<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Ales sent me a email yesterday and I set up a end point for him. Let me know if it in still needed.<div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div>Supratim<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">---</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Supratim Sanyal, W1XMT</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">39.19151 N, 77.23432 W</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">QCOCAL::SANYAL via <a href="http://www.update.uu.se/~bqt/hecnet.html">HECnet</a></span></div></div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On May 4, 2020, at 12:18 PM, Keith Halewood <<a href="mailto:Keith.Halewood@pitbulluk.org">Keith.Halewood@pitbulluk.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>When I helped Ales set up his DECnet over a multinet TCP/IP connection, I gave him an additional .COM file to be executed (by systartup_vms) after the @....multinet...<a href="http://startup.com">startup.com</a> line. This was to bypass the multinet:<a href="http://decnet-circuits.com">decnet-circuits.com</a> file which overwrites circuits configured by multinet commands and whose defaults are useless.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Within that procedure, I had commented out the loading of the tcpdriver because that is done by multinet:<a href="http://decnet-circuits.com">decnet-circuits.com</a> but ONLY when you have previously had some circuits defined. So, if you're using the separate command procedure solution and have never defined any tcp circuits with multitnet commands, you will have to uncomment the line that loads the driver. I think I probably caused more trouble than solving anything though I find it more difficult to describe how multinet overwrites config files when it does so.</span><br><span></span><br><span>So, the second line is only commented out if multnet already loads tcpdriver.</span><br><span></span><br><span>$ SysGen:=$SysGen</span><br><span>$ SysGen Load Multinet:TCPDriver</span><br><span>$ sysgen connect tcpa0:/noadapter/driver=tcpdriver $ multinet set/decnet/device=tcpa0:/tcp=connect/buffers=24 /remote=xx.xx.xx.xx/port=60012/connect</span><br><span>$!</span><br><span>$ if F$GetDVI("_NET0:","EXISTS") Then Goto DECnet_Ok</span><br><span>$ Write Sys$Output "MultiNet: DECnet not started; not starting DECnet over IP circuits"</span><br><span>$ Exit</span><br><span>$DECnet_Ok:</span><br><span>$ mcr ncp</span><br><span>set line TCP-0-0 state on</span><br><span>set circuit TCP-0-0 state on cost 3 hello timer 300</span><br><span>$ exit</span><br><span></span><br><span>-----Original Message-----</span><br><span>From: <a href="mailto:owner-hecnet@Update.UU.SE">owner-hecnet@Update.UU.SE</a> [<a href="mailto:owner-hecnet@Update.UU.SE">mailto:owner-hecnet@Update.UU.SE</a>] On Behalf Of Robert Armstrong</span><br><span>Sent: 04 May 2020 15:53</span><br><span>To: <a href="mailto:hecnet@Update.UU.SE">hecnet@Update.UU.SE</a></span><br><span>Subject: RE: [HECnet] MULTINET + DECnet over ip</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Serguei <<a href="mailto:melehov@sypp.ru">melehov@sypp.ru</a>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>seems like multinet set/decnet/remote=X.X.X.X /device=tcpa0: /connect </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>/tcp=connect /buffers=24 not creates _NET0: device. but no errors is </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>displayed. Anyone knows what could be problem?</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span> The NET0 device is created when you start DECnet - it has nothing to do with Multinet. You need to make sure the "START/NETWORK DECNET" line in your <a href="http://systartup_vms.com">SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM</a> file comes before you try to start up Multinet.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Bob</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>