[HECnet] Connections?

[Steve Davidson]

I can do eastern US like I did the bridge.  I have to finish the Tex build though...

-Steve Davidson

Sent from my iPhone

> On Apr 29, 2018, at 12:23, Jeroen Brons <idiotoflinux at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> i''m Also in the Netherlands, but because of my ISP my IP isnt exactly static (although it stays the same most of the time...), and as it's running at home im willing to run  a bridge but i cannot guarantee uptime
>> Op 29 apr. 2018, om 18:19 heeft Hans Vlems <hvlems at zonnet.nl> het volgende geschreven:
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>> Johnny
>> 
>> My connection to Hecnet is thru your site with your bridge program. It runs on a Fedora (17) system that also hosts A44RTR.
>> 
>> None of my systems run Multinet, and A44RTR runs VAX/VMS V7.3 and DECnet phase IV. It may be converted to run phase V if that would help you. 
>> 
>> My internet connection is ADSL2+ which translates to 11 Mb/s downstream and less than 400 kb/s upstream. Not bloody useful as a hub, then again Netherlands is not exactly in southern Europe. 
>> 
>> Hans
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>> 
>> Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPhone
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>>> Op 29 apr. 2018 om 17:52 heeft Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> het volgende geschreven:
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>>> Guys. I figure I should try to get a more formalized handling of connections to HECnet.
>>> 
>>> With my bridge, it's mostly just people connecting to me, but this is not a solution that scales very well, so in general I now try to discourage people from this option. When possible, I prefer to move people away from it.
>>> 
>>> Multinet on the other hand scales well. And is possible to use directly both in VMS and RSX. However, it is silly and inefficient if all multinet links are to go to me. So I'm thinking about identifying a few people/places elsewhere in the world, which can be used for connections where it makes more sense for a somewhat closer point of connection.
>>> 
>>> So, I would go on dealing with Europe. Might at some point be that we'd like a second point in the south of Europe, but that is not a high priority right now.
>>> 
>>> However, for the US, it would be nice if we could identify a location on each coast, which have a capable system, and normally is always online, and which have a good bandwidth, and would be willing to setup connections to new machines that want to come online.
>>> 
>>> So, are there any takers? I'll continue to be the first point of contact when people come asking, but I'd be happy if I could redirect them to the appropriate person once we have figured out a few basic details.
>>> And then these two persons can work on establishing the actual link.
>>> 
>>> Johnny
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Johnny Billquist                  || "I'm on a bus
>>>                                ||  on a psychedelic trip
>>> email: bqt at softjar.se             ||  Reading murder books
>>> pdp is alive!                     ||  tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
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