Re: [Linux-decnet-user] Duffer's guide

[Patrick C. <pa...@ty...>]

On Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 12:30:41PM +0100, Nick Holder wrote:
> Thanks for your help on the MAC address front
> 
> I don't suppose anyone has made a duffers walkthrough guide to DECnet on
> Linux?? (and need a duffer to try it on)

Part of the problem with a duffers guide is that is is very distribution
dependant. So the installation on RedHat varies considerably from Debian (where
DECnet is part of the distribution).

You're right - a newbies HOWTO is very much needed, and I suppose a Red Hat one
would probably be the most commonly useful.

> I have spent 2 days working out how to compile a kernel - now I have worked
> that out and have DECnet in the kernel (not as a module)
> 
> Then I installed the latest RPM on my RedHat 7.3 (2.4.18-3) system, chose my
> node name and entered my regular node aliases (then checked they had made it
> as far as /etc/decnet.conf - they did)
> 
> I *Think* the dnetd is running - I started it manually. And I have no idea
> how to use startnet (are there any options I need??)
> 
> I have added the MACADDR to etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
> 
> I have rebooted, started-stopped-restarted networking and tried as many
> things as my newbie brain could come up with, I have looked at the website
> (particularly the FAQ) and that is predominantly helenic to me

Unfortunately the documents do assume rather more knowledge of DECnet than may
be common. It's all a question of time and also knowing what it i speople want
to know  :-)
 
> So - the question is....
> 
> What blindingly obvious steps have I missed?

You probably need to "echo 5.400 > /proc/sys/net/decnet/node_address"

after that you should start to see the otehr DECnet nodes appearing in
/proc/net/decnet_neigh.

If you need any more interactive help you could join me on IRC:
irc.openprojects.net channel #decnet

patrick