[Info-vax] DECnet connection problem

[Hans Vlems]

On Oct 6, 6:01 am, Dennis Grevenstein <dennis.grevenst... at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Kenneth Fairfield <ken.fairfi... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > DECnet versions (Phase IV or V on each systems)?
> > The VAX 5.5 will certainly be Phase IV.  I *expect*
> > the VAX 7.3 will also be Phase IV but could be Phase V.
>
> If possible, I usually install DECnet plus.
>
> > For Phase V, you need to load the local database with
> > the v5.5 system's DECnet nodename and address (wrong
> > terminology, but I don't have a Phase V system at hand
> > to give precise answers).  
>
> All the systems have a Phase IV like address.
>
> > Finally, do you have any routers or switches between the
> > systems?  Most modern routers *don't* bridge (or route)
> > DECnet traffic. A simple switch ought to be OK.
>
> There's just an ethernet switch.
> To be more precise, The 7.3 VAX and the 5.5 VAX are
> emulated on the same physical host. The Alpha running
> 8.3 is a seperate real Alpha machine. The ULTRIX host
> is an old DECstation running MIPS ULTRIX 4.5 and the
> DECnet OSI product.
> In the meantime I also tried a new installation of VMS
> 5.5-2 which has the same problems just like the 5.5
> system. So far all the systems can talk to each other.
> Only the 8.3 and the 5.X systems can't talk. I can telnet
> from 8.3 to 5.5 though.
>
> Dennis

I know that LAT has *nothing* to do with DECnet.
That said, do these nodes see all LAT services (provided they were
started)?

Hans