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From: jrd@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: check tcp/ip
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Date: 9 Nov 98 22:16:17 MDT
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In article <7276a4$l10$1@garfield.vcn.bc.ca>, dastow@vcn.bc.ca (David Stow) writes:
> Could anyone explain how the check tcp/ip command works? I use MS-Kermit
> 3.15 with PPPD for DOS 0.6, and although it works well I'm curious about
> why check tcp/ip doesn't seem to notice if I've started Kermit before I've
> made the PPP connection. (I use the mscustom.ini file that came with
> version 3.14, and the program never skips the commands that follow "check
> tcp/ip if fail forward notcp" even if I haven't started the PPPD program
> yet. The TCP/IP settings given in mscustom.ini are all shown when I type
> show comm, except for the ones that rely on DOS environment variables that
> the PPPD program sets, which are blank). I also have a cosmetic question.
As Frank and the docs explain, CHECK FTP checks for built-in
options because we issue MS-DOS Kermit in variations to suit memory
limitations.
> I use Kermit most often to log into a host on a different net than my
> nameserver and gateway. I usually want to bypass my nameserver, which is
> often overloaded, by telling Kermit the IP address of the host directly.
> So far I've been using the SET TCP/IP HOST command, e.g. set tcp/ip host
> 128.174.2.3, which seems to work. Is there a way that I can tell Kermit
> to associate a host name with a host address? I would like Kermit to show
> a host name like uiucuxa in the bottom line of the terminal screen but I'd
> also like Kermit to know the IP number without asking the nameserver.
Use another name server (but why?). Also learn about Kermit macros
which let one DEFINE one string to mean another. There is no external table
of host names versus IP numbers that Kermit uses, thank goodness. DNS lookups
are tiny tiny things and should not impact your provider's equipment.
Joe D.