[HECnet] MULTINET + DECnet over ip

When I helped Ales set up his DECnet over a multinet TCP/IP connection, I gave him an additional .COM file to be executed (by systartup_vms) after the @....multinet...startup.com line. This was to bypass the multinet:decnet-circuits.com file which overwrites circuits configured by multinet commands and whose defaults are useless. Within that procedure, I had commented out the loading of the tcpdriver because that is done by multinet:decnet-circuits.com but ONLY when you have previously had some circuits defined. So, if you're using the separate command procedure solution and have never defined any tcp circuits with multitnet commands, you will have to uncomment the line that loads the driver. I think I probably caused more trouble than solving anything though I find it more difficult to describe how multinet overwrites config files when it does so. So, the second line is only commented out if multnet already loads tcpdriver. $ SysGen:=$SysGen $ SysGen Load Multinet:TCPDriver $ sysgen connect tcpa0:/noadapter/driver=tcpdriver $ multinet set/decnet/device=tcpa0:/tcp=connect/buffers=24 /remote=xx.xx.xx.xx/port=60012/connect $! $ if F$GetDVI("_NET0:","EXISTS") Then Goto DECnet_Ok $ Write Sys$Output "MultiNet: DECnet not started; not starting DECnet over IP circuits" $ Exit $DECnet_Ok: $ mcr ncp set line TCP-0-0 state on set circuit TCP-0-0 state on cost 3 hello timer 300 $ exit -----Original Message----- From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Robert Armstrong Sent: 04 May 2020 15:53 To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Subject: RE: [HECnet] MULTINET + DECnet over ip The NET0 device is created when you start DECnet - it has nothing to do with Multinet. You need to make sure the "START/NETWORK DECNET" line in your SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM file comes before you try to start up Multinet. Bob