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<p>You know, I had wondered why APOLLO had dropped offline...</p>
<p><font size="+1"><tt>!i dec<br>
Local DECNET node: VENTI2. Nodes reachable: 6.<br>
Accessible DECNET nodes are: A2RTR APOLLO LEGATO
TOMMYT VENTI2 ZITI<br>
!opr.EXE.1 <br>
OPR>ent nc<br>
NCP>shoW adJACENT NODES <br>
NCP><br>
21:58:41 NCP<br>
<br>
Request # 183; Show Adjacent Nodes Summary Completed<br>
<br>
Node State Active Delay Circuit Next
node<br>
links<br>
2.520 (TOMMYT) Reachable 0 1 NI-0-0 2.520
(TOMMYT)<br>
2.1023 (A2RTR) Reachable NI-0-0 2.1023
(A2RTR)</tt></font></p>
<p><font size="+1"><tt>NCP>telL a2rtr:: shoW exECUTOR <br>
NCP><br>
22:01:15 NCP<br>
Request # 184 Accepted<br>
<br>
22:01:16 NCP<br>
<br>
Request # 184; Show Executor Node Summary Completed<br>
<br>
Executor Node = 2.1023 (A2RTR)<br>
<br>
State = On<br>
Identification = DECnet/Python Area 2 Router<br>
<br>
</tt></font>I needed to use SETNOD to define A2RTR to see it,
but other than that I haven't noticed anything.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/25/20 8:13 PM, Robert Armstrong
wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> I have switched from using LEGATO as the
area 2 router to using Paul’s pyDECnet router instead. I’m
very impressed – it doesn’t run under VMS, but other than that
pyDECnet does pretty much everything you could want to do with
DECnet or HECnet all in a single package. It only took me a
couple of hours to get it all set up, and it can manage all
the Multinet links and the one “Bilquist Bridge” link that
were formerly attached to LEGATO.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> The new router for area 2 is (what else?)
A2RTR, 2.1023. Johnny, please add this node name to your
database.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> LEGATO is still there, but it’s been
demoted to an L1 router and it doesn’t do anything now except
route between HECnet and the real, physical, machines in my
house.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> For the people who were/are connected to
LEGATO there should be no real difference except that you’ll
now see A2RTR on the other end of the link instead.
Everything else should work as before. Let me know if you
find some problem.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> And a special thanks to Paul and Supratim
for answering my silly questions and helping me set it up.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bob<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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