[HECnet] HECnet mapper -- request to backbone node operators

[Keith Halewood]

Hi Paul,

I can do area 29 from a29rt2. I’ll upgrade pydecnet tomorrow and set it going

Keith

> On 15 Aug 2020, at 19:44, Paul Koning <paulkoning at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Gentlepeople,
> 
> I've added a new feature to the HECnet mapper (http://akdesign.dyndns.org:8080/map/) to listen for topology change events and do incremental updates of the map as these happen.  You can see this in the current mapper display, which will show "Last incremental change" in the map title block if there has been any incremental change since the last full update.
> 
> For this to be most effective, the mapper needs to be sent these events from at least one router in each area.  A good choice would be the main backbone area router in each area; better still all the backbone area routers if there are several.
> 
> So if you have one of these and are interested in participating, please do the equivalent of this NCP command:
> 
> NCP>set logging monitor events 4.7-10,14-15,18-19 sink node 28nh
> 
> and of course the equivalent permanent command ("define" instead of "set", and perhaps in a different utility at least for the case of RSX).
> 
> If you're running PyDECnet, you need to upgrade to the current version, rev 524.  Then add this line to the config file:
> 
> logging monitor --sink-node 28nh --events 4.7-10,14-15,18-19
> 
> When you set up a router for this, please drop me an email so I know which nodes are currently participating.
> 
> Thanks much,
>    paul
>