[HECnet] Intermittent Connection with PyDECnet?

Mark, You haven't said how you plan to connect on your end (or if you did, I missed it). Are you going to run Multinet on VMS, either on a real machine or simulated? Or are you going to run Paul's pyRouter (requires a Linux or some *nix box)? There are other choices, like GRE on a Cisco router, but unless you have one of those it's not an option. If you're going to use Multinet on VMS, then SSH et al is a non-starter because Multinet doesn't do that. If you want pyRouter to talk to pyRouter, then I guess we can do whatever Paul is willing to implement. And you'll have only one connection to me for all your machines. Whatever you connect to me will serve as a DECnet router for the rest of your machines, and you'll have to set up some kind of local network at your location to interconnect all of them. And the idea of a Ham radio AX.25 connection is cute but it's not realistic. A) we're too far apart (I live in Silicon Valley) for anything other than an HF connection and that'd be agonizingly slow, b) can't really leave an HF transceiver running unattended all the time, and c) the legalities of using ham radio for Internet connections are tricky at best (the FCC doesn't allow amateur radio to be used for any commercial purposes). Sorry. Bob -----Original Message----- From: Hecnet-list [mailto:hecnet-list-bounces+bob=jfcl.com at lists.sonic.net] On Behalf Of Mark J. Blair Sent: Monday, March 2, 2020 9:56 AM To: hecnet at update.uu.se Subject: Re: [HECnet] Intermittent Connection with PyDECnet? wrote: stations? Is IP over radio a ridiculous idea? DECnet-over-AX25 appeals to my sense of whimsy, even if it's not remotely practical! If Bob and I have a clear line of sight (extremely unlikely), then a microwave link is also possible. I do have a half-finished project to put in a microwave link between my folks' house and mine, but their connectivity isn't much better. They have DSL and a cellular hotspot; at least one of those links is up frequently, but not always. :) -- Mark J. Blair <nf6x at nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/ _______________________________________________ Hecnet-list mailing list Hecnet-list at lists.sonic.net https://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/hecnet-list