[HECnet] Returning to HECNET

[Steve Davidson]

Pete,

The SG1:: and GORVAX:: machines run the Multi-Watch procedures so
connection is usually not a problem.   I prefer that you have your own
area, but it is really not necessary.   You can become part of either
area that furnishes the other end of the link.   Your node will end up
becoming a router anyway - the only question is which area it will
belong to.

-Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE 
[mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Pete Edwards
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 12:36
To: hecnet at update.uu.se
Subject: Re: [HECnet] Returning to HECNET

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