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

[vmsmangler at earthlink.net]

On Apr 5, 8:02 pm, "vmsmang... at earthlink.net"
<vmsmang... at earthlink.net> wrote:
> On Apr 5, 7:22 pm, Steven Schweda <sms.antin... at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > Here is the host file contents. It is the same on the VMS
> > > system and the iMac.
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> >    Sigh.
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> > >    As usual, showing actual commands with their actual output
> > > can be more helpful than vague descriptions or
> > > interpretations.
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> >    Still true.
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> >    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?
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> > >    Have you ever seen a situation where case mattered in
> > > these data?
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> >    Still wondering.
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> >    Note that "hosts" info says nothing about the properties
> > of any actual interface, only how names and addresses are
> > associated (somewhere).
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> > > PS - did you really mean [...]
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> >    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.
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> >    Just a thought.
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> Here is the TCP/IP core services information (with its command):
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> 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:
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> TCPIP> ifconfig -a
> LO0: flags=100c89<UP,LOOPBACK,NOARP,MULTICAST,SIMPLEX,NOCHECKSUM>
>      inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000 ipmtu 4096
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> TN0: flags=80<NOARP>
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> TN1: flags=80<NOARP>
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> WE0: flags=c43<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,SIMPLEX>
>     *inet 10.1.1.1 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 10.1.1.255 ipmtu 1500
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> The 2nd part provides more information.
> On an earlier posting the localhost ip address should have been
> 127.0.0.1
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One last item before I head out of town for 2 weeks.

Since the problem appears to be in TCP/IP I went to the HP web site
and got the installation manual for TCP/IP V5.7 and the
troubleshooting manual V5.7.

After read the installation manual and checking the MODPARAMS file I
found I needed to increase ADD_GBLPAGES from 8100 to 12000 and also to
increase ADD_GBLSECTS from 65 to 160. The other parameters were OK. I
then used AUTOGEN with the command @SYS$UPDATE:AUTOGEN GETDATA
SETPARAMS NOFEEDBACK. Afterwards I examined AGEN$PARAMS.REPORT and the
results were good.

At the same time I revisited the VMS 8.4 installation manual. It turns
out I missed modifying one parameter for the SYSTEM account. I then
increased BIOLM from 100 to 400 on the SYSTEM account.

Finally I rebooted the 8.4 system, logged in and performed the same
test I had done before. Results were exactly the same!!!

Bill LaCounte