[Search for users] [Overall Top Noters] [List of all Conferences] [Download this site]

Conference 7.286::digital

Title:The Digital way of working
Moderator:QUARK::LIONELON
Created:Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5321
Total number of notes:139771

4475.0. "Want terminal access from Champaign, IL back to Hudson MA" by ROCK::STAYLOR () Mon Mar 11 1996 15:12

    Sorry if this should have been posted to another note-- This conference
    is so large, it's hard to narrow down the entries to see if this topic
    exists elsewhere!!
    
    
    
    I'm heading on a recruiting trip to the University of Illinois at
    Champaign-Urbana next week.  While I'm there, I want to log back into
    the Hudson, MA facility to check mail, etc.
    
    The question is, HOW?
    
    Here are some possibilities I've thought of, but I have no idea how to
    follow up on any of these to see if they are feasible:
    
    - WATN or FX line local to Champaign-Urbana
    - Local Digital facility where I can connect into Digital's network
    - Method for direct TELNET access (via gateway??) from U of I's network
      into Digital
    
    Does anyone have ideas on the best way to accomplish this?  I could
    simply dial long-distance into Hudson, but I'm looking for a more
    cost-effective way.
    
    Thanks in advance for your help!
    -Scott Taylor
     muhthr::staylor
     DTN 225-5954
    
T.RTitleUserPersonal
Name
DateLines
4475.1WATN is probably the most cost-effective, but ...TWOTOO::COLESomedays the bear, somedays the beehive.Mon Mar 11 1996 15:4115
	... you need to know the username/password for your site. Your local CNS
support will have it. Here in the field, we have an automated voice-message ser-
vice that informs us of the local dial-in server passwords, WATN info, etc.

	Anyway, according to the last listing I was able to pull from somewhere
I can't remember(!), Champaign/Urbana's WATN access phone is:

	 2367 CHAMPAIGN/URBANA     IL  USA  LOW   B B  C     217/344-3400 Y
						       |
which translates to a 2400 baud connection, max - - - -

	VTX has several pages on WATN, including an 800 # that will find an
access point for you, based on area code.

	Good luck.
4475.2let MCI do it for youNOTAPC::SEGERThis space intentionally left blankMon Mar 11 1996 15:534
If you have (or can get) and MCI card, you can dial directly into the DTN, and
from there hop over to whatever server (terminal. SLIP. etc) you want.

-mark
4475.3Possible Digital sites in the areaAKOCOA::KGREENEMon Mar 11 1996 16:5610
    RE: .0
    
    As far as local Digital facilities, there are/were 2 facilities in the
    area. According to the December 1993 Digital Telephone directory, there
    is a sales/servicenter in Champaign (CIO), as well as a servicenter in
    Springfield (SRO). Both are in area code 217.
    
    hth,
    
    kjg 
4475.4INDYX::ramRam Rao, SPARCosaurus hunterMon Mar 11 1996 17:3712
>    According to the December 1993 Digital Telephone directory, there
>    is a sales/servicenter in Champaign (CIO), as well as a servicenter in
>    Springfield (SRO). Both are in area code 217.
    
There may still be a servicenter in Champaign Illinois, but the Sales Office
closed last year, when we "laid off" the University of Illinois as a
customer :-).  The nearest Sales Office is Peoria, IL, and then
Indianapolis, IN.

Ram
(in Indianapolis)

4475.5Try tunnelingDEBNA::WALSHMon Mar 11 1996 21:483
    Digital Internet Tunnel
    
    http://tunnel.ibg.ljo.dec.com/tunnel.html
4475.6SET HOST/LAT WATN (from a VMS system)DIODE::CROWELLJon CrowellTue Mar 12 1996 09:197
    
    WATN accounts work on TYMNET....  on a DEC LAT do a "C WATN" 
    they type "HELP" as your password...  It will give you the up to date
    listing of access numbers by state...
    
    Jon
    
4475.7ONLY "THE KENNEL"ACISS2::ZANGERLETue Mar 12 1996 18:007
    Sorry , there is only WATN. The only facility left is "the kennel".
    NOT for the faint of heart, "the kennel" is a parts location for MCS.
    Peoria,IL is the closest "network connection" and sales/service office.
    
    
                                             Steve Zangerle MCS
    
4475.8It's down to WATN or the TunnelSEGAD3::STAYLORWed Mar 13 1996 11:1710
    Well, it looks like either WATN or the Internet Tunnel.
    I've got sufficient info (and help) to pursue these two possibilities.
    The internet tunnel looks like a really neat concept, so I'm planning
    on trying that first.  Barring that, there's always the 9600 baud
    connection via WATN.
    
    Thanks for all the responses! (both notes and Email)
    
    -Scott
    
4475.9Tunnel is slow for telnetDECAGE::HESSStu - DTN 344-7241Wed Mar 13 1996 11:258
    Hi,
    
    We are using the Internet Tunnel where I am.  It works great for
    surfing the internal Digital Internet.  If you were planning to telnet
    to internal sites and log on the Tunnel is pretty slow.  You will end
    up waiting for the system to respond back to what you are typing.  It
    does work though and it is great for ftp also.
    
4475.10DEC's internal network might be the problem.DELNI::WALSHWed Mar 13 1996 20:4915
    Where are you tunneling into. If you are coming in through Mopang and
    then back into the company, you are seeing alot of slow down because of
    the Digital Network.  There is a new server coming on at Dascomb road. 
    This server is right on the company backbone and is quite a bit faster. 
    The best solution is to attempt to get you building to join the
    internet and put a tunnel server at your site.  I am tunneled in right
    now through Dascomb road and am getting very good response on telnet.
    
    Also you want to look at the Internet provider that you are using, 
    the further you are away from the MCI backbone of the internet , the
    worse response you will get.  Our group was using Ultranet but found
    that Tiac was closer to the backbone.  So shop around for a good
    Internet provider.
    
    Dan
4475.11DECAGE::HESSStu - DTN 344-7241Thu Mar 14 1996 08:065
    Actually I am at a customers site, GE, tunneling into Mopang.  Some
    days are a lot better than others.  Yesterday I got pretty good
    response.  I think the slowdown has to do with a combination of both
    Digitals and GE's nets.