[HECnet] Routing changes for LEGATO

[Thomas DeBellis]

You know, I had wondered why APOLLO had dropped offline...

!i dec
  Local DECNET node: VENTI2.  Nodes reachable: 6.
  Accessible DECNET nodes are:    A2RTR    APOLLO    LEGATO TOMMYT    
VENTI2    ZITI
!opr.EXE.1
OPR>ent nc
NCP>shoW adJACENT NODES
NCP>
21:58:41     NCP

Request # 183; Show Adjacent Nodes Summary Completed

       Node       State       Active  Delay  Circuit       Next node
                              links
   2.520 (TOMMYT) Reachable      0       1   NI-0-0       2.520 (TOMMYT)
  2.1023 (A2RTR)  Reachable                  NI-0-0      2.1023 (A2RTR)

NCP>telL a2rtr:: shoW exECUTOR
NCP>
22:01:15     NCP
         Request # 184 Accepted

22:01:16     NCP

Request # 184; Show Executor Node Summary Completed

Executor Node = 2.1023 (A2RTR)

   State = On
   Identification = DECnet/Python Area 2 Router

I needed to use SETNOD to define A2RTR to see it, but other than that I 
haven't noticed anything.

On 2/25/20 8:13 PM, Robert Armstrong wrote:
>
>   I have switched from using LEGATO as the area 2 router to using 
> Paul’s pyDECnet router instead.  I’m very impressed – it doesn’t run 
> under VMS, but other than that pyDECnet does pretty much everything 
> you could want to do with DECnet or HECnet all in a single package.  
> It only took me a couple of hours to get it all set up, and it can 
> manage all the Multinet links and the one “Bilquist Bridge” link that 
> were formerly attached to LEGATO.
>
>   The new router for area 2 is (what else?) A2RTR, 2.1023.  Johnny, 
> please add this node name to your database.
>
>   LEGATO is still there, but it’s been demoted to an L1 router and it 
> doesn’t do anything now except route between HECnet and the real, 
> physical, machines in my house.
>
>   For the people who were/are connected to LEGATO there should be no 
> real difference except that you’ll now see A2RTR on the other end of 
> the link instead. Everything else should work as before.  Let me know 
> if you find some problem.
>
>   And a special thanks to Paul and Supratim for answering my silly 
> questions and helping me set it up.
>
> Bob
>
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