TCP/IP software for VMS systems - query

[R L StPeters]

>> Can anyone feed me their experiences of running TCP/IP software on VMS.
> 
>We recently switched to Wollongong's software.  Two of our vaxen (that I
>know of) run just the networking software, some others run full Eunice,
>and 1 vax (this one) runs Ultrix.  We also have several suns and Lispms
>on the same ethernet.  Wollongong's stuff works well, but is expensive (on
>the order of $10-20K).  We can perform telnet, ftp, and smtp to just about
>anything on the net (our Lispms barf on smtp).

(Actually, neighbor Connolly, we have TWO vaxen running Ultrix.)  With
the full Eunice package, rcp, rlogin, and rsh also work well but do
require a little awareness of VMS file types.  I will respond to the
original posting at length by mail on the many hours I've spent probing
just how the Wollongong stuff works, particularly with regard to mail.

>...  We *have* had problems setting
>up one of our vaxen as an arpanet/ethernet gateway, though - it seems we
>can have one, or the other, but not both.  I'm not intimate with the details,
>though.  I suspect it's our problem, not Wollongong's.

The problem is not a technical one.  Our Ethernet is not yet registered
and may not be gatewayed to arpanet.  We believe we can base a mail-only
gateway on the Wollongong software by patching one of Wollongong's binaries.
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