Re: Decnet Over IP (Phase V question).

Using "127.0.0.1" as the local IP name BIND resolver is not an
"undocumented" solution in that you can enter whatever you like as the DNS
nameserver. I'm just surprised that it's not the standard recommendation,
because it's so easy and flexible in terms of setting up the name service
lookup precedence order once you've jumped sideways into the IP stack.

So, put "127.0.0.1" in as the name server, then set up the list of DNS name
servers you wish to use in your IP stack in the usual manner. That way you
get the HOSTS file first, followed by whatever name servers you choose to
use. Means you don't have to go back to your DECnet configuration if you
ever change your name servers. Easy.

You should make consistent naming changes everywhere. In practice a
destination node will accept inbound DECnet-over-IP connections without
having all the naming in place, but you'll see "back translate" failures
from the naming service until you have the naming consistent.

You'll also need to flush the naming caches everywhere too. NCL> FLUSH
SESSION CONTROL NAMING CACHE ENTRY "*" is what you need.

Don't forget to enable the PWIP driver and allow ports 102 and 399 through
the firewalls. You can also control which IP subnets you accept inbound
connections from if you're on a recent version (can't remember which right
now) - look at the NCL help for the rfc 1006 and rfc 1006-plus (aka rfc
1869) OSI transport templates.

--
Cheers, Colin.
Legacy = Stuff that works properly!


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