Frequently-Asked Questions about Tribal Voice's PowWow

Version 0.70 - August 21, 1997

PREFACE

This document is intended to answer the most Frequently-Asked Questions (FAQ's) about Tribal Voice's PowWow software. This FAQ is a supplement to the PowWow's online help. The online help is included with PowWow and is named POWWOW.HLP.

If you have not read the online help please do so before proceeding. It contains crucial information about installing and configuring PowWow as well as helpful troubleshooting information that can be used to resolve the most common technical issues.

This FAQ is constantly being updated as new versions of PowWow are released and new questions arise. The most recent version of this FAQ can always be found on Tribal Voice's ftp server from the following URL:

Click here to download the latest PowWow FAQ from http://tribal.com/powwow/pw-faq.htm.

Please email any comments about the FAQ to powwow-faq@tribal.com. Questions about PowWow should go to powwow-support@tribal.com instead. Do not send email to both addresses. If you are not sure which email address is best pick one. We will forward your email to the appropriate person(s) at Tribal Voice.

Aryeh Goretsky
Technical Support

This FAQ mentions many product names and trademarks from companies. Rather then mention each one specifically we will acknowledge their use here.


REVISION HISTORY

Version 0.70 - Aug 21, 1997. Revised A1.
. Version 0.69 - Aug 19, 1997. Revised B9 and B30.
Version 0.68 - Aug 14, 1997. Revised Preface, B7, B18, B19, B21, B22, B24, B25, B28.
Version 0.67 - Jul 23, 1997. Revised A4.
Version 0.66 - Jul 22, 1997. Revised Preface (thanks Sonia!)
Version 0.65 - May 22, 1997. Revised A1, A3, A4, A5, A7, A8, B23, B25, B28, B33, B32, and D5. Thanks Jon!
Version 0.64 - Apr 14, 1997. Revised D1.
Version 0.63 - Mar 25, 1997. Added B29, B30, B31, B32, B33, B34, B35. Revised A3, A4, A5, B5, B6, B7, B9, B15, B17, B18, B24, and D1.
Version 0.62 - Feb 27, 1997. Revised D4.
Version 0.61 - Jan 20, 1997. Added D7.
Version 0.60 - Dec 4, 1996. Revised Preface, A7 (thanks Denise!), and D4.
Version 0.59 - Oct 23, 1996. Revised B27 and B28.
Version 0.58 - Oct 23, 1996. Revised B27.
Version 0.57 - Oct 22, 1996. Added B28.
Version 0.56 - Oct 21, 1996. Added B27, background and text color.s
Version 0.55 - Sep 11, 1996. Added B26, fixed Table of Contents.
Version 0.54 - Sep 10, 1996. Revised entries A3 and B13 (thanks Jim!).
Version 0.53 - Sep 3, 1996. Revised entry B23 (thanks James!).
Version 0.52 - Aug 13, 1996. Revised entry A7.
Version 0.51 - Aug 6, 1996. Added entry B25, revised entries A1, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, B3, B23, and B24.
Version 0.50 - Jul 23, 1996. Revised entry A1.
Version 0.49 - Jul 19, 1996. Revised entry A7.
Version 0.48 - Jun 16, 1996. Revised entries A4, B24, D1 and D6.
Version 0.47 - Jun 12, 1996. Revised entries B24 and D6.
Version 0.46 - Jun 6, 1996. Added entries B24 and D6, revised entry D1.
Version 0.45 - May 31, 1996. Revised entries A5, A7, B23, C4, D1, D3, and E.
Version 0.44 - May 15, 1996. Added entry B23 (Thanks Thumper!), revised entries A7, B2, B3, B5, B6, C1, C4, D2 and E.
Version 0.43 - May 1, 1996. Revised entries B5, D1.
Version 0.42 - Apr 22, 1996. Revised entry C4.
Version 0.41 - Apr 18, 1996. Revised entry C4.
Version 0.40 - Apr 11, 1996. Revised entries C4 and A8.
Version 0.39 - Apr 10, 1996. Added entry C4, revised entry D3.
Version 0.38 - Mar 27, 1996. Revised entry A5, A9, and B9.
Version 0.37 - Mar 22, 1996. Added entry D5, revised entry A4.
Version 0.36 - Mar 14, 1996. Added entries B15 through B22.
Version 0.35 - Mar 12, 1996. Added entry A10, revised entry A2.
Version 0.34 - Mar 4, 1996. Revised entries A4, B14, D1, and D4.
Version 0.33 - Feb 20, 1996. Revised entries A8 and D1.
Version 0.32 - Feb 13, 1996. Revised Preface, entries A2 and A4.
Version 0.31 - Jan 23, 1996. Revised entries A4 and A5.
Version 0.30 - Dec 22, 1995. Added anchors, revised entries B5 and D3.
Version 0.23 - Dec 13, 1995. Added entry B14, revised entry B13.
Version 0.22 - Dec 5, 1995. Added entry D3, revised entries A5 and A8.
Version 0.21 - Nov 16, 1995. Fixed URL links on question D3. Removed non-ASCII characters from glossary.
Version 0.20 - Nov 10, 1995. Added entries B10 through B13. (Thanks Arvid and Zach!)
Version 0.12 - Nov 1, 1995. Fixed mailto: links on question A2. (Thanks Dan!)
Version 0.11 - Oct 26, 1995. Fixed spelling mistakes. :-)
Version 0.10 - Oct 25, 1995. Initial release with some HTML formatting.


Questions answered in this document:

SECTION A: General questions about PowWow

A1) What is PowWow?
A2) What are important/useful email addresses at Tribal Voice?
A3) What are the system requirements for PowWow?
A4) What operating systems (IBM, Apple, etc.) are compatible with PowWow?
A5) What TCP/IP stacks are compatible with PowWow?
A6) Can PowWow be used with SLIP/PPP emulators?
A7) What World-Wide Web browsers are compatible with PowWow?
A8) What sound cards work with PowWow?
A9) What speed network connection does PowWow require?
A10) Does PowWow require a Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data (DSVD) modem for voice chat?

SECTION B: Questions about PowWow

B1) What does the "Attempting to register…" message mean?
B2) What is the maximum length of characters for my PowWow Address (PowWow Local User I.D.)?
B3) How many people can chat together using PowWow?
B4) What happens if you page someone who is connected to the maximum number of users?
B5) How do I change my PowWow Address (PowWow Local User I.D.)?
B6) Can I my PowWow and email addresses be different?
B7) How do I change my PowWow password?
B8) How do I find other people to chat with?
B9) What can I do to make voice chat sound as good as possible?
B10) What does the "Timeout waiting for PowWow at remote host domain.org to respond." message mean?
B11) What does the "Timeout waiting for connection to remote host domain.org" message mean?
B12) What does the "Host user@domain.org does not answer" message mean?
B13) Why do I get "The requested URL is invalid HTTP status code: 404" or "HTTP/1.0 403 Access Forbidden" when I try to use the White Pages?
B14) Why don't the sounds I've added play correctly or show up in the Sounds Menu or Sounds Window?
B15) What are Communities?
B16) Which version of PowWow do I need to be running in order to use Communities?
B17) What is the difference between the Personal Communicator and Conmmunity modes?
B18) When would I want to use Community Mode?
B19) What are some uses for Community Mode?
B20) Is there a list of Community available?
B21) How can I add my Community to the listing?
B22) I do not want to run a Community 7 days a week, 24 hours a day!
B23) How do I remove sounds (.WAV files) from QuikSound?
B24) The buttons on the ribbon bar at the top of the window are garbled. How can I fix this?
B25) PowWow causes a General Protection Fault when I try to page someone or access the White Board. How can I fix this?
B26) How can I run PowWow from behind a firewall or proxy server?
B27) PowWow Setup reports it cannot find _SETUP.DLL and _ISRES.DLL files, cannot find a location to store temporary files in, cannot decompress or copy files, or otherwise cannot continue the installation process.
B28) PowWow reports it cannot find the ESWB1K8 dynamic link library file or "Voice Font not found" when I use Text to Speech, or does not display anything when I click on Users¦¦Preferences…¦¦Text to Speech from the Main Menu. What's wrong?
B29) How can I prevent people from paging me?
B30) I cannot page someone/I cannot receive pages. What's wrong?
B31) I am chatting with someone and they are chatting with people I cannot see. What's wrong?
B32) The cursor moves but nothing appears when I type. What's wrong?
B33) What is the Direct Connect option and when should I use it?
B34) I keep getting a "Please verify SMTP and POP3 server addresses, unable to resolve address of your server due to WinSock Error 1100x…," message. What's wrong?
B35) I keep getting a "Host is unreachable" message when trying to page someone. What's wrong?

SECTION C: World-Wide Web Questions

C1) Can I page someone using my World-Wide Web browser?
C2) Can I add a PowWow link to my home page (or other HTML document)?
C3) Is there an official PowWow picture or graphic I can put on my home page?
C4) Netscape Navigator 2.0 no longer re-loads the White Pages.

SECTION D: Miscellaneous Questions

D1) Where can I find the latest drivers for my sound card?
D2) Where can I find the latest TCP/IP (WINSOCK.DLL) drivers?
D3) Where can I find out more about TCP/IP (WinSock) applications and programming?
D4) How do I use PowWow with America Online?
D5) Can I get a virus by playing .WAV files or viewing someone's .JPG picture?
D6) Where can I find the latest drivers for my video card?
D7) My IBM Mwave DSP combination sound card and modem does not work with PowWow. What's wrong?

SECTION E: Glossary

list of PowWow terms

A. GENERAL QUESTIONS

A1) What is PowWow?

PowWow is a MS-Windows-based communications program for the Internet that allows up to nine (9) users to chat via typing or voice, send files, view personal home pages and JPEG pictures, and cruise the World-Wide Web (WWW) together. Version 2.x added a multiple-user confernce mode, voice chat at 14,400bps, and many other features. PowWow works with Windows 95 and Windows NT).

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A2) What are important/useful email addresses at Tribal Voice?

A listing of useful addresses can be found at http://www.tribal.com/mailroom/ on our World-Wide Web server. Point your World-Wide Web browser there for a comprehensive listing of email addresses.

Do not send email to multiple addresses. If you are not sure which email address is best pick one. We will forward your e`mail to the appropriate person(s) at Tribal Voice.

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A3) What are the system requirements for PowWow?

PowWow requires a computer running Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows NT with a TCP/IP (Internet) connection in order to chat.

A World-Wide Web browser is required for cruising the web together. For a list of compatible World-Wide Web browsers refer to A7) below.

A 486DX-33 or faster CPU, 14,400bps or faster Internet connection, and Microsoft Windows compatible sound card are required for voice chatting. A faster CPU and Internet connection will result in better performance.


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A4) What operating systems (IBM, Apple, etc.) are compatible with PowWow?

PowWow has been tested with the following operating systems:

PowWow is not available for the MacIntosh, Unix, or OS/2 Presentation Manager (native mode) operating systems nor are there any plans to port PowWow to these operating systems any time in the near future.

If, however, an operating system vendor such as Apple, Caldera, or IBM was interested in porting PowWow to their environment we would be happy to talk with them.

You can try running PowWow through a Microsoft Windows emulator on Apple MacIntosh or Unix systems. We have had reports that PowWow works under software-based PC emulators such as Connectix' Virtual PC, Insignia Solutions' SoftWindows for Power Macintosh 2.0 and SoftWindows for UNIX Workstations 2.0, as well as hardware-based PC emulator cards from Apple, Orange Micro, Inc., and Reply Corp. However, we are unable to test this ourselves or offer any configuration advice.

Web sites for the abovementioned vendors are:

Apple Computer     http://www.apple.com
Connectix          http://www.connectix.com
Insignia Solutions http://www.insignia.com
Orange Micro, Inc. http://www.orangemicro.com
Reply Corp.        http://www.reply.com

We have had reports that PowWow can be used with OS/2 Warp 3.0 with WIN-OS2 support and IBM TCP/IP 2.0 provided a replacement WINSOCK.DLL and other TCP/IP drivers are installed. The APAR for the update is APAR IC11173. However, we are unable to test this ourselves or offer any configuration advice.

NOTE: Please do not contact technical support with questions about the availability of MacIntosh, Linux, etc. versions. Technical support cannot provide you with any other information except what is in the FAQ.

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A5) Which TCP/IP stacks have been tested with PowWow?

PowWow has been tested with the following TCP/IP stacks:

1Click on Help¦¦About AOL to determine which version you have. See
D4) for further details.

The following TCP/IP stacks do not work with PowWow:

If you are unsure which TCP/IP stack you are using or if it is WinSock 1.1-compliant, try contacting your network administrator or your Internet service provider's technical support department for further assistance.

A listing of WinSock 1.1-compliant TCP/IP protocol stacks can be found at the Stardust Technologies WinSock Labs at http://www.stardust.com on the World-Wide Web.


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A6) Can PowWow be used with SLIP/PPP emulators?

No. PowWow works by registering your PowWow Address and IP address with a registration server. If you run PowWow with a SLIP or PPP emulator such as SlipKnot, SLiRP, TIA, TwinSock, or Virtual TCP/IP your computer will not have an IP address assigned to it and other people using PowWow will be unable to reach you.


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A7) Which World-Wide Web Browsers are compatible with PowWow?

PowWow works with Attachmate Emissary 2.0beta 3 or later, Netscape Navigator 1.1N or later, Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows 95 Version 2.0 and 3.01 or later, and Softronics Softerm browser 4.00.08 or later.

In order for PowWow links, web-cruising and other PowWow-WWW browser features to work PowWow must be able to communicate with the WWW browser. This is done through a process called Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE). The August 1996 release of Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 for Windows 95 and NT 4.0 does not have the particular DDE functions PowWow requires to do this.

The October 1996 release of Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.01 (build 4.70.1215) and later releases of Internet Explorer fix this. You may download the latest version from http://www.microsoft.com/ie/download on the World-Wide Web.

To obtain one of these WWW browsers go to the following sites:

Attachmate Emissary                    ftp://ftp.attachmate.com
Microsoft Internet Explorer            ftp://ftp.microsoft.com
Netscape Navigator                     ftp://ftp.netscape.com
Softronics Softerm+                    ftp://ftp.softronics.com
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A8) Which sound cards work with PowWow?

PowWow has been tested with the following sound cards:

However, any Microsoft Windows-compatible sound card should work.

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A9) What speed network connection does PowWow require?

PowWow has been tested with Internet connections ranging from dial-up SLIP and PPP connections at 9,600 bps up to direct network connections using a T-1 data line. Naturally, faster network connections allow PowWow to operate faster.

In order to use the voice chat feature of PowWow, an Internet connection of at least 14,400bps is required.

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A10) Does PowWow require a Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data (DSVD) modem for voice chat?

No. PowWow's voice chat is built-in and does not require a DSVD modem. If you are using a DSVD modem with PowWow make sure DSVD is disabled to allow PowWow the full bandwidth of the modem connection.

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B. POWWOW QUESTIONS

B1) What does the "Attempting to register…" message mean?

Each time PowWow is run it sends your PowWow Address, IP address, and password to the Tribal Voice PowWow Registration Database Server for verification. The "Attempting to register…" message, followed by "Registration accepted by PowWow server" is what you see of this process on your computer once registration is complete.

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B2) What is the maximum length of characters for my PowWow Address (PowWow Local User I.D.)?

Your PowWow Address can be up to 199 characters long. Specifically, your individual name can be up to 49 characters in length and your domain name can be up to 150 characters in length (including the at "@" sign).

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B3) How many people can chat together using PowWow?

Up to nine people (eight people and yourself) can chat together using PowWow Version 3 or later. If you have PowWow Version 3.2 you can participate in Communities which allow 1,000 people to chat together.

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B4) What happens if you page someone who is connected to the maximum number of users?

If you try to page someone who is connected to the maximum number of users, or if joining them would bring you over the maxumum number of users, the connection will be refused.

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B5) How do I change my PowWow Address (PowWow Local User I.D.)?

To change your PowWow Address, go to Users¦¦Preferences…User Info and enter a new PowWow Address into the Local Username: field. You may also want to change your password by entering a new password into the Password: field.

If you have a White Pages entry you will need to remove the old one first by using the PowWow White Pages Update Form at http://www.tribal.com/wpages/wpageschange.htm. You need to enter your Password in order to update your White Pages information. If you are not sure what your password is you can use the PowWow Password Query at http://www.tribal.com/password.htm. Remember, White Pages changes take up to three (3) business days.

Once you have done this you can create a new White Pages entry by using the PowWow White Pages Add Form at http://www.tribal.com/wpages/wpagesadd.htm on our Wolrld-Wide Web server.

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B6) Can I my PowWow and email addresses be different?

No, in order to use PowWow your PowWow Address and email addresses must be the same. The PowWow answering machine uses email in order to send and receive messages. If your PowWow Address is different than your email your answering machine will not work.

Also, in the event you lost your password we would be unable to look up or change it for you if you did not use your real email address. See B7) below for details.

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B7) How do I change my PowWow password?

To change your password, use the form at http://www.tribal.com/password.htm.

NOTE: Response time to email will vary greatly based on the amount of email received by our staff. Please use the form above for fastest response.

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B8) How do I find other people to chat with?

At the Tribal Voice PowWow White Pages server, you can find other users to chat with or add yourself so that others may chat with you. To reach the White Pages server, go to the following URL:

http://www.tribal.com/wpages/.

or click on Internet¦¦White Pages… from the main menu (PowWow Version 2.3 or later only). After finding user(s) you wish to chat with, double-click on their PowWow I.D. to page them.

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B9) What can I do to make voice chat sound as good as possible?

To use the voice chat feature, you need at least a 14,400 bps connection to the Internet. At 9,600 bps the connection rapidly gets worse until you can't hear anything intelligible.

For best results:


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B10) What does the "Timeout waiting for PowWow to respond at user@domain.org to respond." message mean?

This message appears when the person you are trying to reach receives your chat request but does not reply before a time-out occurs at your end. A time-out occurs after sixty (60) seconds. To increase the time, add the line

TIMEOUT=120

to the [PowWow] section of your C:\WINDOWS\POWWOW.INI file.

This will increase the time to 120 seconds. If the this does not work, the person you are trying to call has probably left their computer and not turned the answering machine on. Try sending them email with the date and time you tried to call them.


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B11) What does the "Timeout waiting for connection to remote host domain.org" message mean?

This occurs when PowWow cannot reach the person you are trying to contact before a time-out occurs. Reasons for this include:


You may increase the time-out connection time by following the steps listed in B10), above.

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B12) What does the "host user@domain.org does not answer" message mean?

This message is displayed when the person you are paging declines your chat. Try sending them email with the date and time you paged them instead.

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B13) Why do I get "The requested URL is invalid HTTP status code: 404" or "HTTP/1.0 403 Access Forbidden" when I try to use the White Pages?

This message appears for three reasons:

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B14) Why don't the sounds I've added play correctly or show up in the Sounds Menu or Sounds Window?

PowWow stores the names (Sound I.D.'s) and locations (path and filename) of .WAV sounds files in the [SOUNDS] section of your C:\WINDOWS\POWWOW.INI file. If a bad entry is in this section PowWow will not display or play sounds correctly (you may hear your default Windows sound instead). Entries in the [SOUNDS] section should look like:

[SOUNDS]
ABLE=C:\POWWOW\ABLE.WAV
Bravo=C:\PowWow\Bravo.Wav
charlie=c:\powwow\charlie.wav
and so forth…

If you find any blank lines, lines missing either a name or a location, lines with garbage characters, or other malformed entries in the [SOUNDS] section you must remove them before PowWow can play the sounds. Examples of bad entries:

[SOUNDS]
=                                       (missing name and location)
Bravo=                                  (missing location)
=c:\powwow\charlie.wav                  (missing name)
DELTA=C:\POWWOW\DELTA.WAV!@#$%^         (garbage characters in filename)
ECHO=C:\POWWOW\WAV                      (missing filename)
and so forth…

To fix this use a text editor such as Notepad or Write to remove the bad entries from the [SOUNDS] section of your C:\WINDOWS\POWWOW.INI file.
After making the changes to the [SOUNDS] section go to the the [PowWow] section and change the SOUND_COUNT value to the current number of sounds you now have in the [SOUNDS] section of your C:\WINDOWS\POWWOW.INI file. Save the file and re-run PowWow for the changes to take effect.

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B15) What is a Community?

A Community is a new form of interaction introduced in PowWow Version 3.2. It loosely-based on (and greatly expands on) the Conferencing chat model introduced in Version 2.0.

In a Community up to 1,000 people can simultaneously chat with each other. Communities can be Moderator or they can be left unmoderated. If the Community is moderated the person running it can display pages on each attendee's World-Wide Web browser as well as select who gets to talk.

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B16) Which version of PowWow do I need to use Communities?

In order to participate in a Community you need PowWow Version 3.2. You can download the latest version of PowWow from http://www.tribal.com/powwow/download/default.htm on our World-Wide Web server.

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B17) What is the difference between the Personal Communicator and Community modes?

In Personal Communicator mode, up to nine (9) people chat together in a group. They can chat with each other via keyboard, by voice, cruise the World-Wide Web, play .WAV files, and transfer files.

In a Community, up to 1,000 people can chat together via keyboard, listen to a speaker or speakers and view World-Wide Web pages accessed by the Community moderator. Conversations can be saved to disk.

When people chat in the Personal Communicator, their text is streaming, e.g., sent immediately to the other people they are chatting with keystroke-by-keystroke. When people chat in Community Mode, their text is in block-mode, e.g., sent only when the Enter key or [send] button is pressed.

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B18) When would I want to visit Communities?

Communities can be used when you want to talk with more than nine (9) people at a time, need to control who is talking, or need to keep a log of what has been said.

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B19) What are some uses for Communities?

Communities can be used for providing online presentations, lectures, training, and other discussions.

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B20) Is there a list of Communities available?

For a listing of Communities that are available 7-days-a-week, 24-hours-a-day go to http://www.tribal.com/communities on our World-Wide Web server.

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B21) How can I add my Community to the listing?

You can add your Community to the listing by filling out the form at http://www.tribal.com/communities/add.htm on our World-Wide Web server. Only Communities that are running 7 days a week, 24 hours a day are listed.

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B22) I do not want to run a Community 7 days a week, 24 hours a day!

You don't have to. However, we will only list Communities which are available 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. At the current time, we do not have the resources to list Communities which are not continuously available.

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B23) How do I remove sounds (.WAV files) from QuikSound?

You can remove sounds by going into QuikSound, clicking on them with the right mouse button and selecting Remove from the pop-up menu.

If you do not see a pop-up menu you need to upgrade your copy of PowWow. Click here to visit the PowWow download page.

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B24) The buttons on the tool bar at the top of the PowWow window are garbled. How can I fix this?

In Version 2.2, Tribal Voice changed the way bitmapped images are stored in PowWow. This can cause garbled images with certain types of Windows 3.1 video drivers.

You can fix this in three ways:

  1. Upgrade to a newer version of PowWow.
  2. Upgrade your video card's device drivers to a newer version. If you are using Windows 3.1 drivers and using Windows 95 you need to install Windows 95-specific drivers for your video card
  3. Disabling this function by running PowWow and clicking on User¦¦Preferences¦¦Special Video Card Settings… and checking Disable Advanced Graphics.

To determine which video drivers you have go to Program Manager, open the Main Group, and run Windows Setup. Your current video drivers will be listed under Display:.

See D6) for a list of video card manufacturers' World-Wide Web sites.

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B25) PowWow causes a General Protection Fault when I try to page someone or access the White Board. How can I fix this?

In order to speed up the video display PowWow makes use of certain Windows video commands, such as StretchBlt. Some older Windows 3.x video device drivers do not correctly support this command. This problem has been noted primarily in video cards using Cirrus Logic CL GD-54xx chips, ATI Mach32 video cards, and Media Vision Pro Graphics video cards.

You can fix this in two ways:

  1. Upgrade your video drivers to a newer version which handles compressed bitmaps.
  2. Disabling this function by running PowWow and clicking on User¦¦Preferences¦¦Special Video Card Settings… and checking Disable Advanced Graphics.
See
D6) for a list of video card manufacturers' World-Wide Web sites.

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B26) How can I run PowWow from behind a firewall or proxy server?

To run PowWow from behind a firewall, contact your network security administrator and ask him to configure the firewall so that TCP and UDP ports 13223 are enabled for bidirectional access and TCP port 23213 is enabled for outgoing access.

PowWow cannot be run from behind a proxy server or gateway that functions as a proxy server.

If you wish to run PowWow inside your network with no access to the outside world you'll need to download a copy of the PowWow User Local Server (PULS) software from http://www.tribal.com/puls on our World-Wide Web site.

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B27) PowWow Setup reports it cannot find _SETUP.DLL and _ISRES.DLL files, cannot find a location to store temporary files in, cannot decompress or copy files, or otherwise cannot continue the installation process.

The setup program requires your computer have a temporary directory on your hard disk to unpack files used during the setup process. At the end of the setup process these files are removed. To make a temporary directory on your computer first create the directory and then add a line to your AUTOEXEC.BAT which says:

SET TEMP={pathname of temporary directory}

If you use Windows 95 or NT, make sure the directory uses a short ("8.3"-style) name, not a long-name like "C:\Temporary Files".

For example, you could use:

SET TEMP=C:\TEMP

for your temporary directory. The drive which has the temporary directory should have at least 4Mb of disk space free.

NOTE: If you have done all the above and still receive errors while running Setup delete the contents of the temporary directory and re-run Setup.

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B28) PowWow reports it cannot find the ESWB1K8 dynamic link library file or "Voice Font not found" when I use Text to Speech, or does not display anything when I click on Users¦¦ Preferences…¦¦Text to Speech from the Main Menu. What's wrong?

This error message can appear if you are using an older version of PowWow. To fix it, uninstall PowWow, download the current version, and reinstall PowWow. Your settings will be preserved.

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B29) How can I prevent people from paging me?

To prevent all chat requests click on Setup¦¦Runtime from the Main Menu and set Chat Requests to Refuse.

To block chat requests from a specific person, domain, or IP address use the Call Blocking Book. You can access it by clicking on Setup¦¦Call Blocking Book from the main menu.

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B30) I cannot page someone/I cannot receive pages. What's wrong?

In order for you to chat with someone both people must be running PowWow at the same time. Make sure all parties are running PowWow and that it does register successfully. You will see a message in the status bar at the bottom of the PowWow window when the program registers sucessfully.

Another possibility is a routing problem between you and the person with whom you wish to chat. Most routing problems can be diagnosed with the traceroute command. Traceroute tests the connection between two computers over the Internet showing the path data takes on each "leg" or hop of the journey and approximate time required For information on running traceroute on your computer contact your Internet service provider's technical support department.

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B31) I am chatting with someone and they are chatting with people I cannot see. What's wrong?

This can occur for several reasons:

Upgrading your TCP/IP protocol stack and and PowWow to the newest versions available usually solves this problem.

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B32) The cursor moves but nothing appears when I type. What's wrong?

If you are able to type but do not see anything except your cursor then your text and background are set to the same color.

To change your colors, click on the color selection box in the upper right corner of PowWow with your left and right mouse buttons. If you do not see the color selection box try making your PowWow window larger.

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B33) What is the Direct Connect option and when should I use it?

The Direct Connect option allows people to run PowWow over an intranet (or other private TCP/IP-based network) when they do not have access to the Internet. They can only talk with other users on the LAN.

To use the Direct Connect option, check the Direct Connect specify the IP address or fully-qualified domain name after the username in place of the domain name.

NOTE: If this does not make any sense to you do not know what this option is then LEAVE IT ALONE. This is for people on LAN's or WAN's with a network card in their computer who do not have regular access to the Internet. If you can access the Internet (email, WWW, etc.) then leave this turned OFF.

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B34) I keep getting a "Please verify SMTP and POP3 server addresses, unable to resolve address of your server due to WinSock Error 1100x…," message. What's wrong?

This message is displayed when the information for your POP3 and SMTP servers is incorrect.

To fix, contact your Internet service provider's technical support department and get the correct addresses for your POP3 and SMTP servers. Run PowWow, select Setup¦¦Mail Send and Receive from the Main Menu, and enter the POP3 and SMTP server addresses. Click on OK when done to save the addresses.

World-Wide-Web-based email services such as Juno and Hotmail and online service providers such as MSN and AOL do not support SMTP or POP3 services. To turn these off so you may use PowWow go into Setup¦¦Mail Send and Receive and turn off Send messages on failed connect and Check messages on startup.

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B35) I keep getting a "Host is unreachable" message when trying to page someone. What's wrong?

This message is displayed when your TCP/IP protocol stack (WINSOCK.DLL) cannot determine the route to the other computer over the Internet. If you have "Direct Connect" checked when you page them try un-checking it and paging them again.

For more information about when it appropriate to use the "Direct Connect" option, see B33), above.

If you have still having problems contact your Internet service provider (ISP) and ask them to verify the routing between your computers.

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SECTION C: World-Wide Web Questions

C1) Can I page someone using my World-Wide Web browser?

Yes, PowWow chats can be started from a World-Wide Web browser provided both PowWow and a compatible World-Wide Web browser are running. To page someone, enter their PowWow Address into the URL (location) field of the web browser using the following format:

powwow:user@domain.org

Note that unlike most URL's, PowWow does not use two slashes "// " in the location field. For example, typing:

powwow:powwow-support@tribal.com

into the Location field of your web browser would connect you with Tribal Voice's technical support department. This function may be used by World-Wide Web administrators to communicate directly with a person who is viewing a given web page.

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C2) Can I add a PowWow link to my home page (or other HTML document)?

Yes. The following HTML tag creates a link to PowWow:

<A HREF="powwow:user@domain.org">

The following HTML tag creates a button (form) to PowWow:

<FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="powwow:user@domain.org"><INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" VALUE="Click here to PowWow"></FORM>

Remember that PowWow must be running on both computers, and the user selecting the PowWow link must be using a compatible web browser (see A5).

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C3) Is there an official PowWow picture or graphic I can put on my home page?

A copy of the PowWow icon is available from the following URL:

http://www.tribal.com/images/powwow.gif

You can use it to indicate a link to the Tribal Voice World-Wide Web server, your PowWow link, and so forth. Most World-Wide Web browsers will allow you to save it by clicking the right mouse button on the picture.

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C4) Netscape Navigator 2.0 no longer re-loads the White Pages.

A bug in Netscape Navigator 2.0, 2.01, and 3.0b2's (Atlas Public Release 1) caching algorithm prevents Navigator from reloading documents correctly after the Daylight Savings Time switchover on April 7, 1996. This has been fixed in Netscape Navigator 2.02 and 3.0b3 (Atlas Public Release 2) which are available for download from http://www.netscape.com/.

Navigator stores data in the cache and indexes based on the time it was received from the World-Wide Web server. When you reload a document Navigator checks the date of the information on the World-Wide Web server against the the cache and displays only the newer information. In order to maintain the cache over the Daylight Savings Time switchover, Netscape changed Navigator to treat all data in the cache was one hour older. Unfortunately, this change did not stop after the switchover and Navigator now treats all information in the cache as one hour older than the information stored on the WWW server.

You can fix this by going into Netscape Navigator, clicking on Settings¦¦Network Options¦¦Cache and make sure Verify Documents: is set to Every Time. Clear the disk and memory caches and exit Navigator. Add the line SET TZ=GMT0 to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file under Windows 3.x/95 and reboot your computer. If you are not in the Greenwich Mean Time Zone, specify a different time zone such as PDT7 for Pacific, MDT6 for Mountain, CDT5 for Central, EDT5 for Eastern, and so forth.

Netscape is aware of the bug and has implemented a fix in Navigator 2.02 and "Atlas Public Release 2" (Netscape Navigator 3.0b3) which were released in May 1996.

Disabling the memory and disk caches in Netscape Navigator 2.xx and 3.0b2 by setting them to 0 and clearing them will fix this as well, although caching will no longer occur.

You can also use Attachmate Emissary 2.0beta 3 or later, Netscape Navigator 1.1N or 1.22 (which do not exhibit this bug), Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.0 for Windows 95, or Softronics Softerm browser 4.00.08 or later with PowWow. To change your World-Wide Web browser in PowWow click on Setup¦¦Browser Selection and select a new browser, and then click on Setup¦¦Save Settings to save your changes.


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D. MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS

D1) Where can I find the latest drivers for my sound card?

There are several places you can find sound card manufacturer's device drivers on the Internet. Here's a partial listing of WWW sites:

Advanced Gravis     http://www.gravis.com
Analog Devices      http://www.analog.com
Aria (Sierra chip)  http://www.wi.leidenuniv.nl/aria/
ATI Technologies    http://www.atitech.ca
Aztech              http://www.aztech.com.sg/
Boca Research       http://www.boca.org
Cirrus Logic        http://www.cirrus.com
Creative Labs       http://www.creaf.com
Diamond Multimedia  http://www.diamondmm.com
Ensoniq             http://www.ensoniq.com
Genoa Systems       http://www.genoasys.com
Media Vision        http://www.mediavis.com
MicroSolutions      http://www.micro-solutions.com
Miro                http://www.miro.com
Orchid              http://www.orchid.com
Paradise Multimedia http://www.paradisemm.com
Reveal              http://www.reveal.com
STB Systems         http://www.stb.com
Turtle Beach        http://www.tbeach.com
Zoltrix             http://www.zoltrix.com
sound cards FAQ     ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/PCSoundcards

Many PC makers which include sound cards with their PC's also have WWW sites:

Acer America        http://www.acer.com
ALR                 http://www.alr.com
AST                 http://www.ast.com
CMOS Technologies   http://www.cmos.com
Compaq              http://www.compaq.com
Dell                http://www.dell.com
Gateway 2000        http://www.gw2k.com
Hewlett Packard     http://www.hp.com
IBM                 http://www.ibm.com
Micron (ZEOS)       http://www.micron.com
NCR                 http://www.ncr.com
NEC                 http://www.nec.co.jp/index_e.html
Packard Bell        http://www.packardbell.com
Quantex             http://www.qtx.com">
SONY                http://www.ita.sel.sony.com
Toshiba             http://www.tais.com
Unisys              http://www.unisys .com
(*not an official site sponsored by the company)

You can also check with the manufacturer's technical support BBS, forum on CompuServe, AOL, Prodigy, and so forth.

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D2) Where can I find the latest updates for my TCP/IP (WinSock) software?

There are several places you can find the latest updates for TCP/IP (WinSock) software. Here is a partial listing of TCP/IP vendors:

Attachmate         http://www.attachmate.com
FTP Software       http://www.ftp.com
IBM                http://www.ibm.com
Microsoft          http://www.microsoft.com
Netmanage          http://www.netmanage.com
Novell             http://www.novell.com
Softronics         http://www.softronics.com
Trumpet            http://www.trumpet.com.au
WRQ                http://www.wrq.com
If your TCP/IP (WinSock) software came bundled with your computer or from your Internet service provider contact them for assistance in upgrading your TCP/IP software.
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D3) Where can I find out more about TCP/IP (WinSock) applications and programming?

There are several places you can go for more information about TCP/IP (WinSock):

Stardust Technologies                 http://www.stardust.com
Stroud's Consummate WinSock Apps List http://www.cwsapps.com
The Ultimate Collection of WinSock SW http://www.tucows.com
Webreference.COM                      http://www.webreference.com
Win95 Networking FAQ                  http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~llurch/win95netbugs/faq.html
Windows95.com TCP/IP Setup            http://www.windows95.com/connect/tcp.html
Windows95.com Internet Troubleshootinghttp://www.windows95.com/connect/trouble.html
Windows Sockets Network Programming   http://www.sockets.com
WINSOCK-L Home Page                   http://papa.indstate.edu:8888

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D4) How do I use PowWow with America Online?

PowWow works with America Online for Windows Version 3.0 and later. If you are using an older version of AOL, you must first upgrade to the current version. You can download the latest version of the AOL software by going to Keyword: UPGRADE, visiting ftp://ftp.aol.com, or ordering an upgrade on disc from AOL. After you have upgraded, connect to AOL and go to Keyword: WINSOCK. Follow the instructions provided for setting up your AOL software to work with the Internet.

If you are using Windows 95 you must use the Windows 95 (32-bit) version of the AOL software. To find out which version of the AOL software you have, click on Help¦¦ About America Online. If it says "AOL 3.0 for Windows" you have the Windows 3.x version and must upgrade. If it says "AOL 3.0 for Windows 95" then you have the 32-bit version and do not need to upgrade.

NOTE: Tribal Voice cannot assist you in setting up your Internet connection. Questions about setting up the AOL software must be directed to America Online's technical support department.

AOL's World-Wide Web browser does not work with PowWow. You will need to obtain a compatible World-Wide Web browser if you wish to use one with PowWow. For a list of compatible World-Wide Web browsers see A7), above.


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D5) Can I get a virus by playing .WAV files or viewing someone's .JPG picture?

No, .WAV and .JPG files are data files and contain no executable code a virus could attach itself to or spread from. You can use PowWow to transfer executable files, however, which you should treat as any new program you have received.

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D6) Where can I find the latest drivers for my video card?

There are several places you can find video card manufacturer's device drivers on the Internet. Here's a partial listing of WWW sites:

ATI Technologies    http://www.atitech.ca
Boca Research       http://www.boca.org
Cirrus Logic        http://www.cirrus.com
Creative Labs       http://www.creaf.com
Diamond Multimedia  http://www.diamondmm.com
Genoa Systems       http://www.genoasys.com
Hercules            http://www.hercules.com
Miro                http://www.miro.com
Neomagic            http://www.neomagic.com
Number Nine         http://www.nine.com
Orchid Technology   http://www.orchid.com
Reveal              http://www.reveal.com
S3                  http://www.s3.com
STB                 http://www.stb.com
Western Digital     http://www.wdc.com

A list of computer manufacturers who bundle video cards with their computers can be found in section D1) above. You can also check with the manufacturer's technical support BBS, forum on CompuServe, AOL, Prodigy, and so forth.

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D7) My Mwave DSP combination sound card and modem does not work with PowWow. What's wrong?

The Mwave audio adapter/modem card uses a special type of computer chip from IBM called a DSP (digital signal processor) to play sounds and function as a modem. Each of these functions requires a slice of processing time from the DSP.

As a result, the DSP may not be able to handle both high-speed V.34 (28,800 baud or faster) connections and full-duplex (bidirectional) audio at the same time.

Here are some steps you can try to improve the performance of your Mwave-based sound card:

You can also try disabing the audio and/or modem portion of your Mwave card and installing a seperate sound card and/or modem in place of it.

For more information contact the company from which you purchased your Mwave device. Here is a partial listing of companies producing MWave devices:

IBM                     http://www.ibm.com
Miro                    http://www.miro.com
Packard Bell            http://www.packardbell.com
Unofficial MWave Page*  http://watson.mbb.sfu.ca
(*Not an official company-sponsored site.)
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E. GLOSSARY

cruise leader - see Leader

domain name - The "name" of a particular network of computers attached to the Internet. For example, all of Tribal Voice's networked computers have a domain name of tribal.com.

dynamic IP address - An internet protocol address that changes each time a connection is made to an Internet service provider. This type of connection is usually used with dial-up Internet accounts accessed via modem.

fixed IP address - An internet protocol address which remains the same. Networked computers and other computers with a dedicated connection to the Internet typically have fixed IP addresses.

Internet Service Provider - The company responsible for providing your Internet access.

IP address - A numeric address used to identify a computer or other device (printer, router, and so forth) over the Internet. IP addresses are composed of four sets of numbers with values of 0-255. For example: 204.227.15.1 is the IP address for the Tribal Voice's World-Wide Web server.

ISP - See Internet Service Provider

Leader - The person who first initiates a Cruise session in PowWow. The Leader has control of cruising the World-Wide Web. Wherever the Leader goes the other people follow in their World-Wide Web browsers.

Local User I.D. archaic - see PowWow address.

PowWow Address - the address used to identify and contact people running PowWow. PowWow Addresses follow the same conventions as email addresses.

PowWow Server - The PowWow server is the computer PowWow registers itself with. Tribal Voice runs a PowWow Server which all copies of PowWow attempt to register with. You can also install your own PowWow Server to allow PowWow to register with your own private server.

Remote User I.D. archaic - see PowWow address.

SLIP - stands for Serial Line Interface Protocol. A common method for connecting to the Internet using a modem.

static IP address - see fixed IP address

TCP/IP - stands for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. The method by which computers communicate with each other over the Internet.

URL - stands for Uniform Resource Locator. A standard method of displaying the name of a FTP or World-Wide Web server.

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Copyright © 1995, 1996, 1997 by Tribal Voice, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Permission is hereby granted to distribute this FAQ provided no modifications are made and no fee is charged for distribution. This FAQ is written and maintained by Aryeh Goretsky. Please email any comments or questions to powwow-faq@tribal.com.