[Info-vax] tcpip

[Richard B. Gilbert]

On 11/1/2010 3:59 PM, FredK wrote:
> "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.

The first few times I tried installing and configuring TCP/IP for VMS 
were a nightmare.  The documentation was sparse and had a strained 
relationship with the actual software.  (Keep in mind that this was more 
than twenty years ago!)

By the time I retired, you could RTFM, do as you were told, and have a 
working installation!

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