[HECnet] Connections?

[Supratim Sanyal]

> On May 2, 2018, at 4:49 PM, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
> 
> But I'm almost a bit surprised that noone have really stepped up with multinet links in the US. Is there really noone with the resources and ability to connect potential new people?

Hi Johnny,

As you know, I have a MULTINET uplink from Eastern US from a SIMH VAX, area 1 only. If I am guided on how to configure an area router (is it a piece of hardware off eBay? Or another SIMH vax? Or the same VAX configured differently?) I can support all areas if my understanding of area routers is correct.

I am also already running an internet-accessible  VDE switch; anyone on area 1 can simply do this and will be connected to you over my MULTINET. All I ask is please enable fstp using the —fstp switch when creating the VDE switch locally:

Create VDE switch (DECnet nodes can be plugged into this switch from real or virtual NICs via vde_plug):

/usr/local/bin/vde_switch -t vde-decnet-tap0 -s /tmp/vde-decnet.ctl -m 666 --mgmt /tmp/vde-decnet.mgmt --mgmtmode 666 --daemon --fstp

And connect to my public switch which connects to IMPVAX to HECnet via MULTINET:

/usr/local/bin/dpipe /usr/local/bin/vde_plug /tmp/vde-decnet.ctl = /usr/bin/ssh vde0 at sanyalnet-cloud-vps3.freeddns.org vde_plug

- Supratim
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