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| 2432.1 | mask first | HERON::virenq.vbo.dec.com::HEMMINGS | Lanterne Rouge | Mon Jul 10 1995 09:00 | 15 |
| The only way I have found to do this is to remove the IP address first and
then reset the mask. Setting the IP address via the console port appears to
be available only as a DEFINE command, so the procedure I have used is -
Local>set priv
Password>system
Local def inter addr NONE
Local>init from flash delay 0
...
...
Local>change inter mask 255.255.0.0
Local>change inter addr 1.2.3.4
The order seems to be sensitive, no doubt the terminal server conference has
some explanation. You could just reset to factory and start again.
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| 2432.2 | Mask first, unless its a DEFINE/REBOOT. | TOOK::D_NELSON | Dave Nelson LKG1-3/A11 226-5358 | Mon Jul 10 1995 13:35 | 22 |
| RE: .1
I guess we are assuming that "900TM" in .0 means DS900TM. The order of
setting net mask and address is important if you are SET'ing or
CHANGE'ing them. In that case, do the net mask first. The order is
unimportant if you are DEFINE'ing them. You do _not_ need to go through
the two-step process you describe in .1 to change the net mask. Simply
DEFINE it they way you want and reboot (once).
RE: .0
What the original post seems [to me] to be asking is whether the
algorithm that imputes a default net mask from the address, when no
explicit net mask is specified, is performing correctly. I have not
seen a case where it doesn't, but... BTW, you didn't tell us what the
address actually was.
Regards,
Dave
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| 2432.3 | What's your starting point? | HERON::virenq.vbo.dec.com::HEMMINGS | Lanterne Rouge | Tue Jul 11 1995 03:22 | 7 |
| re -.1 This is what I found out -
If you already have an IP address and a mask, then you cannot SET or
CHANGE the address or the mask to another value. (message - IP address
already set). You cannot SET IP ADDR NONE either. The only way I have
succeeded is to DEF IP ADDR NONE and reboot, then you restart with the mask
first. It's not a great inconvenience, just one of those things.
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| 2432.4 | DR900TM, not DS900TM | POBOX::ELARSON | | Tue Jul 11 1995 12:43 | 10 |
| Thank you all for your input... Perhaps I should've been more specific.
It is a DECrepeater 900TM that needs the subnet mask verified to it's
default of 255.255.0.0.
Is this possible??
Ed
P.S. I've had to change the DS900TM and noticed the order of inputting
mask info first. :-}
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| 2432.5 | Just to clarify the point I was making... | TOOK::D_NELSON | Dave Nelson LKG1-3/A11 226-5358 | Tue Jul 11 1995 15:39 | 21 |
| RE: .3
> If you already have an IP address and a mask, then you cannot SET or
> CHANGE the address or the mask to another value.
Correct. But you _can_ DEFINE the address and net mask to be anything
you want, even if the address and net mask have already been SET or
CHANGE'd. Beleive me. I'm the Technical Lead for the DECservers, so I
have reason to know.
> The only way I have succeeded is to DEF IP ADDR NONE and reboot, then
> you restart with the mask first. It's not a great inconvenience, just
> one of those things.
You're going way 'round Robin Hood's barn. You only need to do the
DEFINE command and the reboot. No need to DEF IP ADDR NONE.
Regards,
Dave
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| 2432.6 | I've gone Scarlett (Will, not O'Hara) | HERON::virenq.vbo.dec.com::HEMMINGS | Lanterne Rouge | Wed Jul 12 1995 10:51 | 9 |
| >>> You're going way 'round Robin Hood's barn. You only need to do the
>>> DEFINE command and the reboot. No need to DEF IP ADDR NONE.
All my French neighbours say "Ah Robin des Bois" when they get my name, so
I'm not offended .... (this is French for Robin Hood).
You're right of course, you can do DEFINE and reboot. When I find a way that
works, I tend to stick to it.
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