2 Aug
2020
2 Aug
'20
2:15 a.m.
Thanks for the suggestions Wiz and yes I'd be happy to route connections for others in
NZ. So far I am only aware of one other DEC enthusiast that might be interested but
I've not talked about HECnet to others yet.
I'm very happy with the connection to Bob, it's working well and the host machine
is comfortably housed in my work server room. While it is an end node only, I can VPN to
that machine from anywhere (via Cisco of course) for console access.
The number of free HECnet areas looks a bit limited and I don't want to request a
whole area for the limited interest here so far. We'll have to see how things go
though.
John
On 2/08/2020, at 11:35, David Moylan <djm at
wiz.net.au> wrote:
?
Hi John,
you have addresses allocated in Bob's area 2.XXX which means you can only have a
connection across to Bob. if you want to run multiple connections to multiple other area
routers, you would need to be running your own area.
if you are in a situation where the machine running your multinet connection may be
up/down and this affects your connectivity then my recommendation would be to setup a
machine running pyDECnet.
if you have bigger plans to run as a hub for NZ and may have other people interested in
hooking up to you then I would speak to Johnny and see if he is able to allocate you an
area. you could then establish multiple GRE tunnels via your Cisco router, or setup a
dedicated pyDECnet machine which then gives you the flexibility to run both GRE and
Multinet both upstream and downstream.
cheers, Wiz!!
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE <owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE> on behalf of Dave
McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>
Sent: Sunday, 2 August 2020 8:10:41 AM
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: Re: [HECnet] Hello from New Zealand
On 8/1/20 5:53 PM, John Yaldwyn wrote:
On the subject of Cisco (and hijacking my own
thread) ...
While I joined the HECnet with a connection via Bob Armstrong using the MultiNet
software, I'm on the lookout for another connection using Cisco for some more
machines.
I'm particularly interested in Cisco networking and I'd like to explore a DECnet
over GRE connection implementation.
This would also have the advantage of keeping routing through the always-on Cisco box and
avoid MultiNet which would not be an option for my PDP-11/24 restoration project.
Looking at Paul's wonder map for hardware Ciscos my options might be a connection
perhaps via Dave or Ian McLaughlin?
I hit "send" before my brain was fully engaged. We can set it up
manually if you're hot to do it before Brian can get to it; let me know.
It's nice to hear of another 11/24. Those are really nice machines;
I have one that was at LSSM for awhile and now it's here in my lab. I
have the CIS option in it, and I have an FPF-11 that I will add the next
time I have the machine open.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA