| Introduction
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Digital's Internet ftp server is located at ftp.digital.com (16.1.0.2). The
hub firmware and DECndu Plus for DOS can be located by navigating the
/pub/DEC/hub900 directory. There are four directories of interest. The "mibs"
directory contains the latest MIBs and RFCs supported by the DEChub family of
products. The "firmware" directory contains the latest firmware images. The
"release" directory contains the product release notes that accompany the
firmware in the "firmware" directory. The "firmware/ndu" directory contains
DECndu Plus. The contents of each directory is described in detail in the
README file found in each directory.
Accessing Online Release Notes, RFCs, and MIBs
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This section describes how to access this product's online release notes,
public MIBs, Digital's private MIBs, and requests for comments (RFCs).
You can access this information using the following methods:
o Electronic mail
o ftpmail
o Anonymous ftp
Using Electronic Mail
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The DDN Network Information Center (NIC) of SRI International provides
automated access to NIC documents and information through electronic mail.
This is especially useful for people who do not have access to the NIC
from a direct Internet link, such as BITNET, CSNET, or UUCP sites.
To use the mail service, follow these instructions:
1. Send a mail message to SERVICE@NIC.DDN.MIL.
2. In the SUBJECT field, request the type of service that you want,
followed by any needed arguments.
Normally the message body is ignored, but if the SUBJECT field is empty,
the first line of the message body is taken as the request. The example at
the end of this section lists some of the services available.
Requests are processed automatically once a day. Large files are broken
down into separate messages.
Using ftpmail
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Digital offers internet ftpmail access to private MIB information, in ASCII
text form, at ftp.digital.com, with up-to-date documents stored in the
/pub/DEC/hub900/mibs directory. Check the INDEX file and the README file
for the current contents.
To use ftpmail, follow these instructions:
1. Send a mail message to ftpmail@ftp.digital.com.
2. Ignore the subject line.
3. Include the word connect in the first line of the body.
4. Include get commands for each document required, for example:
get /pub/DEC/hub900/mibs/README
5. quit
Requests are acknowledged, then queued and processed every 30 minutes.
Because of the number of requests, it may take a day or two before you
receive a reply.
NOTE
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For more timely access, consider using anonymous ftp (refer to the section
titled "Using Anonymous ftp").
The following are example SUBJECT lines to obtain DDN NIC documents:
HELP
RFC 822
RFC INDEX
RFC 1119.PS
FYI 1
IETF 1IETF-DESCRIPTION.TXT
INTERNET-DRAFTS 1ID-ABSTRACTS.TXT
NETINFO DOMAIN-TEMPLATE.TXT
SEND RFC: RFC-BY-AUTHOR.TXT
SEND IETF/1WG-SUMMARY.TXT
SEND INTERNET-DRAFTS/DRAFT-IETF-NETDATA-NETDATA-00.TXT
HOST DIIS
Using Anonymous ftp
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You can obtain RFCs and up-to-date FDDI MIBs from Digital using anonymous ftp.
Digital offers Internet anonymous ftp access to private MIB information, in
ASCII text form, at ftp.digital.com, with up-to-date documents stored in
the directory /pub/DEC/hub900/mibs. Check the INDEX file and the README
file for the current contents.
To use anonymous ftp to copy files, follow these instructions:
NOTE
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User input is case sensitive; you must type it as shown.
1. Use the Internet application ftp to connect to ftp.digital.com. The
Internet address is 16.1.0.2.
2. Log in as user anonymous.
3. Use your electronic mail address as the password.
4. Use the cd command to get to the directory /pub/DEC/hub900/mibs.
5. Use the ascii command to specify that you are retrieving ASCII text files.
6. Use the get command to get the file, or files, that you require.
7. Use the quit command to log out when you are finished.
The following example shows how to copy the README file from the repository:
% ftp ftp.digital.com
Connected to ftp.digital.com
220 FTP.DIGITAL.COM FTP Service Process
Name: anonymous
331 ANONYMOUS user ok, send real ident as password.
Password: milano@netman.stateu.edu
230 User ANONYMOUS logged in at Tue 10-May-1994 10:24-EST, job 54.
ftp> cd /pub/DEC/hub900/mibs.
331 Default name accepted. Send password to connect to it.
ftp> ascii
220 Type A ok.
ftp> get README
200 Port 19.54 at host nnn.nn.nn.nn accepted.
150 ASCII retrieve of /pub/DEC/hub900/mibs/README started.
226 Transfer completed. 40239 (8) bytes transferred.
40239 bytes received in 23.65 seconds (5.8 Kbytes/s)
ftp> quit
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