[Info-vax] TCPIP on VMS8.3/8.4

[Chris Townley]

On Monday, August 24, 2020 at 7:21:05 PM UTC+1, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> On 2020-08-24 17:07:44 +0000, Chris Townley said: 
> 
> > I am running an instance of HP OpenVMS 8.3 and one of VSI 8.4-2L1 on FreeAXP. 
> > 
> > After changing my DSL router, I let them connect before binding their 
> > MAC address to fixed IP addresses. 
> > 
> > However on reboot they both reverted to the previous IP address. I left 
> > thyem down for a time in excess of their lease, but they resolutely 
> > refuse to use the new addresses. 
> > 
> > I have rebooted a few times, and also tries releasing and dropping the 
> > leases with dhcpconf to no effect. 
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> Use static IP. 
> 
> The TCP/IP Services DHCP client support is not something I've ever had 
> success with, and not something I've ever generally recommended using. 
> 
> Again, use static IP addresses. Add a parallel reservation for those IP 
> addresses in the DHCP server pool (with MAC address(es) as needed), or 
> configure and use IP addresses outside the DHCP server IP address pool. 
> 
> TCP/IP Services networking and related features and security are 
> getting overhauled, though we may have a bit longer before that's 
> available on VSI OpenVMS Alpha. 
> 
> The VSI IP stack will hopefully have better support for DHCP client. 
> Parts of the TCP/IP Services stack and the not-really-integrated 
> network security support was and is... weak. 
> 
> And DECnet swapping controller MAC addresses doesn't help things. 
> 
> (AT&T Uverse configurations reportedly get "interesting" for devices 
> that don't support DHCP client, though.) 
> 
> 
> -- 
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Thanks - I will give that a try

Chris