Hi Jeff and Everyone Else Who Replied :)
    Jeff's answer led to the solution... and it worked wonders!!!

    We can now tell a VT session from a terminal session with relative
ease.... granted the software should be re-written but... we aren't going
there (it's the boss' software!) hehehe

Thanks for all the help everyone... I learned a bunch of details thanks to
all the posts...

Art "Just don't do it during the day! hehe" Bahrs

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Kell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Art Bahrs" <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Specifying the NS/VT port number?


> The only way is to "preallocate" the lower numbered LDEVs, and the only
> way I know to do that is to use NMMGR and in the DTS specifications
> there is a "Maximum number of non-nailed LDEVs" field (excuse me for not
> recalling the exact screen).  These are allocated from available LDEV
> numbers after reviewing SYSGEN defined devices when you execute an SY>
> RDCC command to cross-reference the two.  They are used by non-nailed
> DTC connections and by TAC-based telnet sessions.  Otherwise they are
> just allocated and reserved, *but* they are allocated and never released
> unless you change the configuration.
>
> Host-based telnet and NS/VT sessions are allocated LDEVs dynamically
> starting at the first available LDEV number above the number allocated
> by the process outlined above.
>
> This has no bearing on the TCP/IP port number as the subject suggests,
> but from your posting it sounds like you really meant LDEV number.
>
> Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>