[HECnet] Multinet Tunnel Links defined

[Steve Davidson]

If I remember right Multinet caches the IP address and does not flush it.   Let's not forget that Process Software does not support anything but a reboot!
It is not that big a hit.   In the future the hit will be even less when I make some changes to the startups and the hardware.

So far I have not heard of any complaints when it reboots.   I suspect that no one even notices...   It really does amount to noise.

-Steve 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Rok Vidmar
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 11:15 PM
To: hecnet at update.uu.se
Subject: Re: [HECnet] Multinet Tunnel Links defined

I have written a DCL procedure that does IP address lookups at
predetermined (configurable) intervals.   If it finds a mismatched IP
address it reconfigures the the TCP-0-n (where "n" is the area - in my
case) IP address and schedules a reboot.

    To avoid reboot, did you try
$ ncp set circ TCP-0-n sta off
$ multinet set/decnet/remote=new_IP_addr/device=TCPAn:/connect
$ ncp set circuit TCP-0-n state on cost 9 hello timer 300
    These commands execute without error. I have no means yet to test
if remote address gets really changed.
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Regards, Rok