[HECnet] Intermittent Connection with PyDECnet?

[Rob Jarratt]

Is the issue about changing IP addresses, or is it about latency causing circuits to go up and down?

Regards

Rob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE <owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE> On Behalf
> Of Keith Halewood
> Sent: 02 March 2020 10:03
> To: hecnet at update.uu.se
> Subject: Re: [HECnet] Intermittent Connection with PyDECnet?
> 
> You just need to connect to someone with a fixed IP address and let them know
> that you’ll more down than up.
> 
> > On 2 Mar 2020, at 05:34, Mark J. Blair <nf6x at nf6x.net> wrote:
> >
> > No, I'm not complaining about intermittent connectivity with PyDECnet; I'm
> asking if it's possible!
> >
> > I don't have persistent Internet connectivity or a fixed IP address at my just-
> barely-rural home. When my home network is connected to the Internet, it's
> tethered over my cell phone. And even then, my cell service is spotty. I could
> possibly resume using a separate hotspot at home rather than my regular cell
> phone, but even when I was doing that, my connectivity wasn't great. Cell
> service in my neighborhood isn't very good via either AT&T or Verizon, and
> wired connectivity is not available.
> >
> > Would any of the DECnet routing mechanisms supported by PyDECnet
> possibly be suitable for intermittent connection of my home network, with a
> small number of DECnet nodes, to HECnet? Or am I just going to have to
> remain a HECnet spectator until I manage to obtain better Internet
> connectivity?
> >
> > --
> > Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
> > http://www.nf6x.net/
> >