[HECnet] SIMH + OpenVMS 7.3 + Multinet 5.4

[Mark Pizzolato]

On Friday, May 1, 2020 at 5:17 AM, Serguei wrote:
>   I have problem with multinet configuration wifi connection adapter on SIMH +
> OpenVMS :
> 
> on windows machine
> 
> ipconfig/all
> 
> 
> Адаптер беспроводной локальной сети Подключение по локальной сети*
> 9:
> 
>     Состояние среды. . . . . . . . : Среда передачи недоступна.
>     DNS-суффикс подключения . . . . . :
>     Описание. . . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter
>     Физический адрес. . . . . . . . . : F4-6D-04-5D-XX-XX
>     DHCP включен. . . . . . . . . . . : Да
>     Автонастройка включена. . . . . . : Да
> 
> Адаптер беспроводной локальной сети Подключение по локальной сети*
> 10:
> 
>     Состояние среды. . . . . . . . : Среда передачи недоступна.
>     DNS-суффикс подключения . . . . . :
>     Описание. . . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter #2
>     Физический адрес. . . . . . . . . : F4-6D-04-5D-XX-XX
>     DHCP включен. . . . . . . . . . . : Да
>     Автонастройка включена. . . . . . : Да
> 
> Адаптер беспроводной локальной сети Беспроводная сеть 2:
> 
>     DNS-суффикс подключения . . . . . :
>     Описание. . . . . . . . . . . . . : ASUS USB-N53 802.11a/b/g/n Network Adapter
>     Физический адрес. . . . . . . . . : F4-6D-04-5D-XX-XX
> 
>     IPv4-адрес. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.72(Основной)
>     Маска подсети . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> 
> simh> sim> show xq eth
> ETH devices:
>   eth0   \Device\NPF_{FADA2DEF-CA7F-4ED2-B069-4AEAE1F41D93}
> (╧юфъы■ўхэшх яю ыюъры№эющ ёхЄш* 10)
>   eth1   \Device\NPF_{CEF74F36-25AA-40AC-806D-2B1955F2AD1F}
> (┴хёяЁютюфэр  ёхЄ№ 2)
>   eth2   \Device\NPF_{EBA88B87-F500-4424-B6F4-A53E9963AA46}
> (╧юфъы■ўхэшх яю ыюъры№эющ ёхЄш* 9)
>   eth3   nat:{optional-nat-parameters} (Integrated NAT (SLiRP) support)
>   eth4   udp:sourceport:remotehost:remoteport (Integrated UDP bridge
> support)
> 
> so i take MAC from ASUS USB-N53 802.11a/b/g/n Network Adapter and put it
> into vax.ini
> 
> SET XQ ENABLED
> SET XQ MAC=F4-6D-04-5D-XX-XX
> ATTACH XQ eth2
> 
> inside multinet i see
> 
> $ multinet config
> MultiNet Network Configuration Utility V5.4(109) [Reading in MAXIMUM
> configuration from MULTINET:MULTINET.EXE] [Reading in configuration from
> MULTINET:NETWORK_DEVICES.CONFIGURATION]
> NET-CONFIG>show
> Interface                                Adapter     CSR Address Flags/Vector
> ---------                                ------- -----------    ------------
> se0      (Shared VMS Ethernet/FDDI)       -NONE- -NONE-       -NONE-
>            [TCP/IP: 192.168.1.72, IP-SubNet: 255.255.255.0,
> IP-Broadcast: 192.168.1.255]
>            [VMS Device: XQA0, Link Level: Ethernet ]
> 
> 
> Official Host Name:             omega
> Default IP Route:               192.168.1.254
> Timezone:                       GMT
> Timezone Rules:                 GMT
> Load UCX $QIO driver:           TRUE
> Load PWIP (Pathworks) driver:   TRUE
> 
> 
> $ multinet show/route
> MultiNet IP Routing tables at  1-MAY-2020 15:15:10.24:
> Destination Gateway                                    Flags Refcnt Use      Interface  MTU
> ------------------------------------
> ------------------------------------       -----        ------ -----
> ---------  ----
> DEFAULT-GATEWAY 192.168.1.254                              U,G,S
> 0 0        se0        1500
> LOCALHOST LOCALHOST                                  U,H,Local    0
> 0        lo0        1536
> 192.168.1/24                               192.168.1.72
>                               U            0      0 se0        1500 MultiNet IPv6 Routing tables at  1-
> MAY-2020 15:15:10.29:
> Destination Gateway                                    Flags Refcnt Use      Interface  MTU
> ------------------------------------
> ------------------------------------       -----        ------ -----
> ---------  ----
> ::0001 ::0001                                     U,H,Local    0
> 0        lo0        1536
> 
> multinet ping 192.168.1.72 is ok
> 
> multinet ping 192.168.1.254 (gateway) says:
> 
> MULTINET_PING: wrote 64 chars to 192.168.1.254: %MULTINET-F-
> EHOSTDOWN, Host is down
> 
> what i am doing wrong? wrong MAC? wrong eth ? wrong IP?

You don't mention what you're using for pcap on your system.
Is it WinPcap?  Is it Npcap?  If, Npcap is it the latest version?

The selection of your MAC address may or may not matter 
depending on if you've got either DECnet or VMS Clustering 
configured on the VAX system.

Beyond this, it also seems that you have possibly configured 
MultiNet with the same IP address as your host system.

I recommend starting with a Wired network setup before 
trying Wireless.  Depending on what you're trying to do,
you may have success with the wireless setup if you use 
NAT.  If you use NAT, you should ALSO configure 
MultiNet with a completely different network address 
than the network being used by your WiFi network.

Good Luck,

- Mark