29 Dec
2012
29 Dec
'12
2:30 p.m.
On 26 December 2012 09:10, Rob Jarratt <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com> wrote:
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE]
On Behalf Of Johnny Billquist
Sent: 26 December 2012 01:24
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Cc: sampsa at mac.com
Subject: Re: [HECnet] HECnet mapping project
On 2012-12-26 02:13, sampsa at mac.com wrote:
out how
On 26 Dec 2012, at 03:00, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
>
> Yuck. Seriously, if you depend on manual information, it's going to be
broken sooner or later.
>
> I'm not at all clear what the problem is, though. I can, from MIM, tell
which areas are online. And for each area, you can check which nodes are
online in that area. After that, it just becomes a question of figuring the bits are connected.
[...]
You'll have the same problem with Rob's DECnet router... And possibly
other
equipment, or nodes that don't want to talk NICE.
I have just downloaded the spec and will think about how easy it would be to
add this to the router, not that anyone other than me uses it :-(
Well, I tried pretty hard (with you) to get it working, but it really wasn't happy,
was it?
I'm game for some more diagnostics if you fancy?
Stuart