Here are two more very helpful replies that I received regarding my
problem (at bottom). I've tried the second one with no real luck, but I
_think_ it may be that the firewall is interrupting it. So, as I
mentioned in the last summary my problem is fixed since I got mop (decnet)
running on a seperate Ultrix machine inside the firewall.
Thanks to all for your time. If anyone knows for sure that a firewall
would prevent these downlines please just drop me a short note telling me
so. Thanks again. (The firewall is TIS firewall kit, with proxies for
ftp telnet and squid for http). Ah well, thanks.
Britton Johnson, Ass't System Admin.
Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO
johnson_at_lindenwood.edu
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Before we have the paperless office, we have the paperless toilet!
Tom sent me an alpha version of a freeware mop program for OSF1. I
haven't tried it as I think the firewall is fritzing everything up.
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These instructions were sent by Eduardo Calvo Calixto. Very thorough and
clear.
Here are the steps that you need to do:
1. Create a directory and put the load files of DS90TL. eg: mkdir /decserver
2. Enable the bootp and tftp in "/etc/inetd.conf" file. Follow this steps:
# cd /etc
# cp inetd.conf inetd.conf.ori
# vi inetd.conf (look for this lines below).
finger stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/fingerd fingerd
tftp dgram udp wait root /usr/sbin/tftpd tftp -d /decserver /tmp
.
.
.
bootps dgram udp wait root /usr/sbin/bootpd bootpd -d -d
Obs: In the line of tftp the directory /decserver was included to permit that
files there can be find. If a # signal is in the begin of the line you need
to delete it.
3. Insert the servers in the "/etc/bootptab" file.
Eg:
d90tl:ht=ethenet:ha=08002ba0b75f:ip=1.0.0.100:hd=/decserver:bf=mneng1.sys:
it is:
servername(your choose):hardware type:hardware address:ip address(you
decide):hardware directory:boot file
Obs: The name of the node and the ip address need to be in the "/etc/hosts"
file.
The ethernet address change from one server to another. To know this you need
to see the number at the Terminal server: eg: 08-00-2b-xx-xx-xx
You need to reboot the Machine and the Servers.
Eduardo Calvo Calixto
SK Computers - Sao Paulo - Brazil
Britton Johnson escreveu:
> Greetings all,
>
> Last night it seems that our power went out, whiping the memory of
> a group of terminal servers (Decserver 90TL) and they can't seem to reload
> their software. Working through lots of different roads I've determined
> that yes the LAN wires are active and that the servers just can't seem to
> find their software. (# light is flashing, cycles from light 8 - 5 and
> back etc...) The manual says that is what it is doing at least. I've
> swapped terminal servers thinking that it might just be fried, but it all
> looks the same.
> About a month ago we switched our network around moving all users
> from an Ultrix box running Decnet to an Alpha running OSF 4.0b and bootp.
> I never bothered to consider that the terminals never get powered down and
> that this might happen, I just assumed that bootp and decnet were doing
> their jobs based on what my previous admin had showed me. A note, the OSF
> box has gone from inside of our firewall to outside (non-segregated
> wires.. just i.p.'s making the difference really) and the Ultrix box went
> from outside to inside. They basicaly swapped identities (names, ip's,
> etc).
> Now, I went to check up on bootp and found that bootptab is a 0
> filesize. Ugh. Can someone send me a sample bootptab that I can look at
> (even with bogus data so long as I can see the format) and try to piece
> together a working bootp for our terminal servers? I also was wondering
> will the bootp machine being on the outside of the firewall (TIS firewall
> kit) keep it from being seen by the terminal servers? If possible I would
> appreciate seeing a sample from someone using the same terminal servers as
> I am. This is very new turf to me and I appreciate any help at all.
>
> Thanks very much in advance.
>
> Britt
>
> Britton Johnson, Ass't System Admin.
> Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO
> johnson_at_lindenwood.edu
Received on Wed Apr 15 1998 - 18:48:50 NZST