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

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

vmsmangler at earthlink.net wrote 2012-04-05 20:31:
> 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

$ tcpip sh ver

$ show queue <qn> /full  ! on the printer queue