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From: jrd@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik)
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Subject: Re: Kermit via PPP under DOS? (SOLVED!)
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Date: 19 Oct 97 14:23:37 MDT
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In article <628mq4$2tg$1@argon.csl.sri.com>, rushby@news.csl.sri.com (John Rushby) writes:
> In article <omen5m8yvj.fsf@tees.cs.ualberta.ca>,
> Vladimir Alexiev <vladimir@cs.ualberta.ca> wrote:
>>............ thread about Kermit not working over dosppp
>
> My experience is that Kermit over epppd from dosppp05 works for some
> ISPs and not for others:
Might we ask specifically which version of MS-DOS Kermit?
V 3.15 is the current release, and it has signficantly enhanced
DHCP support to accomodate the major DHCP RFC changes made this
past spring.
> It works when dialed in to my office (fixed IP)
>
> It works with Eunet Traveller (excellent service with POPs all over
> Europe, I've used it with Kermit to connect to my office from the UK,
> Switzerland, Austria, and USA). Dynamic IP.
>
> It does not work with Ricochet (wireless modem service in
> the Bay Area and a few other places). Dynamic IP.
>
> The symptom is that Kermit cannot contact the nameservers and times out.
> NCSA Telnet and WATTCP applications have no problems at all (nor does
> Linux, but my old Libretto 20 is a bit too feeble to run Linux).
Perhaps an incorrect IP subnet mask has been provided. But
that is just a wild guess.
> (The reason I'd like to use Kermit is that NCSA Telnet does not let me
> map the alt-key combinations to work with Emacs; the Telnet is
> excellent in other respects and includes a very fast FTP client, so
> you can FTP back in to DOS for file transfer in the middle of a session).
>
> John Rushby (make obvious adjustment to get my true email address)
>
> PS. Does anyone have experience with IBM Globalnet while travelling?
> Eunet Traveller has no service in Japan, so I'm thinking of switching.