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Hint: You can dynamically change your IP address, hostname, and  other ISP parameters with the 'ispcfg' command (ISP 2.1 or later only)

Example: Change the IP address on a 821ADS board (the 821's ethernet descriptor is qe0)

ispcfg /qe0 (to show your current setup)
ispcfg /qe0 addr=206.72.9.92
ispcfg /qe0 (demonstrate the IP address has been changed)

Note that this change will not be permanent, and will only be in effect until you  reinitialize the descriptor (such as by rebooting). For a permanent change, follow the  configuration instructions in the ISP manual.

Hints: When trying to set up your system to use ISP, a good first test to see if the  basics are properly configured is to 'telnet localhost'. If you get to a login prompt, you  know that you have all the proper modules in place to establish a network connection. If  this works and then you find that you cannot telnet to another machine, re-examine your  network settings and verify that you are using the proper descriptor. A dump -m of your  network descriptor will allow you to see if the IP addresses are configured properly (they  will be in hex). For example, on a MVME167 machine, dump -m ie0 reveals:

$ dump  -m ie0
   Addr   0 1  2 3  4 5  6 7  8 9  A B  C D  E F  0 2 4 6 8 A C E
--------  ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----------------
00000000  4afc 0001 0000 00d4 0000 0000 0000 00c4 J|.....T.......D
00000010  0555 0f01 8000 00c8 0000 0000 0000 0000 .U.....H........
00000020  0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 3f8e ..............?.
00000030  fff4 6000 6705 0503 00be 00b8 0000 0000 .t`.g...>.8.....
00000040  0000 0000 0000 0001 0900 0000 00c4 05dc .............D.\
00000050  0022 00a2 ffff ff00 0092 00b2 0000 0000 .".".......2....
00000060  0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ................
00000070  0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0002 0000 ................
00000080  0000 0000 0000 0004 0020 0008 00af 0019 ............./..
00000090  0054 0002 0000 c034 6dff 0000 0000 0000 .T....@4m.......
000000a0  0000 0002 0000 c034 6d39 0000 0000 0000 ......@4m9......
000000b0  0000 0000 0000 0000 6966 3136 3700 6966 ........if167.if
000000c0  6d61 6e00 6965 3000 0000 0000 0000 0000 man.ie0.........
000000d0  0054 41d3                               .TAS

Looking at offset 0x96, you see the string 'c034 6dff' and on the line directly below,  at offset 0xa6, you see the string 'c0346d39'. These translate to 192.52.109.255 and  192.52.109.57 respectively. The offsets to your addresses may be found at different  offsets, but if you look for the hexadecimal representation of your IP and do not find it,  chances are you are using the wrong descriptor.

Retrace your steps and pay close attention to where the descriptor will be placed.  Normally, this will be in your particular port directory. For example, on the MVME167  system above running ISP V2.1, the descriptor is found in the directory:  /h0/MWOS/OS9/68020/PORTS/MVME167/CMDS/BOOTOBJS/ISP

Problem:  When I try mounting a NFS exported disk on my OS-9® machine, I get  "Invalid client credital".

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