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From: MCDONALD@UMKCVAX1.BITNET
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Subject: Dynamic asynchronous DECnet
Message-ID: <8512240730.AA01129@ucbvax.berkeley.edu>
Date: Tue, 24-Dec-85 02:30:36 EST
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Peter and interested others,

  Peter Van Schie (PETER @ HROEUR5) reported a problem with DECnet-DOS.
I don't know if there is any connection but ...

  We received a MicroVAX II about 3 months ago.  It had MicroVMS 4.1.
One thing you need to do to use a dynamic asychronous DECnet link is
to install SYS$LIBRARY:DYNSWITCH.EXE on both machines.  It existed on
our 785 (VMS v4.2) but wasn't to be found on the II.  Called Colorado
and after going through the layers of support was told must have 4.2
on both machines.  They sent it for the II.  Still no go.

  "What version of DECnet is on the II??"
   Version V04.000.

  "Oh ... you need V04.002"

  They sent it to me last week and now I can log onto the II
  but when I do a

        SET TERM/PROTOCOL=DDCMP/SWITCH=DECNET

  the connection hangs for a minute and then comes back with a
        ERROR MODIFYING DEVICE VTA1:
        DEVICE TIMED OUT

  One last call to the mountains.

  "There appears to be some problem.  We have it under research"

  Anybody else out there having similer problems??

  (If this has been discussed before, I apologize for duplication
   as I am new to INFO-VAX).

                                        GaryM.
                                        BITNET contact for
                                        UMKCVAXn (n=1, 3)