Hi Peter, You certainly can connect to me and take a corner of area 29 as required. I have fixed addresses so I imagine you'll be connecting and I'll be listening. Choice of protocol is up to you but it depends on whether you're using one of your RSX nodes as a L1 router or are considering using something like PyDECnet as a router. I don't think I've ever seen area 8 operational though I may have blinked and missed it. Regards Keith -----Original Message----- From: peter(a)whisker.org.uk [mailto:peter@whisker.org.uk] Sent: 12 February 2023 14:56 To: hecnet(a)lists.dfupdate.se Subject: [HECnet] Joining HECnet Hi, I have 20 years experience of PDP-11s and RSX-11M in particular which I haven't used much since 2000, so I have decided to brush up again and have spun up a couple of RSX-11M-PLUS 4.6 nodes in simh. They are happily chatting away over BQ-IP and LAT and I guess the next stage is to request a connection to HECnet. My two geographically nearest node areas are Northolt (UK) and London (UK) - both within 30km of me. It looks like Northolt area 29 (Keith Halewood) might have a main routing node. London is in area 8 with admin Sampsa Laine. I'm just wondering if either of these areas allow new connections ot what is the best way to go? Many thanks Peter Whisker Addlestone, Surrey UK. _______________________________________________ HECnet mailing list -- hecnet(a)lists.dfupdate.se To unsubscribe send an email to hecnet-leave(a)lists.dfupdate.se