[Simh] dhcp client for openvms 7.2 (hobbyist cd)?

Dave L davel.rss at googlemail.com
Thu Jun 7 14:19:55 EDT 2018


to determine the version do

$ tcpip sho ver

as to being a DHCP client, can't recall but I've never done this on any  
system I've worked on, VMS usually is sat at a fixed IP and may be a DHCP  
server (in a cluster its far better for resilience than winwoes efforts at  
handling this part).

HTH

On Thu, 07 Jun 2018 18:38:46 +0100, Ron Young <rly1 at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> Hi:
>
> 	Is it possible to config the hobbyist version of openvms (7.2)
> 	vax to be a dhcp client for tcp/ip.
>
> 	I have been using my vms install for years with a static IP
> 	without problems.
>
> 	Looking on the net, it looks like I should be able to do this
> 	if tcpip is version 5.3 or newer. This references a binary
> 	called tcpip$dhcp_client.exe. This file is not on my system.
>
> 	how do I determine what version of tcpip services am I running?
>
> 	is it possible to configure dhcp client on the hobbyist system?
>
> 	thanks
>
> 	-ron
>
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