The trick is that the MAC address needs to match the DECnet Address.
There is a neat calculator on the net: http://www.powerdog.com/addrconv.cgi
Either set up the DECnet address that mathes to your MAC address (that is hard) or change your server's MAC address to match the desired DECnet address.
Define the host's DECnet address - in our case it is 1.11
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zoli@debian:~$ cat /etc/decnet.conf
#
# DECnet hosts file
#
#Node Node Name Node Line Line
#Type Address Tag Name Tag Device
#----- ------- ----- ----- ----- ------
executor 1.11 name debian line eth0
node 1.10 name ubuntu
node 1.5 name alpha
node 1.6 name vax
node 1.25 name ia64
...it means the debian hostäs MAC address needs to be aa:00:04:00:0b:04.
From now on everything is piece of cake
...if there is a mismatch with the MAC address and DECnet address - after installing the dnet-progs you will face problems with the network. It will basically stop working.
But... if everything is right... the result is just fantastic
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zoli@debian:~$ sethost ia64
sethost V1.0.4
Connecting to ia64
Cterm connection. Escape Sequence is ^]
HP OpenVMS Industry Standard 64 Operating System, Version V8.4
HP Integrity rx1620
Welcome to IA64 ...member of polarhome.com realm
Username: system
Password:
Welcome to IA64.polarhome.com
Information about portforwarded services are at:
http://www.polarhome.com/service/shell/ports.html
*****************************************
* Internet accessable/direct ports are: *
* 4000-4999 *
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Last interactive login on Thursday, 25-SEP-2014 20:18:29.53
Last non-interactive login on Thursday, 25-SEP-2014 20:27:03.40
%SET-W-NOTSET, error modifying RTA1:
-SET-I-UNKTERM, unknown terminal type
SYSTEM@ia64$
