I talk you thru it you'll write one for us.
The first step is to download and install Multinet -
http://www.process.com/openvms/hobbyist.html
Bob
