On Oct 12,  1:41pm, Chris Bartram wrote:
> Subject: Re: ip addresses and mpe
>  In <[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> > What I need is to be able to get the IP address of the workstation from
> > within  MPE.
>
> If you have the appropriate patches;
>
> :showvar hpstdin_@
> HPSTDIN_ACCESS_TYPE = NS/VT
> HPSTDIN_TERMINAL_TYPE = 0 (T_DATA_ENTRY(4))
> HPSTDIN_TRANSPORT_TYPE = TCP/IP
> HPSTDIN_NETWORK_NODE = xxx.yyy.com       (the station's node name here)
> HPSTDIN_NETWORK_ADDR = nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn   (the station's IP address here)
> HPSTDIN_LINK_ADDR = not set yet...

The above HPSTDIN_* CI variables were added by Eero and may only apply
to NS/VT connections.

> and...
> :showvar hplocport
> HPLOCPORT = 1537
>             ^^^^ (this will be '23' for telnet sessions under inetd on 5.5)

The above variable and HPREMPORT, HPREMIPADDR and HPLOCIPADDR
were added to 5.5 (I think the NS/VT vars were patched on 5.0 systems too),
and apply to all network connections.  They are described in the 5.5
Communicator article on jazz.

regards,
Jeff Vance, CSY


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