Node names can be specified in different ways depending upon the directory service(s) you are using. If the local node is configured to use the DECdns name service and the remote node is correctly registered in the DECdns namespace, you may refer to the node using a DECdns fullname, as in: ncl> show node NS:.lkg.remotenode all If the local node is configured to use the LOCAL name service and the remote node is correctly registered in the LOCAL namespace, you may choose to use the LOCAL fullname, as in: ncl> show node LOCAL:.remotenode all If both the local and remote nodes are running DECnet over TCP/IP (RFC 1859) and the remote host name is somehow translatable (perhaps using the Hosts Database or DNS/BIND), you may refer to the remote node using the DOMAIN fullname, as in: ncl> show node DOMAIN:remotenode.lkg.dec.com all