[Info-vax] stupid network tricks

[lists at openmailbox.org]

An update:

Combing responses to a couple of emails in one:

VMS/VAX 7.3 emulated hobbyist system

I am not worried about the fine details of networking since this system
lives behind my router on my LAN and if and when I let people sign on I use
dynamic DNS and port forward from my router to whatever box. And this
works. I get a DHCP lease and I can ftp in and out of the box and I can
log in on telnet from another box on my LAN. The problem seems to be
cosmetic and academic, but I would like to fix it.

I have not edited any binary files. I will have to post later about what
the BIND resolver says.

more at the bottom:


On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:48:35 +0000
<lists at openmailbox.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 02:43:18 -0500
> David Froble via Info-vax <info-vax at rbnsn.com> wrote:

> > When you set up TCP/IP, what did you specify as the node name.  I do 
> > believe that all that you should specify would be MYNODE.  I don't set 
> > it up often, so I'm a bit rusty on the commands.
> 
> The nodename seems ok as in when the system starts it always show MYNODE.
> It's only in the SHOW NET output that the name appears not what I
> expected. The domain should be the fully qualified host name without the
> node name prepended, shouldn't it?
> 
> > 
> >          DIGITAL TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS CORE ENVIRONMENT 
> > Configuration Menu
> > 
> >          Configuration options:
> > 
> >                   1  -  BIND Resolver
> >                   2  -  Domain
> >                   3  -  Routing
> >                   4  -  Interfaces
> >                   5  -  Time Zone
> > 
> >                   A  -  Configure options 1 - 5
> >                  [E] -  Exit menu
> > 
> > Enter configuration option: 2
> > 
> > DOMAIN Configuration
> > 
> > Enter Internet domain [T-SOFT]:

All this seems to have done was to change the SHOW NET output 

from MYNODE.HOSTNAME.ORG.hostname.org

to 

MYNODE.HOSTNAME.ORG.mynode

(with apologies for offending Hoffman's delicate network sensibilities, none
intended)

It would be nice if there was a way to clear all the settings and start
again but I don't see one.

"I was just following the tutorial"

Thanks guys.