[Info-vax] stupid network tricks

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Thank you for the help.

Sorry, I'm behind on mail. I'll look into this and get back with an answer
to Hoffman and whomever else next week hopefully. 



On Wed, 4 Mar 2015 12:28:08 +0100
Paul Sture via Info-vax <info-vax at rbnsn.com> wrote:

> On 2015-03-02, <lists at openmailbox.org> <lists at openmailbox.org> wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> <snip>
> 
> >
> > It would be nice if there was a way to clear all the settings and start
> > again but I don't see one.
> 
> To clear all the TCP/IP Services settings, do the following:
> 
> 1. shutdown TCP/IP Services via the tcpip$config menu
> 2. Rename the config files out of the way.  The dates
>    below reflect a somewhat older version of VMS and TCP/IP
>    so the filenames may differ slightly.
> 
> 
>     $ set def sys$system
>     $ $ set def sys$system
>     $ dir/da tcpip*.dat
>     
>     Directory SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]
>     
>     TCPIP$CONFIGURATION.DAT;1
>                          18-NOV-2000 10:03:41.27
>     TCPIP$HOST.DAT;1     18-NOV-2000 10:03:39.06
>     TCPIP$NETWORK.DAT;1
>                          18-NOV-2000 10:03:39.41
>     TCPIP$PROXY.DAT;1    18-NOV-2000 10:03:39.93
>     TCPIP$ROUTE.DAT;1    18-NOV-2000 10:03:39.64
>     TCPIP$SERVICE.DAT;1
>                          18-NOV-2000 10:03:38.76
>     
>     Total of 6 files.
>     
>     $ rename tcpip*.dat *.old_dat ! rename files out of the way
>     $ @sys$manager:tcpip$config   ! start config afresh
> 
> > "I was just following the tutorial"
> >
> > Thanks guys.
> 


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