[HECnet] Configuring py-decnet.

[David Moylan]

I think you assumed he has a Cisco router :-)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-
> hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Johnny Billquist
> Sent: Saturday, 22 August 2020 9:22 PM
> To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
> Subject: Re: [HECnet] Configuring py-decnet.
> 
> Hi, Thord.
> 
> The RSX manuals are probably partially usable, but there are certainly
> some significant differences in how this works in RSX and RSTS/E as well.
> I noticed that you have phase III manuals for RSTS/E V7 on bitsavers.
> They might be partially helpful as well? (I suspect you already know these.)
> 
> About your setup. Not sure why you have pydecnet there between the
> virtual tap ethernet and real ethernet. Is it implicit that you have two
> pydecnet instances in there, with some distance between them? Because
> from the delqa you can get to the physical ethernet, and if your Cisco
> is on that same ethernet, then I'd say pydecnet is not needed.
> 
>    Johnny
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 2020-08-22 12:29, Thord Nilson wrote:
> > Hello all!
> > I am trying to test up decnet iv on a rsts/e 10.1 system on simh and
> > hopefully connect to hecnet. Currently borrowing a node name/number
> from
> > Peter L.
> >
> > Is the following setup workable/suitable?
> >
> > rsts/e --> delqua --> virtual tap ethernet --> pydecnet -->
> > real-ethernet --> GRE tunnel.
> >
> > Anyone who has done this and willing to share the setup used?
> > Or any good links?
> >
> > I have not found a decnet-iv manual for rsts/e online, but maybe the rsx
> > manuals are usable. Anyone know?
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Thord.
> >
> >
> >
> 
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