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From: thierbac@umbc3.UMD.EDU (Ed Thierbach )
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Trouble connecting MicroVAX II to MicroVAX 2000
Message-ID: <908@umbc3.UMD.EDU>
Date: 28 Mar 88 21:42:41 GMT
References: <8803271456.AA16016@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: thierbac@umbc3.UMD.EDU (Ed Thierbach (UMUC))
Organization: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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If either of your node numbers are greater than 255, make sure that the
MAXIMUM ADDRESS parameter is set appropriately in each DECnet database.
Here's how to set it:

$ RUN SYS$SYSTEM:NCP
NCP> DEFINE EXECUTOR MAXIMUM ADDRESS 1023 (or at least as high as your
                                           highest node number)
NCP> SET EXECUTOR MAXIMUM ADDRESS 1023
NCP> EXIT

You might also want to make sure both nodes are in the same DECnet area;
I seem to remember that inter-area communications require an area router,
even if the nodes are on the same Ethernet.  I'm not sure of that, though;
if you have a full doc set, check the VMS Networking Manual (mine's not
nearby right now).

Hope this helps!

Ed Thierbach
Roy F. Weston, Inc.
(Looking for a few good .signatures...)