Discussion:
Best TCP/IP Setup Assistance?
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Zack Kline
2006-12-02 18:45:19 UTC
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Hello,
I'm an OpenVMS hobbyist who just started with both the OS and
Multinet a few days ago.
I'm running the VMS system the only way a blind person can
reasonably do it: via an emulator on top of a Windows PC, with
consequently a Windows-ish networking setup. It consists of a router,
which serves wireless connections to the rest of my house, while my PC
is hard-wired in. I've a few choices here.
I can have Multinet try to configure a DHCP address, though
whenever I do this it fails for some reason which I'm very unclear on.

Or, I can let routed, or whatever process it actually is, communicate
with my router and get my Verizon DNS server that way. This seems to
work alright. Here's the trick, though...
I'd like to run servers, such as SMTP, SSH, etc, through the
Multinet system. Possibly make this into a public access box of some
kind. I can forward ports through the router, no problem. The issue
mostly is that I don't have a domain name of my own. I use dyndns.org
to give me a fake one. I've set that fake one to the hostname in the
Multinet configuration, but still, multinet check gives me a few
warnings, as below:
%MNCHK-I-LOGVRFY, personal login command procedure does not use
'F$VERIFY(0)
%MNCHK-W-NSNLADDR, address 71.111.56.220 in DNS for local host name
zkline.dyndns.org is not an interface address
%MNCHK-I-EXTRADDR, address 192.168.0.200 in local host table does not
appear in DNS entry
%MNCHK-I-EXTRADNSADDR, address 71.111.56.220 in DNS entry does not
appear in local host table

While these mostly make sense, I wonder what to do about them?
71.111.xx.xxx is my router's external IP address. The internal one, to
which ports are redirected, is 192.168.0.200.
In closing, I'd appreciate any help in getting this configured
properly. I was told I might try setting up a small master name server
for a small domain, but not sure what that'd do...
Thanks,
Zack.
A. Mahendra Rajah
2006-12-02 20:14:02 UTC
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"I'm an OpenVMS hobbyist who just started with both the OS and
Multinet a few days ago."

Welcome to VMS.

Don't you have the manual for MultiNet Install? That explains
what steps need to be done to get MultiNet going.

You need to get

1) an IP# and a host name for your VMS box,

2) the name of the domain this box belongs to, and

3) the IP# of a host that can route all your Internet
traffic (default route)

before you can configure and use MultiNet. Once you have these, try
Multi conf/menu

Good luck. I will be happy to oblige if you need explanation.

-- mahendra
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A. Mahendra Rajah Email: ***@URegina.CA
Tru64 UNIX Systems Manager Phone: (306) 585-4496
Dept. of Computing Services FAX: (306) 337-2324
University of Regina,
Regina, Sask., S4S 0A2
Canada.
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Zack Kline
2006-12-02 20:42:28 UTC
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Post by A. Mahendra Rajah
"I'm an OpenVMS hobbyist who just started with both the OS and
Multinet a few days ago."
Welcome to VMS.
Don't you have the manual for MultiNet Install? That explains
what steps need to be done to get MultiNet going.
You need to get
1) an IP# and a host name for your VMS box,
2) the name of the domain this box belongs to, and
3) the IP# of a host that can route all your Internet
traffic (default route)
before you can configure and use MultiNet. Once you have these, try
Multi conf/menu
Good luck. I will be happy to oblige if you need explanation.
-- mahendra
...............................................................
Tru64 UNIX Systems Manager Phone: (306) 585-4496
Dept. of Computing Services FAX: (306) 337-2324
University of Regina,
Regina, Sask., S4S 0A2
Canada.
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Hiya,
I do have the installation manual and have followed the steps in
it. What I was wondering was more of how to apply the steps to my
specific situation than what the steps were. I don't have a domain
name of my own, as I said, just a dyndns.org one. Though I suppose
that sort of qualifies...
Any more information on how to handle MultiNet's use with the router
and such would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Zack.
Ken Connelly
2006-12-02 22:32:02 UTC
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Post by Zack Kline
Post by A. Mahendra Rajah
"I'm an OpenVMS hobbyist who just started with both the OS and
Multinet a few days ago."
Welcome to VMS.
Don't you have the manual for MultiNet Install? That explains
what steps need to be done to get MultiNet going.
You need to get
1) an IP# and a host name for your VMS box,
2) the name of the domain this box belongs to, and
3) the IP# of a host that can route all your Internet
traffic (default route)
before you can configure and use MultiNet. Once you have these, try
Multi conf/menu
Good luck. I will be happy to oblige if you need explanation.
-- mahendra
...............................................................
Tru64 UNIX Systems Manager Phone: (306) 585-4496
Dept. of Computing Services FAX: (306) 337-2324
University of Regina,
Regina, Sask., S4S 0A2
Canada.
...............................................................
Hiya,
I do have the installation manual and have followed the steps in
it. What I was wondering was more of how to apply the steps to my
specific situation than what the steps were. I don't have a domain
name of my own, as I said, just a dyndns.org one. Though I suppose
that sort of qualifies...
Any more information on how to handle MultiNet's use with the router
and such would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Zack.
I don't have experience with a MultiNet system in a NAT environment, but
I'm pretty sure you'll need configure the VMS box with the private
network address and let your router do the translation from the public
address. Also, your situation may be different, but most ISPs will not
knowingly allow you to provide services from a home setup.

- ken

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