I did something similar not too long ago. The nodes and router seem to
learn each others addresses possibly through neighborship. The only issue
I had was to make sure not to give the router the same address as a node.
Jeff
On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Hennen, David wrote:
> Hi, I'm wondering how a decnet node finds the gateway off the local area?
>
> Example, area is 2, router decnet address is 2.1000. The decnet address on
> the router is changed to 2.1010. Do the nodes, Alpha box with 2.17 address
> for example, figure it out on there own by listening, does the router
> advertise that it's the gateway to other areas, or do the nodes require
> configuration for the change?
>
> I'm going to be moving a couple of routers running decnet as well as IP and
> would like to avoid problems. I've looked at a few links on cisco.com and
> it sounds like the router makes some type of advertisement (hello) but I'd
> like to be sure.
>
> thanks if you can help
> dave h
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