2 May
2018
2 May
'18
11:27 p.m.
On May 2, 2018, at 4:49 PM, Johnny Billquist <bqt
at softjar.se> wrote:
But I'm almost a bit surprised that noone have really stepped up with multinet links
in the US. Is there really noone with the resources and ability to connect potential new
people?
Hi Johnny,
As you know, I have a MULTINET uplink from Eastern US from a SIMH VAX, area 1 only. If I
am guided on how to configure an area router (is it a piece of hardware off eBay? Or
another SIMH vax? Or the same VAX configured differently?) I can support all areas if my
understanding of area routers is correct.
I am also already running an internet-accessible VDE switch; anyone on area 1 can simply
do this and will be connected to you over my MULTINET. All I ask is please enable fstp
using the ?fstp switch when creating the VDE switch locally:
Create VDE switch (DECnet nodes can be plugged into this switch from real or virtual NICs
via vde_plug):
/usr/local/bin/vde_switch -t vde-decnet-tap0 -s /tmp/vde-decnet.ctl -m 666 --mgmt
/tmp/vde-decnet.mgmt --mgmtmode 666 --daemon --fstp
And connect to my public switch which connects to IMPVAX to HECnet via MULTINET:
/usr/local/bin/dpipe /usr/local/bin/vde_plug /tmp/vde-decnet.ctl = /usr/bin/ssh vde0 at
sanyalnet-cloud-vps3.freeddns.org vde_plug
- Supratim