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Table of Contents
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I. Introduction - What is this anyway?
II. Getting started - Installing and Connecting.
III. TroubleShooting
IV. SLIP?
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I. Introduction - What is dstcp anyway?
Dstcp is an experimental version of a Dragon Spires client for people
with ethernet cards. If you don't have an ethernet card, dstcp is
not for you (if you have a modem, you should download dspire15.zip).
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II. Getting started - Installing and Connecting.
What do I need to run dstcp?
1) An ethernet card
If you don't have an ethernet card, dstcp probably won't work
with your setup (see IV: SLIP? for more info).
2) A packet driver for your card
dstcp needs a packet driver to get at the low level nasties of
your ethernet card. You can probably find a packet driver on
the distribution disk that came with your card. If it's not
there, you can try looking on ftp.spies.com in the pub/pktdrvr
directory.
Ok, I've got both of those, now what?
Next, You have to modify your WATTCP.CFG file to reflect your
network setup. Basically, you need to know your ip address,
netmask, a local gateway and a nameserver.
** IMPORTANT **
Your WATTCP.CFG file will _NOT_ work as is. You MUST modifiy
all fields to reflect information in your part of the net, not
mine =).
Um. How do I get all that?
Install your packet driver and run TCPINFO. If there's
a bootp server on the network, TCPINFO will print all the
information you need to know. If TCPINFO hangs or crashes,
then you don't have a bootp server and you're going to have to
find the info from someplace else. Try looking in some of the
configuration files of whatever program you use to telnet/ftp/read
mail/read news/etc. At the very worst, your systems administrator
can almost definitely tell you.
Ok, I think I've got everything right. How do I know if this is
going to work?
Once your WATTCP.CFG file is finished, install your packet
driver and run:
PING boris.eden.com
If PING hangs or crashes, then you've done something wrong.
(It's probably your WATTCP.CFG file, especially if other
programs using your ethernet card work). Hopefully, PING
will come back with a 100% success rate and a pretty quick
roundtrip time.
Ping worked, _Now_ what?
If you've gotten this far, you're on easy street. =)
Run DSTCP and choose TCP/IP (option 2). Then it's just
a matter of following configuing your sound card and
connection to boris! (For more info, see the readme.doc
file).
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III. TroubleShooting
Q: Everything works fine when I'm choosing my sound card and color, but
then I get a message "NO PACKET DRIVER FOUND".
A: You haven't installed your packet driver, or dstcp couldn't find
it.
Q: I keep getting "ICMP: Host Unreachable" errors.
A: Dstcp couldn't connect to boris.eden.com. Most likely, the mud is
down.
Q: I press Alt-T to connect, but all I get is a message that says
"waiting..."
A: Dstcp thinks that you've connected to boris.eden.com, but you
actually haven't. This usually happens because you have a flaky
packet driver.
Q: I noticed there's a modem option. Can I still use dstcp with my
modem?
A: Technically, yes. However, the modem code is identical to that
found in dspire version 1.5 (so you don't really gain anything).
Q: I need HELP! Who do I talk to?
A: You can send me e-mail at cannon@cs.Stanford.EDU. Put something
like "DSPIRE/TCP" in the subject, please.
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IV. SLIP?
Technically, dstcp will work with any device as long as you have
a packet driver which makes that device look like an ethernet card.
So, _technically_ I suppose you could get this to work with a SLIP
connection IF you had a nice packet driver for it. To date, no one
has managed to actually get it to work, but I just thought I'd mention
it incase someone out there wanted to try.
Tony Cannon
cannon@cs.Stanford.EDU