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

vmsmangler at earthlink.net vmsmangler at earthlink.net
Thu Apr 5 16:21:44 EDT 2012


On Apr 5, 1:06 pm, David Froble <da... at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
> vmsmang... at earthlink.net wrote:
> > 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
>
> Are you using a router?  If so, did you set up a "Gateway" ?
>
> Regardless, you should be able to go to local IP addresses, if there is not a sub-net
> issue, which from an earlier post, I think you have that covered.
>
> It seems like perhaps TCP/IP cannot find a local ethernet interface.  Just a wild ass guess.

No router in my configuration. When I ping the printserver it does
lookup the ip address (10.1.1.10) but times out whereas the piing to
the imacg5 does work using its ip address of 10.1.1.3.

Here is the reaponse to Jan-Erik's reply:

COUGAR$ tcpip show ver

  HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Alpha Version V5.7
  on an AlphaServer DS20 500 MHz running OpenVMS V8.4

COUGAR$ sho que/fu sys$laserjet
Printer queue SYS$LASERJET, idle, on COUGAR::"tcpip
$queue:syslaserjet",
mounted form LETTER
  <HP LaserJet 2100M>
  /BASE_PRIORITY=4 /DEFAULT=(FEED,FORM=LETTER) /LIBRARY=LASERLIB
Lowercase
  /OWNER=[SYSTEM] /PROCESSOR=TCPIP$TELNETSYM /NO_INITIAL_FF
  /PROTECTION=(S:M,O:D,G:R,W:S) /SCHEDULE=(NOSIZE)

COUGAR$ sho que/fu syslaserjet
Server queue SYSLASERJET, idle, on COUGAR::, mounted form DEFAULT
  /BASE_PRIORITY=4 /DEFAULT=(FEED,FORM=DEFAULT) Lowercase /
OWNER=[SYSTEM]
  /PROCESSOR=TCPIP$LPD_SMB /PROTECTION=(S:M,O:D,G:R,W:S) /RETAIN=ERROR

And here is the response a few minutes later:

COUGAR$ sho que *laserjet
Printer queue SYS$LASERJET, idle, on COUGAR::"tcpip
$queue:syslaserjet",
mounted form LETTER
  <HP LaserJet 2100M>

Server queue SYSLASERJET, busy, on COUGAR::, mounted form DEFAULT

  Entry  Jobname         Username     Blocks  Status
  -----  -------         --------     ------  ------
     30  TCPIP           SYSTEM            2  Processing
COUGAR$
LPD Retrying failed job: TCPIP Number: 30 User: SYSTEM Status: %SYSTEM-
F-TIMEOUT
, device timeout

COUGAR$ sho que/fu *laserjet
Printer queue SYS$LASERJET, idle, on COUGAR::"tcpip
$queue:syslaserjet",
mounted form LETTER
  <HP LaserJet 2100M>
  /BASE_PRIORITY=4 /DEFAULT=(FEED,FORM=LETTER) /LIBRARY=LASERLIB
Lowercase
  /OWNER=[SYSTEM] /PROCESSOR=TCPIP$TELNETSYM /NO_INITIAL_FF
  /PROTECTION=(S:M,O:D,G:R,W:S) /SCHEDULE=(NOSIZE)

Server queue SYSLASERJET, idle, on COUGAR::, mounted form DEFAULT
  /BASE_PRIORITY=4 /DEFAULT=(FEED,FORM=DEFAULT) Lowercase /
OWNER=[SYSTEM]
  /PROCESSOR=TCPIP$LPD_SMB /PROTECTION=(S:M,O:D,G:R,W:S) /RETAIN=ERROR

  Entry  Jobname         Username     Blocks  Status
  -----  -------         --------     ------  ------
     30  TCPIP           SYSTEM            2  Holding until  5-
APR-2012 13:05:09
         Submitted  5-APR-2012 12:58:55.07 /FORM=DEFAULT /PRIORITY=100
         File: _COUGAR$DRA0:[SYS0.TCPIP$LPD]TCPIP$TELNETSYM_TEMP_1.DAT;
53
             /DELETE

Bill LaCounte

PS: I may not be able to reply more today. I have to prepare to leave
town for 2 weeks. I will have access to the newsgroup using my
daughters iPad though.



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