Pete, The SG1:: and GORVAX:: machines run the Multi-Watch procedures so connection is usually not a problem. I prefer that you have your own area, but it is really not necessary. You can become part of either area that furnishes the other end of the link. Your node will end up becoming a router anyway - the only question is which area it will belong to. -Steve -----Original Message----- From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Pete Edwards Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 12:36 To: hecnet at update.uu.se Subject: Re: [HECnet] Returning to HECNET Ok maybe I need to re-phrase the question. My ISP now only offers me a dynamic IP address. My understanding is that Johnny's bridge program is not tolerant of changing IP addresses. Is that still the case? So based on Sampsa's answer I can connect via a Multinet tunnel and there's at least one Hecnet member (Steve Davidson) who can keep that connected even if the IP address changes? Would that mean I need to move into another area or request an area to myself? Top-posting on top of a top-posted reply :) On 29 January 2013 00:30, <sampsa at mac.com> wrote: Well Steve Davidson has built a system for updating IP addresses of MULTINET circuits - it seems to work pretty well. sampsa On 29 Jan 2013, at 02:29, Pete Edwards <stimpy.u.idiot at gmail.com> wrote: Hi All, After a rather suddenly enforced break over 2 years ago I'm in a position where I can try and get back onto HECNET. I've renewed my VMS PAKs and have a couple of simh VMS 7.3 instances up again. Unfortunately when I dropped off back then I lost my static IP, so step one, I guess, is asking this: What are the current best options the group has found to deal with dynamic addresses? Alas FLETCH (1.100), my VS4000/60 has suffered some kind of disk trauma during the intervening 2 house moves so it might be a while before I can connect a physical system. Nice to see the return of the mapping project too - rather more elegant than my own short-lived efforts. Cheers, Pete -- Pete Edwards "There's a man with a mullet going mad with a mallet in Millets!" - HMHB -- Pete Edwards "There's a man with a mullet going mad with a mallet in Millets!" - HMHB