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

[vmsmangler at earthlink.net]

On Apr 5, 7:22 pm, Steven Schweda <sms.antin... at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Here is the host file contents. It is the same on the VMS
> > system and the iMac.
>
>    Sigh.
>
> >    As usual, showing actual commands with their actual output
> > can be more helpful than vague descriptions or
> > interpretations.
>
>    Still true.
>
>    If someone shows me an actual command like, say,
> "cat /etc/hosts" or "tcpip show hosts" with its actual
> output, then I have actual evidence of something.  If someone
> tells me what he believes to be true, then I have only
> testimony of uncertain value (and, sometimes, of uncertain
> meaning).  Which of these is worth more to you?
>
> >    Have you ever seen a situation where case mattered in
> > these data?
>
>    Still wondering.
>
>    Note that "hosts" info says nothing about the properties
> of any actual interface, only how names and addresses are
> associated (somewhere).
>
> > PS - did you really mean [...]
>
>    Note that showing actual commands with their actual output
> normally removes any such uncertainty, which removal can
> significantly increase efficiency in the exchange of actual
> information.
>
>    Just a thought.

Here is the TCP/IP core services information (with its command):

HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Interface & Address Configuration Menu
Hostname Details: Configured=cougar, Active=cougar
Configuration options:
   0  -  Set The Target Node (Current Node: COUGAR)
   1  -  WE0 Menu (EWA0: TwistedPair 100mbps)
   2  -  10.1.1.1/24         COUGAR                Configured,Active
  [E] -  Exit menu
Enter configuration option:


TCPIP> ifconfig -a
LO0: flags=100c89<UP,LOOPBACK,NOARP,MULTICAST,SIMPLEX,NOCHECKSUM>
     inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000 ipmtu 4096

TN0: flags=80<NOARP>

TN1: flags=80<NOARP>

WE0: flags=c43<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,SIMPLEX>
    *inet 10.1.1.1 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 10.1.1.255 ipmtu 1500

The 2nd part provides more information.
On an earlier posting the localhost ip address should have been
127.0.0.1

Bill