vaf@Valinor.Stanford.EDU (Vince Fuller) (06/27/91)
Hi. We just received the first of several DEC-VT1300 X-terminals and I have a couple of questions about installation and support of them:
1. Is it possible to support the VT1300's from a server system which does
not run DECNet at all?
2. Is it possible for the server system to be located one or more IP router
hops away from the client VT1300's?
I would hope that the answer to #1 is "yes", but the references to the DECNet /etc/addnode and /etc/remnode utilities in the VAXELN documentation and in the /etc/ewsaddnode script suggest otherwise.
I might also hope that the answer to #2 is "yes", but I suspect that it is not the case, given the apparent dependancy of the VT1300 on MOP. If the answer is indeed "no", this represents what I consider to be a major lack of functionality in the VT1300 product and a major competitive disadvantage.
Vince Fuller, Stanford Universityyzarn@lhdsy1.chevron.com (Philip Yzarn de Louraille) (06/28/91)
In article <1991Jun26.194427.24929@leland.Stanford.EDU> vaf@Valinor.Stanford.EDU (Vince Fuller) writes: >Hi. We just received the first of several DEC-VT1300 X-terminals and I have a couple of questions about installation and support of them: > > 1. Is it possible to support the VT1300's from a server system which does > not run DECNet at all? > >I would hope that the answer to #1 is "yes", but the references to the DECNet /etc/addnode and /etc/remnode utilities in the VAXELN documentation and in the /etc/ewsaddnode script suggest otherwise. We evaluated the VT1300 and sent it back because even though it did not use DECnet for communications (we were using TCP/IP instead), DECnet "had" to be around because the installation uses the DECnet database and naming convention (no more than 6 characters for the names, etc...) -- Philip Yzarn de Louraille Internet: yzarn@chevron.com Research Support Division Unix & Open Systems Chevron Information & Technology Co. Tel: (213) 694-9232 P.O. Box 446, La Habra, CA 90633-0446 Fax: (213) 694-7709