[Info-vax] Update to TCP/IP problem with Alpha VMS 8.4

[vmsmangler at earthlink.net]

On Apr 4, 8:01 pm, "vmsmang... at earthlink.net"
<vmsmang... at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Shame on me again. The OS on the iMac G5 is OS X 10.4.11, the highest
> version of "Tiger".
>
> I am doing this posting piecemeal because I only have dialup service
> and today the phone lines are really bad. It took 30 minutes just
> to get this connection and it is only 45333 bps. Normally I get 50667.
> I live in a rural area, the phone company cannot even provide DSL
> and there is no cable. When I replace this 7 year old iMac in the next
> couple of months I will be going with a wireless 4G setup.
>
> Next posting will be tomorrow.
>
> Bill L.

Prior to the installation of VMS 8.4 I ftp'd the VMS Installation
Manual, the New Features manual and the Release Notes from the
documentation directory on the installation CD, i.e. ALPHA084:
[ALPHA084.DOCUMENTAION]. I followed the instructions which included
purging log files etc. Everything looked good so I proceeded with the
installation.

I selected DECnet Phase IV over DECnet Plus and TCP/IP V5.7-13 was
automatically included. The installation went smoothly. When done I
exited the procedure and booted the new system. Once up it did it
magic with AUTOGEN and then restarted.

I then logged in as I normally do and everything seemed just fine. I
also did a few commands to see how the system looked, e.g. show
system, show memory, show queue and so on. It was at this point I
decided to print a file to the laserjet. It would not print. Instead
it kept resubmitting itself.

At this point I decided I had better check out TCP/IP.


I  executed @SYS$MANAGER:TCPIP$CONFIG to check out the tcp/ip
configuration.
Here are the Client and Server screens (I removed blank lines and
leading spaces to save space):

HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Client Components Configuration Menu
Configuration options:
1  -  DHCP Client      Disabled Stopped
2  -  FTP Client       Enabled  Started
3  -  NFS Client       Disabled Stopped
4  -  REXEC and RSH    Disabled Stopped
5  -  RLOGIN           Enabled  Started
6  -  SMTP             Disabled Stopped
7  -  SSH Client       Disabled Stopped
8  -  TELNET           Enabled  Started
9  -  TELNETSYM        Enabled  Started
A  -  Configure options 1 - 9
[E] -  Exit menu

HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Server Components Configuration Menu
Configuration options:
1 - BIND         Disabled Stopped      12 - NTP          Disabled
Stopped
2 - BOOTP        Disabled Stopped      13 - PC-NFS       Disabled
Stopped
3 - DHCP         Disabled Stopped      14 - POP          Disabled
Stopped
4 - FINGER       Enabled  Started      15 - PORTMAPPER   Enabled
Started
5 - FTP          Enabled  Started      16 - RLOGIN       Enabled
Started
6 - IMAP         Disabled Stopped      17 - RMT          Disabled
Stopped
7 - LBROKER      Disabled Stopped      18 - SNMP         Disabled
Stopped
8 - LPR/LPD      Enabled  Started      19 - SSH          Disabled
Stopped
9 - METRIC       Disabled Stopped      20 - TELNET       Enabled
Started
10 - NFS          Disabled Stopped      21 - TFTP         Disabled
Stopped
11 - LOCKD/STATD  Disabled Stopped      22 - XDM          Disabled
Stopped

Since everything looked good I decided to run the TCP/IP IVP tests
(option 7).
The first  test is for UDP/IP. It started but did not complete.
Normally this test is very fast.

I then did the same test via @SYS$TEST:TCPIP$IVP and the UDP/IP test
worked. The next test is for TVP/IP and it timed out.

Bill LaCounte