HANK@BARILVM.BITNET (Hank Nussbacher) (02/01/90)
>a) A :routtab tag must be specified for each node which uses > a table generation program. Such programs should use the > information from :routtab rather than from other sources > (:netsoft, :info). ... > >Why are there nodes which don't have a :routtab tag yet (in BITNET): >-------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Last year I prepared a list of nodes with their appropriate :routtab >tags according to the subscriptions found in :inform/:info tags. >The :routtab tag contained NETSERV as "provider" and the person from >the :inform tag as "recipient". ... >Conclusions: >------------ > >Check your node entry (entries) whether a :routtab tag is specified. >If not, specify: > > :routtab.NONE if you need no table > > :routtab.table_format if you generate your table with GENROUTS > > :routtab.table_format (NETSERV,recipient_nje_address) > if the table is to be sent from NETSERV > >Send the update request for your node entry to your network >administration (BITNIC or Country Coordinator). > > >Regards, Berthold Pasch What of those sites that have an AFD to the NETINIT file as you suggested in your mail back in October? They would not appear as having a routtab, and I assumed that having an AFD was as good as having a routtab entry: >Date: Fri, 27 Oct 89 09:38:23 CET >Sender: Network Operations Group <EARN-NOG@FRMOP11> >From: "Berthold Pasch +49 (6221) 404-242" <PASCH@DHDIBM1> >Subject: NETSERV support of :routtab tag > ... >An alternate way to subscribe to routing table services of Netserv is to >send an AFD ADD request to Netserv for a dummy file named "nodeid >NETINIT". This is also the only way to subscribe if you need a command >line in front of the routing tables being shipped to you (see the AFD >PROLOG option). AFD ADD to "nodeid NETINIT" can only be sent by >"NETSERV-privileged-users", i.e. users with a NETSERV password. > >There will always only one routing table per node be provided. The order >of preference of the subscriptions is: > 1) the first AFD request that Netserv finds for this "nodeid NEITINIT" > 2) the :routtab tag > 3) the first :inform/:info tag pair that subscribes to RSCS, JES2, > JES2-nn, JES3, JNET or UREP (only for non-US Netservs) > ... > >Berthold Pasch As a matter of fact, it appears that AFD takes precedence over routtab. That is why many Israeli sites don't have a routtab tag - they get it via NETINIT. Hank
PASCH@DHDIBM1.BITNET (Berthold Pasch) (02/02/90)
Hank, you are right. The NETSERV AFD function may also be used to subscribe to routing table services. I did not want to describe this in detail because my mail was already long enough and I feared to confuse those people for which all this is very new. In fact, it is suggested that everybody use :routtab as I have described, and use AFD only, and in addition to the :routtab subscription when a prologtext (e.g. commandline for a local server) is required in front of the routing table. Regards, Berthold Pasch