Sorry about the faulty commands, ALL ought to be CHAR in ncp... That said, I can't emulate your problem. Is DECnet started and if so, before IP was started? Verzonden vanaf mijn BlackBerry 10-smartphone. Origineel bericht Van: Mark Wickens Verzonden: zondag 6 april 2014 23:24 Aan: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Beantwoorden: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Onderwerp: Re: [HECnet] Problems getting decnet configured on IA64 VMS 8.4 On 06/04/2014 20:54, zonnet wrote: What do you get on: $ Mc ncp sho node mim all $ Mc ncp sho node 1.13 all $ mcr ncp show node mim Node Volatile Summary as of 6-APR-2014 21:22:58 %NCP-W-UNRCMP, Unrecognized component , Node $ mcr ncp show node mim all %NCP-E-SYNTAX, command syntax error MIM \ALL\ $ $ mcr ncp show node 1.13 Node Volatile Summary as of 6-APR-2014 21:24:20 Node State Active Delay Circuit Next node Links 1.13 unreachable $ -- http://www.wickensonline.co.uk http://hecnet.eu http://declegacy.org.uk http://retrochallenge.net https://twitter.com/urbancamo