-----Original Message----- From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Pete Edwards Sent: 29 January 2013 00:29 To: hecnet at update.uu.se Subject: [HECnet] Returning to HECNET 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? [Rob Jarratt] A couple of other options are: 1. Never switch off your router so that it keeps its IP address. In my case (Virgin Media in the UK), my IP address does not change for months at a time, and just ask Johnny (or whoever you peer to), to restart the bridge with a new IP. 2. Persuade someone who has a fixed IP to run the user mode router, if you register your IP with something like DynDns then the user mode router periodically checks for a change of IP. 3. Use the upcoming SIMH emulation of the DMC11, which allows you to connect using TCP to someone else who has a fixed IP. Again you would need to persuade someone who has a static IP to peer with you. But the SIMH emulation does actually do a fresh DNS lookup if the connection goes down, so a change of IP would work in any case. Regards Rob