[HECnet] DECnet map, was Re: DECnet/Python

[Dave McGuire]

On 11/5/21 1:11 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
> Yes, that's a typical issue.  Or DNA-compliant equipment that has NICE turned off or restricted.  I looked into using the DECnet MIB to get information out of Cisco routers but that didn't seem to be practical.

   I think Brian has done some work in that area.  Or maybe that was 
just config stanza injection.

> If a Cisco router is visible from a compliant router, it should appear.

   ...and it does, with two tunnels that Peter and I just brought up a 
few minutes ago.

>  But if you have a Cisco router behind another one, the behind one won't be mapped unless there is another router in the same area, one that does speak NICE, so it's seen as reachable.

   So putting a Py router just *on* the network here, separate from the 
GRE tunnels on the Cisco?

            -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
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