[HECnet] Returning to HECNET

[Steve Davidson]

The Multi-Watch procedures are by name.   It relies on dynamic DNS.   All
of this information is kept in a (very) simple, human-readable database.

GORVAX:: is setup to cover Europe and SG1:: is setup to cover the US.
That said, each machine does provide a backup link to certain machines
regardless of location.

-Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE 
[mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Paul_Koning at Dell.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 12:52
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: Re: [HECnet] Returning to HECNET

Can it handle connections by name, where the changing address 
is handled through dynamic DNS?   If so, you could use 
dyndns.org or an equivalent service to get a fixed name for 
your varying address.

	paul

On Jan 29, 2013, at 12:35 PM, Pete Edwards wrote:

Ok maybe I need to re-phrase the question.
My ISP now only offers me a dynamic IP address.
My understanding is that Johnny's bridge program is not tolerant of 
changing IP addresses. Is that still the case?
So based on Sampsa's answer I can connect via a Multinet tunnel and 
there's at least one Hecnet member (Steve Davidson) who can 
keep that 
connected even if the IP address changes?
Would that mean I need to move into another area or request 
an area to myself?

Top-posting on top of a top-posted reply :) On 29 January 
2013 00:30,   
<sampsa at mac.com> wrote:
Well Steve Davidson has built a system for updating IP 
addresses of MULTINET circuits - it seems to work pretty well.


sampsa


On 29 Jan 2013, at 02:29, Pete Edwards 
<stimpy.u.idiot at gmail.com> wrote:

Hi All,

After a rather suddenly enforced break over 2 years ago I'm in a 
position where I can try and get back onto HECNET.
I've renewed my VMS PAKs and have a couple of simh VMS 
7.3 instances up again.
Unfortunately when I dropped off back then I lost my 
static IP, so 
step one, I guess, is asking this: What are the current 
best options 
the group has found to deal with dynamic addresses?
Alas FLETCH (1.100), my VS4000/60 has suffered some kind of disk 
trauma during the intervening 2 house moves so it might 
be a while 
before I can connect a physical system.

Nice to see the return of the mapping project too - rather more 
elegant than my own short-lived efforts.
Cheers,
Pete
--
Pete Edwards
"There's a man with a mullet going mad with a mallet in 
Millets!" - 
HMHB




--
Pete Edwards
"There's a man with a mullet going mad with a mallet in Millets!" - 
HMHB