[HECnet] Returning to HECNET

[Rob Jarratt]

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE]
On Behalf Of Pete Edwards
Sent: 29 January 2013 00:29
To: hecnet at update.uu.se
Subject: [HECnet] Returning to HECNET

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?
[Rob Jarratt] 



A couple of other options are:

1. Never switch off your router so that it keeps its IP address. In my case
(Virgin Media in the UK), my IP address does not change for months at a
time, and just ask Johnny (or whoever you peer to), to restart the bridge
with a new IP.
2. Persuade someone who has a fixed IP to run the user mode router, if you
register your IP with something like DynDns then the user mode router
periodically checks for a change of IP.
3. Use the upcoming SIMH emulation of the DMC11, which allows you to connect
using TCP to someone else who has a fixed IP. Again you would need to
persuade someone who has a static IP to peer with you. But the SIMH
emulation does actually do a fresh DNS lookup if the connection goes down,
so a change of IP would work in any case.

Regards

Rob