17 Dec
2017
17 Dec
'17
9:23 p.m.
On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 12:13 PM, Mark J. Blair wrote:
Hi there, everybody! I'm a vintage computer
collector in southern California,
USA, and I'm interested in joining HECnet. I thought I'd introduce myself and
then ask some questions on the mailing list before I ask to join the network.
[...]
So now it's time for me to figure out how to join HECnet. I gather that my best
options would be to either use the bridge program, or to set up my VAX-
11/785 emulation to bridge things somehow.
If I use the bridge program running on a Linux box, can I configure it to only
bridge traffic to/from the rest of HECnet? I don't want the traffic between my
local DECnet nodes to leave the house. If the bridge program forwards all
DECnet packets that it sees, then maybe I should learn how to set up my
emulated VAX-11/785 as a router instead?
The router approach would seem to make most sense to me. You could arrange
a point to point link with someone and use a simulated DMR/DMC for connectivity,
or you could dedicate a simulated DEUNA/DELUA without any separate bridge
involved on your end with UDP as the transport. See HELP XU ATTACH.
- Mark