[HECnet] HECnet mapping project

[Stuart Martin]

On 26 December 2012 09:10, Rob Jarratt <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com> wrote:


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE]
> On Behalf Of Johnny Billquist
> Sent: 26 December 2012 01:24
> To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
> Cc: sampsa at mac.com
> Subject: Re: [HECnet] HECnet mapping project
>
> On 2012-12-26 02:13, sampsa at mac.com wrote:
> >
> > On 26 Dec 2012, at 03:00, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Yuck. Seriously, if you depend on manual information, it's going to be
> broken sooner or later.
> >>
> >> I'm not at all clear what the problem is, though. I can, from MIM, tell
> which areas are online. And for each area, you can check which nodes are
> online in that area. After that, it just becomes a question of figuring
out how
> the bits are connected.
  
[...]  
  
>
> You'll have the same problem with Rob's DECnet router... And possibly
other
> equipment, or nodes that don't want to talk NICE.



I have just downloaded the spec and will think about how easy it would be to
add this to the router, not that anyone other than me uses it :-(

Well, I tried pretty hard (with you) to get it working, but it really wasn't happy, was it?

I'm game for some more diagnostics if you fancy?

Stuart