[HECnet] Configuring py-decnet.

[Supratim Sanyal]

I believe he is running slackware 14.2 with 5.2.2 kernel and a pretty recent 
Simh 6fdc4474

Lots of people seem to prefer Slackware as the host ... someday need to try it
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Supratim Sanyal, W1XMT
39.19151 N, 77.23432 W
QCOCAL::SANYAL via HECnet


> On Aug 22, 2020, at 7:38 AM, David Moylan <djm at wiz.net.au> wrote:
> 
> PyDECnet certainly does GRE. That's why we all love Paul's work so much. It contains support for GRE, Multinet and your bridge code all in the one product.
> I was able to move from my old Cisco router across to PyDECnet and maintain all of my existing GRE tunnels with no reconfiguration.
> 
> From what I interpret, Thord is running an emulated RSTS/E system on simh and wants to run PyDECnet on the same host to establish a connection upstream.
> 
> Thord - I have a similar setup, but I'm running VMS. Here's how I have it setup:
> 
> - my host running is Ubuntu 18.04.2
> - physical Ethernet (it's called "ens160" because I run VMware)
> - tap interfaces for each of my VMS simh machines
> - a tap interface for PyDECnet
> - I bring all of my tap interfaces and my physical ethernet together into a bridge interface
> - the bridge interface has my IP address bound to it.
> 
> PyDECnet is setup with the first circuit connected to the tap adapter I reserved for PyDECnet above.
> I then have circuit entries for each of the connections to the other area routers and end nodes I am connected to on HECnet.
> 
> I assume that you should be able to achieve the same with RSTS/E on simh.
> 
> Let me know if you want more specific details (and let me know what your OS version etc is). I can provide more granular configuration information on my setup which you should be able to use as a template for your own setup.
> 
> Cheers, Wiz!!
> 
>> -----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 9:27 PM
>> To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
>> Subject: Re: [HECnet] Configuring py-decnet.
>> 
>> Indeed I did. I must admit that the picture is unclear. If we're talking
>> GRE using pydecnet (does it do GRE?), then why the ethernet jump between
>> pydecnet and GRE? There do need to some something between the
>> ethernet
>> and GRE tunnel. My assumption was probably premature.
>> 
>>   Johnny
>> 
>>> On 2020-08-22 13:23, David Moylan wrote:
>>> 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.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> 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
>> 
>> --
>> 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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