4DDN

[Finn Drablos]

Yes, we have had problems with 4DDN. But it may depend on the IRIX level.
When we first installed 4DDN on our 4D/70GT, it would run for about an
hour (or even less), and then everything locked up. In some cases we could
log in via telnet and do a reboot, but sometimes only the reset button
worked. Since then we have upgraded IRIX two times, and are running 3.1D.
We still don't like to run 4DDN for any length of time, as the IRIS after
some days will start to slow down, and will need a reboot. So normally we
start decnet, do the file transfer, and then kill it again. Even this
seems to cause problems sometimes, so just to be safe we do a reboot at
some convinient time if we have been using decnet recently.
So what is the problem ? We have asked the SGI office in Sweden. They said
that SGI knows about the problem, but could not give any more information.
So we prefer to use ftp whenever possible. It is much easier to use. The
problem is that this is mainly a VAX/VMS site, and not all machines have
TCP/IP.


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