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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
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Subject: Re: Is it possible to... with kermit
Date: 18 Apr 1997 14:22:29 GMT
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In article <3353D8F8.2328@WolfeNet.Com>, Baus <Baus@WolfeNet.Com> wrote:
: Looking to see if something can be done with Kermit.
:
: I have an application that uses kermit 3.14 for remote communications. I
: would like to find out if it is possible, I assume through a Windows
: version of Kermit, to have multiple remote users download at the same
: time to the same PC.
:
In theory it is possible on TCP/IP connections, as many as the PC can handle
at once. On serial connections, one simultaneous session per port.
: The ideal situation would be for users to call one
: number and that number forward to other lines if busy, without the user
: knowing, and then have a seperate copy of the download application that
: calls Kermit for each phone line.
:
Hunt groups are a service of your telephone company, not of your PC or
Kermit. This is, of course, how modem pools work.
: Would like the application to be in Visual Basic. I am assuming I could
: keep adding phone lines and copies of the application as long as I add RAM?
:
The standard method of embedding Kermit protocol in another application is to
license the appropriate Kermit software from the Kermit Project and invoke it
with command-line arguments, usually indicating the name of a command (script)
file to be executed. Kermit itself handles all the communication functions,
and returns a code indicating success or failure. Of course it can also keep
various sorts of logs, etc.
You didn't say which version of Windows you have. If it is Windows 95 or NT,
then the Kermit program for that platform includes a "host mode" that allows
users to dial or Telnet in to your computer, log in with a password, and see a
simple menu that gives them file transfer and management access to a
restricted set of directories. You can read about it at:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/k95host.html
And the Kermit project in general at:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/
- Frank