[HECnet] MIM?

[Johnny Eriksson]

supratim sanyal wrote:

> Johnny,

The other Johnny will now give a short answer:

> I am suddenly seeing this from IMPVAX. Not sure what to make of this
> 
> $ dir mim::
> %%%%%%%%%%%  OPCOM  23-OCT-2018 04:15:10.77  %%%%%%%%%%%
> Message from user DECNET on IMPVAX
> DECnet event 4.18, adjacency down
> From node 1.559 (IMPVAX), 23-OCT-2018 04:15:10.77
> Circuit TCP-0-0, Unexpected packet type, Adjacent node = 1.13 (MIM)
> Packet beginning = 010D040140020200002C010000000000

The packet in question is an init packet, used to start up a link.

If tcpdump knew about this, it would look somewhat like:

  Init, 1.13 info 01 size 576 ver 2/0/0 timer 300

Why MIM decided to restart the link is another question.

--Johnny