[HECnet] Config Details Required

On 8 Sep 2013, at 11:58, Robert 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 Mark Darvill Sent: 08 September 2013 16:19 To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Subject: Re: [HECnet] Config Details Required On 08/09/2013 15:45, Robert Jarratt wrote: -----Original Message----- From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner- hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Johnny Billquist Sent: 08 September 2013 14:52 To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Subject: Re: [HECnet] Config Details Required On 2013-09-08 15:48, Mark Darvill wrote: HI, I will be bringing up a new decnet area on hecnet (Area 22) in the near future. Can I please have info on the peering for IP and any other config details that may help. I will be using a DECbrouter 90 (Cisco) V11.1. So, anyone know if the DECrouter will do, and who would be willing to act as a peer? Johnny -- Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus || on a psychedelic trip email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol Hmmm... Didn't know much about DECbrouter until I looked it up following these emails. If I have it right (http://manx.classiccmp.org/collections/mds- 199909/cd2/network/decbrom a.pdf) all DECbrouters have only one Ethernet interface and a one or more (depending on model) WAN connections using synchronous serial lines. I am wondering how this could be used on HECnet. I don't think anyone offers any synchronous serial way into HECnet, or am I wrong? That leaves the one Ethernet interface. To be able to use that would need the bridge (or my user mode router, or some other hardware router) to be on the same LAN. But at that point there wouldn't be a lot of point having the DECbrouter as it would not have anything to route. Have I missed something? Is the DECbrouter 90 (Cisco) a different beast? Regards Rob I should be able to set up the DECbrouter 90 as a one armed router behind my main internet Router which is a Cisco 1800. All I need it for is to encapsulate DECnet and then forward it to a peer via my internet connected router. It won't be the highest performance but it will get the Area up, I can then change it at a later date if required. BTW, my Cisco 1800 does not support DECnet or GRE so this is not an option. Does anyone have any peering info or the config used either on a Cisco or DECbrouter. Thanks, Mark Ah, I think I get it now I didn't realise it could do this. So it might be another way for me to get onto HECnet using some real hardware, it might be fun to try that. I have a DEChub to put one of these into. Do all DECbrouter models do this? Or might I need a firmware update? I think I want a DECbrouter to play with now. Regards Rob