[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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