Everhart,Glenn From: Lindsay Vette [lindsayv@xtra.co.nz] Sent: Monday, April 13, 1998 6:12 PM To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com Subject: Re: UCX and Routing dsuffel@algoma.com wrote in message <6gipr1$ach$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>... >Hi, > >Will a UCX host act as a router. Ours host is connected to two IP subnets on >seperate ethernets. Can it forward TCP/IP packets for nodes which are setup >to use it as a gateway. We have started dynamic routing, but this only seems >to involve the exchange of routing information rather than start a routing >service. Is there something else to start in order to get it to route >packets. The following is the version we are running: > > Digital TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Alpha Version V4.1 - ECO 8 > on a AlphaServer 400 4/233 running OpenVMS V7.1-1H1 I am pretty sure that UCX will act as a router between interfaces. There are a few more things that you need to do. You need to set the IP protocol to forward packets: UCX SET PROTOCOL IP/FORWARD You may also need to do something with ARP entries for each adapter, see HELP SET ARP in UCX. To test if it will route, systems on each subnet will need to specify the routing system (as it appears on their subnet) as a default gateway, or configure static routes to the other subnet via the routing system. Then you can try a ping or similar. Regards, Lindsay