[Info-vax] tcpip

[FredK]

"Wilm Boerhout" <wboerhout-deletethis at gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:ian23r$lrq$1 at speranza.aioe.org...
> Edwin Rhodes mentioned  on 1-11-2010 19:12:
>> hi installing vms 7.3 vax, any ideas how to install and configure TCP/IP
>> so i can get telnet up and running? any tutorials etc would be great,
>> thanks ed
>
> read the fine manual, and then
>
> $ @SYS$MANAGER:TCPIP$CONFIG
>
> /wILM

Not being a TCPIP expert, just a code jockey - the response is 
understandable and dissappointing.  I have to say that every time I setup a 
new version of VMS at home (which I tend to do from scratch) - setting up 
TCPIP is always a journey for me because frankly I don't really want to know 
how TCPIP works - I just want an IP address, and have the handful of things 
I need to work to work (like Telnet).  I eventually scribbled down enough 
notes on what to setup so that I don't have to re-figure things out every 
time I do it - and I know that I have at least half my setup wrong... but 
it's functional.

A "VMS TCPIP home setup for a complete network dummy" would have been great 
the first time I did this at home (still would be).  The comprehensive 
documentation is great - but remember that most people turn on their new 
Windows PC, plug it into their cable modem, and "magic" happens for them.

That said - asside from a handful of specific notes on my own setup - I 
don't have anything to point him to either... and I'd probably be embarrased 
to show off the configuration errors I make.