oberman@LLL-ICDC.ARPA.UUCP (02/20/87)
>I am hoping to use a microVAX with two DEQNA ethernet interfaces to connect two >ethernets together; the microVAX will have full function routing DECNET and >will pass decnet messages between the two LANs. I cannot use a bridge in this >case, because of incompatibilities between other protocols in use on the two >seperate LANs. > >DEC at Colorado claims this configuration should work; so far I've been >unsuccessful. The second DEQNA does not autoconfigure; when I manually connect >it with SYSGEN, at the address and vector suggested by DEC at Colo, the system >bugchecks with an "unexpected system service exception" in NETACP when I try to >set the line state on in NCP. All I've gotten from DEC is "Hm...should >work..." Am I missing something obvious???? We have done it successfully. So it can be made to work. I have no idea why you are BUGCHECKing. We had to manually configure the unit with CSR, ADAPTER, etc. But it worked. I suggest you check the DEQNA manual to confirm the secondary DEQNA addressing information. And make sure 1 DEQNA is at the primary address and the other is at the secondary. R. Kevin Oberman LLNL arpa: oberman@lll-icdc.arpa (415) 422-6955 ------