[HECnet] Decnet connectivity issue

Hello, I currently have 8 simh vax machines on Hecnet all working fine. Its a mix of machines running VMS 3.5 to 7.3 and while some were a bit of a challenge they all talk. I recently configured a Microvax II with MicroVMS 4.6 as well as Decnet 4.6 and assigned it to my area 31.  The network loads without errors and I am able to SET HOST to itself but to no other nodes in my area or vice versa. SHOW KNOWN CIRCUITS shows the hosts I manually defined. SHOW KNOWN CIRCUITS CHARACTERISTICS shows a designated router in my area so its finding that. If I bring a router node down it successfully finds another in the area. The microvax node: Known Circuit Volatile Characteristics as of  5-SEP-1987 11:37:16 Circuit = QNA-0 State                         = on Service                     = disabled Designated router     = 31.278 Cost                          = 4 Router priority           = 64 Hello timer                = 15 Type                         = Ethernet Adjacent node          = 31.278 Listen timer              = 45 The working nodes match with the exception of the circuit. All the other machines are UNA-0 (UNIBUS) and this one is of course QNA-0  Could this be the problem? Brian.