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From: jrd@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: ?Warning:unknown hardware for port
Message-Id: <1995Oct1.161112.62432@cc.usu.edu>
Date: 1 Oct 95 16:11:12 MDT
References: <445vuc$4g6@raffles.technet.sg>
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In article <445vuc$4g6@raffles.technet.sg>, onglc@technet.sg (Robert Ong) writes:
> Hi,
>
> Our environment:
>
> a) Netware 4.1, Lanworkgroup, Windows
> b) Before running Windows, we run WGTCPIP & TELAPI
>
> In the DOS environment, we do not load WGTCPIP & TELAPI. Kermit talks to
> our Vax and Dec Alpha via TCP/IP protocols - works like a charm.
>
> In the Windows environment, we load WGTCPIP & TELAPI and the connection
> works fine. One problem that our users find very unnerving is the message
>
> ?Warning: unknown hardware for port: Using the Bios as BIOS1.
>
> I read the docs, and the FAQ (section 22 I think). I did the definition
> of PORT etc, but no luck, I now get PORT as an error message.
>
> Our MSKERMIT.INI is called from WIN-ALPHA.INI In the MSKERMIT.INI file,
> we have:
>
> Define PORT -
> <snip>
> <snip> {following the FAQ}
One wonders why, under Windows, you have these present at all.
Presumably (and here others can lend helpful insight) Windows will simulate
COM1..4 if it knows they exist and their port/IRQ values. Also, please
have a look at the Kermit release notes, if you haven't done so recently,
on the discussion of what is meant by COM1. It is NOT a particular port/IRQ
value pair.
>
> PORT 1
> SET SPEED 9600
> etc
>
> Even when I put the definition of PORT after PORT 1, I still get the
> warning about an undefined port.
>
> Any ideas?
Simply put, Kermit can't verify the serial port. Under Windows,
which simulates that hardware, it can mean something else is using the
port/IRQ at the same time. Do you have a real-mode TSR grabbing the
port? SLIP_PPP will do so, so will some mouse drivers. I am no expert
on Win 3.1x serial port mumbo jumbo in system.ini, but if yours is slightly
tangled then a trip to the Windows Resource Kit is a good suggestion.
Joe D.
> Thanks
>
> Robert
>
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