[HECnet] Area configuration

[Kari Uusim ki]

On Alpha the DECnet License including routing is called DVNETEXT and DVNETRTG on VAX.




On 16.7.2011 1:48, hvlems at zonnet.nl wrote:
Mc ncp def exec type area
Mc ncp set exec state off
@sys$manager:startnet

Provided of course that you have the correct PAK loaded:
dvnetrtg
Net-app-sup-400

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-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Wickens<mark at wickensonline.co.uk>
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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 23:30:49
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The VAX isn't turned on. I can turn it on and try this, but I would expect
the connection to then succeed.

What I'd really like to be able to do is have both Alpha and VAX
configured to act as area routers, so that I can have either switched on
independently, and not have them rely on each other.

There may be an unlikely situation where both are switched on at the same
time, is it an unsupported configuration to have two area routers enabled
at the same time?

I'm presuming setting a box up as an area router requires a sequence of
NCP commands?

Thanks for the help, Mark

On Fri, 15 Jul 2011, hvlems at zonnet.nl wrote:

You always need one area router to connect to nodes outside your area.
With one exception: on a lan with no decnet routers present, nodes can connect irrespective what area tjey're in.
So you need the bridge program AND an area router for yet another decnet node to see all the others.
If your vax is the area router (try mc ncp sho exeec char) does the alpha connect to the vax?
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Onderwerp: [HECnet] Area configuration
Verzonden: 16 juli 2011 00:12

Hi, SteveD is the best person to answer this question, but I'm not sure
whether he's about at the moment.

I'm in my own area, area 4, and I normally run a VAX, BUBBLE which I
believe does area routing.

I'm setting up an Alpha system, but am currently unable to see any other
areas via hecnet. For the most part, either the Alpha or VAX will be
running, but not both.

Do I need to setup the Alpha as an area router also?

Thanks for the help, Mark.

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