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From: Vladimir Alexiev <vladimir@cs.ualberta.ca>
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Kermit via PPP under DOS?
Date: 25 Sep 1997 11:24:47 -0600
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In article <60dt7d$dj2@f1n1.spenet.wfu.edu> matthews@wfu.edu (Rick Matthews) writes:
> Can anyone one tell me how to set up a PPP connection under DOS?
There's two free PPP implementations for DOS, EPPPD (in file dosppp*.zip) and
Merit PPP (in etherppp or ethernew). EPPPD is smaller and probably more
robust. You can find both at http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~vladimir/dos-tcp/
(I've put some informational files in the zips too).
> I'll want to use Kermit for telneting, and I will also want to use a DOS pop
> mail client. Pegasus?
Yes, Pegasus can do it. However, I find it a bit bulky, and I prefer another
line of programs
- POPMail is only mail. Can't compose offline though.
- NUPop is mail and telnet (but much slower than kermit), and also gopher and
ftp in the latest version. I use version 1.03 because it's smaller.
- Minuet is mail, news, gopher, web browser.
In article <60dveo$q16$1@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu> fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz) writes:
> 2. Read Appendix II of MSK315.DOC.
Frank, I'd recommend dosppp05.zip (EPPPD) instead. It's smaller and probably
more robust (it's a port of Linux pppd). If you like, I can write up something
about the setup that worked for me. Some minor points about the "Kermit+PPP"
appendix:
> Begin by using MS-DOS Kermit ot dial up the terminal server at your Internet
> Service Provider and tell it who you are and what protocol you wish to use
> over the line.
Merit PPP's dialer is probably sufficient for this step, but of course one
could use Kermit too.
You then advise to quit kermit, then start it again and do "run startppp.bat".
I don't see a reason for that, why should you quit then reenter kermit? On the
other hand, it's probably better to run startppp.bat outside of kermit, so as
not to put the TSR ppp on top of kermit and fragment the memory.
> : I'll want to use Kermit for telneting, and I will also want
> : to use a DOS pop mail client.
> Not at the same time as Kermit. If you want to have multiple TCP/IP clients
> going at once, you'll need to run Windows, Linux, OS/2, or some other
> multitasking system.
DesqView...
> And in that case you'll need a different Kermit that is a regular Winsock,
> Berkeley sockets, or IBM TCP/IP client.
For Windows, one can probably run MS DOS Kermit in a DOS box, by using PKTMUX
or some such contraption. But if your PC can run Windows, I don't see why
you'd prefer to run DOS Kermit anyway. But if you can only run DesqView or
some other task switcher (eg DoubleDOS), then PKTMUX may allow you to run more
than one TCP client.
Regards, Vlad