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This forum is supplied for demonstration purposes only and is accessible via the IBM OS/2 BBS system. What you see below is the forum as it existed on 10/30/92. The IBM OS/2 Bulletin Board System (BBS) is IBM's new electronic support offering for OS/2 Version 2.0. With OS/2 BBS you can electronically review OS/2 technical information, submit program defects to IBM, and receive information on how to solve problems. Users of the OS/2 BBS not only include OS/2 customers, but the OS/2 expertise of the entire internal IBM community worldwide. OS2BBS makes all this available via a local or toll free number in most major cities. To request a complete OS/2 BBS Information Package detailing the OS/2 BBS offering and including pricing and registration/access information, please call: 1-800-547-1283. ===== OS2TCPIP CFORUM created at 19:14:29 on 92/06/22 GMT (by HNDERSON at AUSVM8) IBM INTERNAL USE ONLY Each contributor agrees to the following: By placing material in this file I agree to abide by the rules and grant IBM a license as set forth in the file IBMPC RULES of the IBMPC conference. IBM UNCLASSIFIED ---------------- The information in this forum is considered by IBM to be external and may be shared by everyone who is given access. This forum is shared with the internal IBM employee conferences. Forum: OS2TCPIP CFORUM Forum Topic: TCPIP Version 1.2 for the DOS and OS/2 Operating systems. Forum subject: TCPIP General Question and Answer This forum is provided as a conferencing tool for the discussion of issues, questions, and problems with TCPIP for DOS and OS/2 that are not covered in one of the other forums provided. Contributions must not contain confidential or proprietary information. Each contributor agrees, in placing material in this forum, that IBM and other users are free to prepare derivative works based upon it, and to use, reproduce, perform, display and distribute inside and outside their company such material and such derivative works, without obligation or charge. IBM is not responsible or liable for the use, copying, or distribution of materials placed on this forum, and has therefore no obligation to control such acts. All subscribers are required to abide at all times by the conference rules described in the Bulletin Board Rules under "News and Announcements". All IBM personnel are required to abide at all times by the IBMPC RULES and the IBM Business Conduct Guidelines. IBM personnel will read the CUSTOMER FORUM RULES in IBMPC RULES before contributing. Contributions violating these rules will be deleted by the CFORUM Owner or their delegate, and in some cases by an IBM conference Administrator. The OS2BBS CFORUM is where anyone may raise concerns regarding rules violations found in this and other CFORUMS. The IBM Owner of this forum is: Name: OS/2 Software Service and Support Mailing Address: IBM Manufacturing and Development 11400 Burnet Road Internal Zip 2900-042/1D003 Austin, Texas 78758 IBM Node/Userid: AUSVM8/HOPKINS ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 21:12:32 on 92/06/26 GMT (by LNK1SM1 at TPAVMPS2) Subject: Test of new Cforum This is a test.... Brent Allen - IBM ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 12:48:42 on 92/06/30 GMT (by XXRBNK42 at TORVMCOP) Subject: TCP/IP Performance in LAPS Environment Having just heard Steven King describe the LAPS protocol environment for OS/2 2.0, can someone in the TCP/IP group comment on when they intend to port their protocol stack over to this environment, and what impact, if any, this move will have on path length? Forbes Hirsch Technology Architect, Distributed Systems Royal Bank of Canada ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 14:04:49 on 92/06/30 GMT (by XXCEGA01 at TORVMCOP) Subject: TCP/IP Performance in LAPS Environment Ref: Append at 12:48:42 on 92/06/30 GMT (by XXRBNK42 at TORVMCOP) The current release of TCP/IP for OS/2 1.21 uses the LAPS protocol stack to attach. This works quite well in conjunction with LR 2.0 and ES 1.0. I'm unsure as to your question about the length of the path. Jeff Johnstone (Centra Gas B.C. Inc) (604)380-3300 ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 16:50:00 on 92/06/30 GMT (by XXCWBD04 at TORVMCOP) Subject: Network Printer status Is there a network printer icon for printers re-directed using LPRMON? This would be able to show the status of all print jobs at the server. We should also be able to delete jobs, change properties, etc. Why doesn't LPRMON support the printing of multiple copies to a network printer? Greg Athayde Canadian Wheat Board ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 15:39:01 on 92/07/08 GMT (by IL62623 at OS2CUST) Subject: bsdselect missing in action? When I try to use the BSD form of select by setting BSD_SELECT with TCP/IP 1.2.1, the linker fails to find bsdselect. Where has it gone? ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 17:36:29 on 92/07/08 GMT (by U94JXC at OS2CUST) Subject: File transfer I have TCP/IP installed & working well on OS/2 1.3 EE. I am using FTP to trans fer files to VM. Transfer works fine, but I would like these to be fixed rather than variable format. There doesn't seem to be any way to change recfm in FTP. Jo-Ann Chelini ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 18:47:49 on 92/07/08 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP 1.2.1 for OS/2 Query How are the upgrades from 1.2 to 1.2.1 being distributed? Several of us here used the Additional License Upgrade option for TCP/IP and while the 'check was cashed' there has been no official notification or proof of license received from IBM. Is this 'normal' or should we receive a proof of license? Do the Additional License Upgrade users get the upgrade as well as the more typical license user? IBM - your TCP/IP for OS/2 is OUTSTANDING and I wish that you would actively market it. We see ads for other's TCP/IP but have yet to see one for yours and since it is THE BEST it would help. As someone during the OS/2 EEP indicated on the Beta BBS - "TCP/IP for OS/2 from IBM is a Stealth Product" Fortunately it is not expensive as the stealth planes even though it provides significant functionality, ease of use, and is superior to the competition that I have seen. Lionel Dyck - Rockwell International, Information Systems Center ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 18:49:18 on 92/07/08 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Subject: Internet Access to this BBS Now that y'all recognize TCP/IP officially on this BBS is there any chance that there will be an Internet connection in the near future, including Telnet for bbs usage and FTP for file transfer? Lionel Dyck - Rockwell International, Information Systems Center ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 04:50:20 on 92/07/09 GMT (by WALDBAU at YKTVMV) Subject: TCP/IP 1.2.1 for OS/2 Query Ref: Append at 18:47:49 on 92/07/08 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Thanks for your nice words about our product. I'm a second-level manager in IBM Research whose team developed a number of components of this package, including LAMAIL, a powerful SMTP-based mail handler developed by the same team that developed the Enhanced Editor for OS/2. I would like some advice from you on what IBM should do to improve the marketing of this product. To help the marketing effort, my team and I have also demonstrated it at COMDEX, PCEXPO, and the San Francisco OS2TOOLS conference. IBM Raleigh, the product owner, also demonstrated it at INTEROP. We've given talks and demos at SHARE. But this is not enough. Please tell us what you think we should do to market our product. Thanks, in advance. Jerry Waldbam, Mgr Watson OS/2 Systems ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 05:11:20 on 92/07/09 GMT (by WALDBAU at YKTVMV) Subject: Internet Access to this BBS Ref: Append at 18:49:18 on 92/07/08 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) We know we can do this technically. Hopefully, we will make it happen some day. I'm one of the managers responsible for IBM's TCP/IP product for OS/2 and the IBM manager who has nourished the company's internal IBMPC computer conference for 10 years. My team helped build the OS2BBS back-end and shared the CFORUMS with our IBMPC conference so that IBM customers are empowered to communicate with all IBMers throughout the world. My team also developed FORBROWS. We're trying to help build a new IBM. But it takes time .... Jerry Waldbaum ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 13:58:37 on 92/07/09 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Subject: Internet Access to this BBS Ref: Append at 05:11:20 on 92/07/09 GMT (by WALDBAU at YKTVMV) Jerry - with more like you and your team IBM can only become more successful. I can wait for Internet access - I believe that once it is in place that you will have more customers. I wear another hat as Manager of Electronic Conferencing at SHARE and we have a conferencing system (on a 9370) that is reachable via IIN or Internet and we have found that many of the Universitys don't have IIN access or that it is very limited, yet Internet is very widely available. Lionel Dyck - Rockwell International, Information Systems Center ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 14:07:23 on 92/07/09 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP 1.2.1 for OS/2 Query Ref: Append at 04:50:20 on 92/07/09 GMT (by WALDBAU at YKTVMV) I don't really know what to suggest just that last week I was talking to one of our Lan/Office Automation Managers who was documenting the various TCP/IP products for a publication that she was working on and she was not even aware that IBM had an offering, or how powerful and feature rich it was (she knows now however). I have also seen a few items on the OS/2 Internet listserv about tcp/ip for OS/2 from individuals who were not aware that IBM had such an offering - they were promptly reminded by several on the listserv feed. I would hope that you are included in the PC Magazine review of TCP/IP products and whatever other journals do such reviews as well. Little ads, ala the IBM PC 3270 ads, would be helpful/informative too. Lionel Dyck - Rockwell International, Information Systems Center ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 15:22:50 on 92/07/09 GMT (by WALICKI at WATSON) Subject: Internet Access to this BBS Ref: Append at 13:58:37 on 92/07/09 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Would a comp.os.os2.tcpip be useful in communicating OS/2 TCP/IP related questions back to IBM TCP/IP Developers? I think this would be a great way to market IBM OS/2 for TCP/IP to the Internet community. The other choice is to keep OS/2 TCPIP questions in comp.protocols.tcp-ip. The bandwidth there may bury OS/2 questions. Note comp.os.os2.networking already discusses TCP/IP. Regards, John A. Walicki OS/2 CORE Development - TEAM OS/2 From: John Walicki 862-4143 <WALICKI@LEHIGH.watson.ibm.com> ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 18:54:20 on 92/07/09 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Subject: Internet Access to this BBS Ref: Append at 15:22:50 on 92/07/09 GMT (by WALICKI at WATSON) Those sound good to me, but as I don't have access to a netnews server, it is impossible for me to see those. How about a listserv for it as well. Lionel Dyck - Rockwell International, Information Systems Center ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 19:56:47 on 92/07/09 GMT (by SAAF0KC at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP What does it do for a company? This may not be the right place for this, but I'll do it anyway. I have seen some info on TCP/IP, but am mostly ignorant as to what it can do for a company. What are the major benifits of TCP/IP, and what are the normal startup costs as well as on going cost to have a TCP/IP setup. Myself and one other Techy here, have considered approaching management with a TCP/IP proposal, but have not had the knowledge to start a proposal. Any help, or sugestions to be included in a proposal would be greatly appreciated. F.Y.I. -- We are a County Government so what benefits outside of private industry would also be helpful. Jon Smith -- Sedgwick County Information Services ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 20:19:28 on 92/07/09 GMT (by GALINA at YKTVMV) Subject: File transfer Ref: Append at 17:36:29 on 92/07/08 GMT (by U94JXC at OS2CUST) Jo-Ann, to specify fixed record length use the following command. QUOTE SITE FIXrecfm <record_length> You can find more information in VM tcpip users guide. Galina Kofman ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 16:46:52 on 92/07/10 GMT (by SBNI8A3 at OS2CUST) Subject: Internet Access to this BBS Ref: Append at 05:11:20 on 92/07/09 GMT (by WALDBAU at YKTVMV) Please add one more very staunch supporter of TCP/IP access to this conference. I know TN3270 to this same VM almost HAVE to be faster than SNA, and the ability to sign on and FTP the fixes and messages would also have to be MUCH faster than IND$FILE. Dan Cromer, School Board of Alachua County, Gainesville, Florida ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 19:53:13 on 92/07/10 GMT (by TBHIC at OS2CUST) Subject: RN News Reader TCP/IP 1.21 I have been using the news reader, rn.exe, included in the samples directory. don't know if it is the server, my configuration,the net, or the news reader program, but It seems rather brittle. I usually can only read items from the 1st subject on my subscription list, a lot of items are 'too long' to be read etc. Is there a newer version of this program available? P.S Its great to see this forum out here. Matt Hickman, Chevron Matt@bhice.hou130.chevron.com ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 20:03:38 on 92/07/10 GMT (by TBHIC at OS2CUST) Subject: Enhancements Are there any plans to put in the hooks necessary to allow TCP/IP to participat e in the "LAN aware shell'? This would be useful to those of use that are fairly new at the tcp/ip game. Also, are there any plans to add TCP/IP virtual device drivers (VDD)? As the acceptance of TCP/IP grows, this will become important. Thanks. Matt Hickman, Chevron Matt@bhice.hou130.chevron.com ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 14:23:03 on 92/07/13 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Subject: Full Screen access to OS/2 via Telnet? Is it possible to use TCP/IP from MVS using TELNET to access OS/2 TCP/IP and be able to use 'full screen' character based applications or am I limited to line mode? I have tried the OS/2 Telnetd with VT100 and VT220 and each time I connect from MVS it indicates line mode. Thanks Lionel Dyck - Rockwell International, Information Systems Center ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 14:29:48 on 92/07/13 GMT (by OLEG at YKTVMV) Subject: Full Screen access to OS/2 via Telnet? Ref: Append at 14:23:03 on 92/07/13 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) No, you can't. The limitation is on the MVS side because MVS does not support vt100 or ansi telnet emulations. Oleg Vishnepolsky ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 17:02:33 on 92/07/13 GMT (by DCU015 at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP Security We have installed TCP/IP version 1.21 for OS/2 on a few machines for test purposes. We have used NFS to share files and are considering the possibility of using it on a production basis. The tool seems to work reliably, but I have a question about security: Can I use passwords to secure directories which I share via NFS? (Currently, it seems that I can only use machine names, which are set with OS/2 environment variables and which are not secure.) As you can tell from this question, I am a TCP/IP novice, more or less. Any comments would be appreciated. Marc Kase, Dow Corning Corporation ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 17:39:08 on 92/07/13 GMT (by N$AAA at RALVMM) Subject: TCP/IP Security Ref: Append of 07/13/92 at 17:02:33 GMT (by DCU015 at OS2CUST) Marc, NFS is a little more secure than that, but not much. On the server, it's true that permissions are set according to a host name, but a user can't just change the host name on his client and suddenly get access to other people's files. The way the server works is it takes the hostname that you export to, and looks up the corresponding IP address, either in the hosts file on the server machine, or via a nameserver if you have one set up. So a user would have to change the hosts file on the server, or change the files on the nameserver in order for him to get access to other people's files; he can't just change his HOSTNAME env. variable and get access. Now it is possible for someone to change their IP address locally, and suddenly their machine can appear to be somebody else's. This will only work however, if the machine they're pretending to be is powered off. There is, unfortunately, not much you can do about this one... Andre Asselin RSCS: N$AAA at RALVMM IBM TCP/IP Development II IBMNet: n$aaa@ralvmm.raleigh.ibm.com Research Triangle Park, NC Internet: asselin@vnet.ibm.com ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 21:51:18 on 92/07/13 GMT (by IL22993 at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP 1.2.1 for OS/2 Query Ref: Append at 04:50:20 on 92/07/09 GMT (by WALDBAU at YKTVMV) I will second the comment that the IBM TCP/IP for OS/2 is really an excellent product. re: your request for marketing suggestions. One omission that I have pointed out on the EEP is that it was missing from the IBM OS/2 Applications Solutions catalog that was given out at the OS/2 2.0 roll-out. I was astounded that IBM listed its competitors TCP products and missed its own. It was the comments by others on the EEP conference that caught our interest and caused us to buy it. I don't believe I have ever seen it advertised in any of the many PC magazines ... or other communications trade magazines. George Clark, Norton Company ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 14:03:59 on 92/07/14 GMT (by IL69112 at OS2CUST) Subject: NFSD - SYS3175 error Here's a problem that we encountered recently and need an explaination. We are running TCP/IP 1.2.1 for OS/2 2.0, it has been running fine for quite a long stretch, but we recevied a sys3175 error in the NFSD window. This caused our RISC\6000 to suspend NFSD execution and eventually locked another CPU from using the NFSD service. Our RISC mounts a directory on the NFSD server for use accross the two LAN's that we have (Token Ring, Ethernet), so we may pass files between the users on the LANS. The LANs are bridged with an IBM8209. Any ideas on what the problem may be? Don Mathisen - C&S, International Paper ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 14:23:33 on 92/07/14 GMT (by NAAN43X at OS2CUST) Subject: PMX Server under OS2 2.0 TCPIP 1.2.1 I am having some problems with X-Windows under TCPIP 1.2.1 accessing AIX X-Clients. I am using a IBM 8595-0J9, with 16 Megs, XGA, NEC 5D, 1 Partition FAT system. When accessing the SMIT menus on AIX via an X-Window, clicking the mouse ptr into certain data entry fields and then trying to type from the keyboard does not allow you to enter the desired data. Is there some remapping of the 2-button vs 3-button mouse that causes this type of problem?. I also saw this problem at ITM MAXM in Virginia so ths is not an isolated case. I am aware that this problem doen't always present itself. I am wondering if there is some configurable feature that may resolve this problem. Would appreciate any help anyone out there can provide. Peter Bourboulis, Chemical Bank ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 15:54:02 on 92/07/14 GMT (by LATHAMR at MSNVM3) Subject: PMX Server under OS2 2.0 TCPIP 1.2.1 Ref: Append at 14:23:33 on 92/07/14 GMT (by NAAN43X at OS2CUST) Peter, It is not a configuration problem. You have found a "bug". The development group has since mashed it. I however don't know anything about how fixes get distributed to real customers. (which in the grand scheme of things looks like a deficiency in my education, right ? <grin>) In the interim, you can run SMIT -C (note capital !) to run smit in character mode. Hope this helps. Richard D. Latham ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 18:35:52 on 92/07/14 GMT (by A157623 at OS2CUST) Subject: Perserving file info during ftp How do I preserve the file date and time information when using FTP to transfer files between two machines both running the IBM product? We would like to use FTP for sending new software releases but need the date and time to match our local version as an indicator as to which version the customer is using. File size is not adequate. Thanks in advance. Larry Mason TExas Instruments ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 22:38:28 on 92/07/14 GMT (by AABB0FC at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP 1.2.1 for OS/2 Query Ref: Append at 04:50:20 on 92/07/09 GMT (by WALDBAU at YKTVMV) Jerry, I too would to commend you on OS/2 TCP/IP. IBM should advertise their OS/2 TCP/IP product in the trade rags just like everyone else does. If people don't have a chance to read about it, then they probably aren't going to buy it. I see ads all the time for the NetManage TCP/IP product, Wollogong, FTP etc... The PC world is nothing like the mainframe world when it comes to advertising. You have to reach millions unlike the MF work where you could target the fortune 500-1000 and make your bucks. LaMail is pretty good, but it can be slow to respond. Sure wish you didn't have to hardcode userid and hostname, I'd prefer it to be retrieved from a single location. And the list file in nickname's could have been better implemented. Larry (TCP is killer) Smith ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 22:51:05 on 92/07/14 GMT (by AABB0FC at OS2CUST) Subject: Chron functions One feature that needs to be added is a chron program for OS/2. Another pgm to add would be a finger daemon. By the way, does anyone know why the NSLOOKUP ls -d command does not return any information from an OS/2 NAMED server machine? Larry (TCP is killer) Smith ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 22:58:59 on 92/07/14 GMT (by AABB0FC at OS2CUST) Subject: Named Servers Being new to the DNS environment I have a couple of questions: 1. When setting up a secondary server I specify what appears to be a backup file to be used when the secondary can no longer communicate with the primary. Am I understanding this correctly? I would have thought it better to cache from the primary, when I'm notified of changes I would write the cache to a real file that could be used in case the primamry is down and I reboot my secondary server. 2. If I'm not attached to the Internet, should my named.ca file point to my primamry domain server for my domain and then when we attach to the Internet would it point to NIC root servers or to the 3rd party that provided us connection? 3. Will my domain structure change when I get connected to the Internet? 4. I wish that documentation had been supplied with the NAMED sample program. Larry (will TCP/IP eclipse SNA?) Smith ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 23:01:38 on 92/07/14 GMT (by AABB0FC at OS2CUST) Subject: FTP Can I put FTP commands in a CMD file or do I have to do everything from the shell? For example I'd like to kick off some unattended file transfers but so far I have to create macros that have to be executed from that shell after starting the FTP process, I'd like to supply everything on one line. Larry (will TCP/IP eclipse SNA?) Smith ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 23:04:22 on 92/07/14 GMT (by AABB0FC at OS2CUST) Subject: Environmental variables What can be done to remove the information from the environment variables that are being set in config.sys. In other words, all someone has to do is type in SET at my OS/2 command line, and they have my passwords and userid info. Larry Smith ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 04:18:02 on 92/07/15 GMT (by WALDBAU at YKTVMV) Subject: your request for marketing suggestions. One omission that I have Ref: Append at 21:51:18 on 92/07/13 GMT (by IL22993 at OS2CUST) Thanks for pointing out this omission. I've asked John Soyring, the responsible IBM director, to mention our product in future versions of this catalog. Jerry Waldbaum ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 12:07:58 on 92/07/15 GMT (by IL62623 at OS2CUST) Subject: bsdselect The following program:he following program: main () { bsdselect (); } compiled with: icc /b"/noi" t.c \tcpip\lib\tcpipdll.lib with tcp/ip 1.2.1 fails to link. Where has bsdselect gotten to? I've submitted a PMR, but the level 2 person can't seem to understand the problem well enough to forward this along, and the email address he gave me to send the test case to bounced. ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 12:14:25 on 92/07/15 GMT (by IL62623 at OS2CUST) Subject: disappearing directories I have TCP/IP 1.2.1 atop OS/2 2.0. I have file systems mounted from Unix systems (SunOS to be precise). When I try to run MKS make in directories thus mounted, a horrible thing happens. Quite regularly, entire subtrees are deleted from the server. The contents aren't deleted, just the directory. Running fsck on the Unix side recovers the directory, which has just been unlinked from its parent. This means that TCP/IP 1.2.1 is sending NFS unlink requests for the server for non-empty directories! I will stipulate that its pretty bizarre that the Sun (and, I'm sure AIX) NFS server accept such requests, but still, I don't see why TCP/IP is sending them. Its very unlikely that the make command is asking for such deletions, since the directory being deleted is one up from the working directory. I have OS/2 TCP/IP 1.2.1, ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 12:55:55 on 92/07/15 GMT (by GAURANG at RALVMM) Ref: Append at 22:51:05 on 92/07/14 GMT (by AABB0FC at OS2CUST) Subject: Chron functions >By the way,does anyone know why the NSLOOKUP ls -d command does not return > any information from an OS/2 NAMED server machine? It is a bug in OS/2 NAMED (sample) server. Gaurang Shah ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 13:21:45 on 92/07/15 GMT (by BYRNEJ at FSHVMCC) Subject:Configuration Can any one give me some info on how to configure my system. I am trying to run three upper layer protocols on the PC Network. They are SNA Gateway, using the CM Services, TCP/IP, and NETBIOS. This will run under OS/2 2.0 and ES 1.0. What are the ES packages needed for this and does any one have a sample config.sys, that I can use for reference. Thanks, Joe ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 18:13:22 on 92/07/15 GMT (by PERSHNG at YKTVMH) Subject: Perserving file info during ftp Ref: Append at 18:35:52 on 92/07/14 GMT (by A157623 at OS2CUST) I don't believe that the FTP protocol has any mechanism for carrying a file's time-stamp(s) from one end to the other. John A. Pershing Jr. ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 22:59:13 on 92/07/15 GMT (by VA06582 at OS2CUST) Subject: RN - Reader of NNTP Server Items I too am having trouble with RN. The first subject is usually the only one available. Further, most messages are 'too long' and therefore unreadable. Is there a newer version that could be distributed on this BBS??? Bill Pier @ Hughes Aircraft, Fullerton, CA ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 23:25:05 on 92/07/15 GMT (by VA06582 at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP for OS/2 - Ehancements 1. Can the NFS Client modules be trimmed down? Currently, running the the client facilities is a hefty toll on the system! 2. When can we expect the entire package to be WPS aware, like the latest Novell Requestor software? Bill Pier @ Hughes Aircraft, Fullerton, CA ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 01:00:09 on 92/07/16 GMT (by IL62174 at OS2CUST) Subject: PMX @ X11R5 ?? Any comments as to when/how we might see the X11R5 stuff incorporated in the PMX component of TCP/IP for OS/2??? Also, same question for WPS integration, and the LAN-aware environment. Thanks... Eric Jones Arizona DOT ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 01:50:12 on 92/07/16 GMT (by AABB0FC at OS2CUST) Subject: OS/2 MIB needed I have pressing need to get the OS/2 MIB in either RFC 1155 or RFC 1212 format so that we can compile it into the IBM NV6000 SNMP Manager product: I can receive it via IIN: USSCEH72 @ IBMMAIL Internet: 76247.1425@CompuServe.COM OS/2 BBS: Make it a downloadable file Larry "TCP/IP" Smith ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 14:32:47 on 92/07/16 GMT (by U94JXC at OS2CUST) Subject: FTP Ref: Append at 23:01:38 on 92/07/14 GMT (by AABB0FC at OS2CUST) Works like a charm! Follow the directions for defining a macro in a NETRC file, page 27 in the TCP/IP 1.2 -OS/2 User's Guide. The REAL trick is to name the macro "init", which I found out from the RS/6000 info. Then, you can start the file transfer from a cmd file which only has one line: ftp -i hostname where hostname is the name you defined in your NETRC (& defined the macro which will automatically "INIT") Jo-Ann Chelini Rochester Gas & Electric ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 17:17:44 on 92/07/16 GMT (by AABB0FC at OS2CUST) Subject: FTP Ref: Append at 14:32:47 on 92/07/16 GMT (by U94JXC at OS2CUST) Thanks Jo-Ann Your right, it works like a charm! Larry "enhance TCP/IP for OS/2 even more" Smith ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 19:35:08 on 92/07/16 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Subject: FTP Site for OS/2 fixes - How about TCP/IP fixes Now that there is an anonymous FTP site available for OS/2 2.0 fixes, thanks to Irv Spalten, is there any chance of having TCP/IP fixes placed there as well...? Lionel Dyck - Rockwell International, Information Systems Center ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 22:12:02 on 92/07/16 GMT (by AABB0FC at OS2CUST) Subject: FTP Site for OS/2 fixes - How about TCP/IP fixes Ref: Append at 19:35:08 on 92/07/16 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Lionel: What is the host and domain name for the anonymous FTP offering OS/2 fixes? Larry D. Smith ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 22:18:12 on 92/07/16 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Subject: FTP Site for OS/2 fixes - How about TCP/IP fixes Ref: Append at 22:12:02 on 92/07/16 GMT (by AABB0FC at OS2CUST) The OS/2 FTP site is at software.watson.ibm.com with the fixes in pub\os2 Lionel Dyck - Rockwell International, Information Systems Center ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 04:06:56 on 92/07/17 GMT (by RUBINM at YKTVMV) Subject: RN - Reader of NNTP Server Items Ref: Append at 22:59:13 on 92/07/15 GMT (by VA06582 at OS2CUST) The RN which is shipped with the OS/2 TCP/IP product is "sample" code, ie, it has no official support. We have been working off and on (mostly off, but currently on) on a replacement PM version. It's not quite ready for customer distribution yet, but I will work on making it available electronically when we feel it's ready. Hopefully, that should be by the end of the summer. As for the bug you mention, RN has problems when you try to read groups with too many articles in it, basically when you get above 1200 you can expect problems. The solution is to mark as many articles as you can and then restart RN. The symptom you'll notice is that the first group has lots of articles shown, and all subsequent groups have 0. If this is not what you're seeing, please post exactly what you're seeing. By the way, I am the development manager for many parts of the OS/2, VM and MVS TCP/IP products (including OS/2 RN). Bill Rubin ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 04:14:14 on 92/07/17 GMT (by RUBINM at YKTVMV) Subject: FTP Site for OS/2 fixes - How about TCP/IP fixes Ref: Append at 19:35:08 on 92/07/16 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) We'll look into this, but you can receive OS/2 TCP/IP fixes via the OS/2 support center. OS/2 2.0 is a different case at this point because there is no packaged CSD. To answer an earlier append, if you don't already have your no charge OS/2 TCP/IP 1.2.1 upgrade, here are the instructions for requesting it. NEW MAINTENANCE RELEASE OF OS/2 TCP/IP IS AVAILABLE -V1.2.1 June 1, 1992 This release supports OS/2 2.0 as well as OS/2 1.3 SE and OS/2 1.3 EE. The release also includes improved installation and configuration support as well as fixes for known problems. This new release has also been tested with the current releases of ES and LS. The new TCP/IP 1.2.1 - REFRESH, is available as of 5/29/92. TCP/IP V1.2 is being withdrawn with the availability of this release. This new package will have TCP/IP 1.2.1 and REFRESH in red lettering on the outside cover for each kit for easy identification. All OS/2 TCP/IP kits have been updated to this new level. TCP/IP 1.2.1 PRODUCT REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE TCP/IP 1.2 customers of record may have their products replaced, FREE OF CHARGE, by using the following procedure: The customer is requested to return, with a complete return address, the PROOF OF LICENSE (ORIGINAL COPY) for all TCP/IP 1.2 for OS/2 products to the IBM Fulfillment Center (address below). The remainder of the kit(s) should be disposed of in an environmentally responsible manner and NOT returned to the IBM FULFILLMENT center. There is a new PROOF OF LICENSE and Statement of Service included in the REFRESH KITS. Customers who return their PROOF OF LICENSE (ORIGINAL) by overnight air will have their REFRESH KITS shipped overnight air. If the PACKAGE has not been opened, it should be opened and ONLY the PROOF OF LICENSE returned to the following address: IBM FULFILLMENT CENTER PO BOX 4263 CRAWFORDSVILLE, IND 47933 (TCP/IP 1.2.1 REFRESH DISTRIBUTION) AIRBORNE ADDRESS: IBM FULFILLMENT CENTER 1823 Elmore St. Crawfordsville, Ind 47933 (TCP/IP 1.2.1 Refresh Distribution) ATTN: Mr. Fred Fuhrman Customer that have previously sent in their service registration cards will automatically be sent a letter informing them of this procedure. All customers must send in their PROOF OF LICENSE to receive the refresh release. TCP/IP 1.2 ADDITIONAL LICENSES and SPECIAL BIDS ------------------------------------------------- These do not need to be reprocessed. Whatever quantity of copies previously allowed are still valid and carry over to TCP/IP 1.2.1. Bill Rubin ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 14:01:58 on 92/07/17 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP Newsletter TCP/IP Newletter Available via Anonymous FTP IBM has a TCP/IP Newsletter that is available in text, PostScript and LIST3820 print formats from ftp site pucc.princeton.edu. After logging on as anonymous and using your node for the password enter CD Anonymous.194 to get to the correct disk. The files are TCPNEW*.* Now wouldn't it be nice if these were available from an IBM site and via IBMLink. btw. this is an excellent newsletter.... Lionel Dyck - Rockwell International, Information Systems Center ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 18:44:09 on 92/07/17 GMT (by IL21834 at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP Newsletter Ref: Append at 14:01:58 on 92/07/17 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) I second the motion to have the TCP/IP newsletter available here. In many large corporate accounts OS/2 is frequently used with TCP/IP. In any case there so far is not much material of an "informative" nature being uploaded to this BBS(disappointing). Ken Prince EI DuPont ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 21:03:57 on 92/07/17 GMT (by AABB0FC at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP Newsletter Ref: Append at 18:44:09 on 92/07/17 GMT (by IL21834 at OS2CUST) One of IBMs problems with these forums is that they don't assigned people to a forum. Its all volunteer work and IBM would like them to answer, but its not part of their job description. They have that problem here and over on CompuServe. Some individuals in IBM have shown they have the "right stuff", but IBM on the whole is still pretty shy when releasing "good", "useful" infor- mation. When I saw this TCP/IP forum open up I said "yeah", now maybe finally I can get some answers. But the forum was opened up at the request of customers, not because some IBMr wanted to do it (my opinion based on what I read so far). Larry D. Smith ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 21:19:02 on 92/07/17 GMT (by AMPEREZ at STLVM4) Subject: Quick Question When the ROUTED deamon starts up, there is a message in the ROUTED.EXE window that say "SIOCADDRT: File exists", what file is it talking about??? Arthur MARK Perez ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 21:23:49 on 92/07/17 GMT (by RUBINM at YKTVMV) Subject: TCP/IP Newsletter Ref: Append at 21:03:57 on 92/07/17 GMT (by AABB0FC at OS2CUST) Actually, I think you will find that the VM/MVS/OS2/DOS TCP/IP developers are quite active in supporting our products publically, and I can tell you that a number of us are reading this group. There is an Internet/Bitnet mailing list for the VM/MVS TCP/IP products that has been around for quite awhile and which we actively participate in (and we'll answer OS/2 TCP/IP questions there, too). That is how the TCP/IP Newsletter happened to get shadowed to Princeton University, they host the list. As for getting the newsletters onto the BBS or IBMLink, I really don't know how to do it. I'll ask around, but I can't make any guarantees. I suppose I *could* just post the text of them here, if people don't mind. By the way, I'd appreciate it if you folks would list your affiliation on your postings, it's more interesting when we know where you're from. Bill Rubin IBM TJ Watson Research ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 21:27:43 on 92/07/17 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP Newsletter Ref: Append at 21:23:49 on 92/07/17 GMT (by RUBINM at YKTVMV) Bill - are you the same Bill Rubin that I remember from SHARE who used to work at CUNY with Aron...? Lionel Dyck - Rockwell International, Information Systems Center ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 21:27:44 on 92/07/17 GMT (by WALICKI at WATSON) Subject: Perserving file info during ftp Ref: Append at 18:13:22 on 92/07/15 GMT (by PERSHNG at YKTVMH) You could write a program that first FTPs a directory listing of the remote files, transfers the files in question and then does a DosSetFileInfo() with the old filestamps. Unfortunately, you would have to have write to the FTPAPI and use the FTPAPI.LIB. Regards, John A. Walicki IBM T.J. Watson Research Center From: John Walicki 862-4143 <WALICKI@LEHIGH.watson.ibm.com> ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 21:59:30 on 92/07/17 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP Listserv inquiry Can anyone provide me with the necessary info to subscribe to the tcp/ip listserv on the internet...? Thanks. Lionel Dyck - Rockwell International, Information Systems Center ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 22:05:21 on 92/07/17 GMT (by AABB0FC at OS2CUST) Subject: PMX Server and application problem I receive the following messages, does anyone have any suggestions? I've done a TN to an AIX server and I'm starting nv6000 (X application), do I have fonts that need to be on my workstation (OS/2 2.0 & TCP/IP 1.2.1) or are there fonts on my machine that the Server needs to know about? Starting xnm application # Warning: Cannot convert string "-ibm--medium-r-medium--20-14-100-100-c-90-*:" to type FontList Warning: Cannot convert string "tnrR14" to type FontStruct Warning: Cannot convert string "tnrR12" to type FontStruct Warning: Cannot convert string "tnrR10" to type FontStruct Warning: Cannot convert string "tnrR08" to type FontStruct Warning: Cannot convert string "tnrR12" to type FontList Warning: Cannot convert string "-ibm--medium-r-medium--15-10-100-100-c-70-*:" t type FontList Warning: Cannot convert string "-ibm--medium-r-medium--20-14-100-100-c-90-*:" t type FontList Warning: Cannot convert string "-ibm--medium-r-medium--20-14-100-100-c-90-*:" t type FontList Larry D. Smith ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 11:40:25 on 92/07/18 GMT (by JROSEN at RALVMM) Subject: Environmental variables Ref: Append of 07/14/92 at 23:04:22 GMT (by AABB0FC at OS2CUST) Although not as convenient, what you can do is to remove the SET statements from your config.sys that you are concerned about. Then you will have to SET <x>=<y> by hand in a session just before running a particular application that requires that environment variable. For example. If you wish to start your telnet server, but don't want to simply put TELNET.PASSWORD.ID in your config.sys, you can remove this SET TELNET.PASSWORD.ID=<xxxx> (added by ICAT), and then whenever you are about to start up a telnet server do the following: os/2-prompt> set telnet.password.id=<my_hidden_password> os/2-prompt> cls os/2-prompt> telnetd <any_params_you_would_like> From that moment on, the environment variable telnet.password.id only exits in that particular session. This way a user would have to ctrl-break your telnet server then do a set. If this is still a problem, then you could 'detach telnetd <params>' (you could also redirect output to a file if you were interested in any information that telnetd displays), then 'exit' or 'set telnet.password.id=' in that session. Jonathan Rosen Jonathan (Jon) Rosen............VNET: JROSEN at RALVMM......... TCP/IP Development..........Internet: jrosen@vnet.ibm.com...... ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 18:10:18 on 92/07/18 GMT (by SC025203 at AUSVM8) Subject: PMX Server under OS2 2.0 TCPIP 1.2.1 Ref: Append at 15:54:02 on 92/07/14 GMT (by LATHAMR at MSNVM3) Richard, Contact me offline in a PROFS note about getting fixes into the downloadable library on this BBS. Stephen Poole OS/2 Service and Support - IBM Austin, TX ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 18:16:17 on 92/07/18 GMT (by SC025203 at AUSVM8) Subject: TCP/IP Newsletter Ref: Append at 21:03:57 on 92/07/17 GMT (by AABB0FC at OS2CUST) Actually Larry, there were IBMer's that wanted a TCP/IP forum on the OS/2 BBS long before it became a reality. It was on the "short list" right up to the end and then got "cut" from the final list of starting forums in order to keep them to 28 (two panels on the BBS interface). The customers are the ones that brought it back. Stephen Poole OS/2 Service and Support - IBM Austin, TX ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 18:17:36 on 92/07/18 GMT (by SC025203 at AUSVM8) Subject: TCP/IP Newsletter Ref: Append at 21:23:49 on 92/07/17 GMT (by RUBINM at YKTVMV) Bill, Contact me offline via PROFS to get your newsletter posted on this OS/2 BBS. Stephen Poole OS/2 Service and Support - IBM Austin, TX ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 23:37:58 on 92/07/18 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP Newsletter Ref: Append at 18:17:36 on 92/07/18 GMT (by SC025203 at AUSVM8) When it is posted please consider a zip file with the text, Postscript and List3820 versions along with appropriate instructions for uploading and printing the List3820 version. Lionel Dyck - Rockwell International, Information Systems Center ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 17:33:47 on 92/07/19 GMT (by IL13010 at OS2CUST) Subject: Named server fucntion I would like to see the named server function become a fully supported part of os2 tcpip. I went thru quite a lot trying to get the sample that came with 1.2 to work. Level1 was good enough to track down a copy of the NFILTER.EXE file that was in the doc but not shipped with the product, only to find the exe did not work as it was suppose to. I believe an os2 server is the perfect solution for lan ip networks. Brian C. Bates, Morton International Automotive SafetyProducts ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 02:44:21 on 92/07/20 GMT (by RUBINM at YKTVMV) Subject: TCP/IP Listserv inquiry Ref: Append at 21:59:30 on 92/07/17 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) From the Internet, send a note to LISTSERV@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU. As the first (and only) line in the body of the mail (not the subject) say: SUBSCRIPE IBMTCP-L fname lname where fname lname is your name. It will pick up your userid from the mail header. Most of the discussion is typically VM and MVS, but OS/2 questions are welcome. Archives can be found by issuing the INDEX IBMTCP-L command via the same method, then saying GET IBMTCP-L LOGxxxx for the particular log you want. Bill Rubin IBM TJ Watson Research ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 02:45:11 on 92/07/20 GMT (by RUBINM at YKTVMV) Subject: TCP/IP Newsletter Ref: Append at 21:27:43 on 92/07/17 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Yup, that's me! I was a JES3 systems programmer in my former life :-). Bill Rubin ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 15:34:29 on 92/07/20 GMT (by IL35310 at OS2CUST) Subject: Printing with TCP/IP and UNIX I am currently running OS/2 v2 and TCP/IP for OS/2 v1.2.1. One print device defined to the ethernet network is an IBM 4019 laser writer. This device is known to all other nodes, including RS/6000's, SUN server, 4381 VM, and HP9000's (model 380). I am able to utilize the LPRMON feature of TCP/IP to redirect output to all of the above except for the HP. Whenever I send a file through the HP to the 4019 the HP does not forward it. Instead the file ends up in the HP UNIX subdirectory /usr/spool/lp/requests with no apparent error message. Does anyone have any idea as to what might be happening? Thanks for any help ! John Thurston, Universal Instruments Corp., Binghamton, NY ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 16:26:32 on 92/07/20 GMT (by AABB0FC at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP Newsletter Ref: Append at 21:23:49 on 92/07/17 GMT (by RUBINM at YKTVMV) How about if you FTP it and upload the newsletter here. Many that are interested in TCP/IP do not yet have access to the Internet. And first time users into the Internet will find it a challenge just to get around and find the correct servers to subscribe to or read mail from. But, my point is: Its not your job to follow this forum, so you may answer some questions, but you're not going to go out of your way because you have other job duties to perform. I'd still really like to get a copy of the OS/2 ANS.1 MIB definition so that I could compile it into our IBM NV6000 snmp manager. So far no IBM'r has been able to help at all. Another side issue would be if IBM could post available fixes for TCP/IP on this forum. I just browsed through retain (which takes a while when you have to read them all) and came across PN23198 & PN23395 that deal with problems with NFS and loopback. Even though your group is not the support center, it would be a great suggestion to post a current list of known fixes available. Larry D. Smith (Southern California Edison) ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 16:33:55 on 92/07/20 GMT (by AABB0FC at OS2CUST) Subject: Environmental variables Ref: Append at 11:40:25 on 92/07/18 GMT (by JROSEN at RALVMM) Thank you Jonathan, thats a very good suggestion. I'd forgotten about OS/2 sessions inheriting their environments. By setting the environment the way I that I want it, and then detaching processes and exiting my original it will make it a little more difficult for the casual intruder. By the way, can kerberos be used to provide security for telnet, ftp etc..? Larry D. Smith (Southern California Edison) ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 16:36:01 on 92/07/20 GMT (by AABB0FC at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP Newsletter Ref: Append at 18:16:17 on 92/07/18 GMT (by SC025203 at AUSVM8) Stephen, thats good news. I always like to be proved wrong in this type of situation <g>. Larry D. Smith (Southern California Edison) ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 16:38:54 on 92/07/20 GMT (by AABB0FC at OS2CUST) Subject: Named server fucntion Ref: Append at 17:33:47 on 92/07/19 GMT (by IL13010 at OS2CUST) I second that recommendation. OS/2 makes a perfect named server platform for organizations just starting out. Larry D. Smith (Southern California Edison) ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 12:46:05 on 92/07/21 GMT (by JROSEN at RALVMM) Subject: Environmental variables Ref: Append of 07/20/92 at 16:33:55 GMT (by AABB0FC at OS2CUST) Kerberos is a programming interface (in the context of the OS/2 product) which provides support for kerberizing/kerberized applications. To date, we do not ship any kerberized apps. For the most part, there really don't exist many standard apps that support kerberos (ie. ftp, telnet, rsh, etc...). There is a telnet RFC on the horizon that will incorporate kerberos (actually I believe that it will be a generic authentication scheme), but it is questionable as to what version it will support/require, and will require changes to existing code. Although Kerberos promises to be a fundamental part of the security solution in the future (chosen as the security piece of OSF's DCE), it lacks true support in today's apps. As time goes on, I expect to see new RFC's that will document how to kerberize existing applications, but for now kerberos is destined to be supported only in 'roll your own' kind of applications that you have written to the kerberos API. Jonathan Rosen Jonathan (Jon) Rosen............VNET: JROSEN at RALVMM......... TCP/IP Development..........Internet: jrosen@vnet.ibm.com...... ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 17:16:12 on 92/07/21 GMT (by AAEE1AN at OS2CUST) ..... OS2TCPIP CFORUM modified at 20:46:07 on 92/07/21 GMT (by AAEE1AN at OS2CUST) Subject: Printing with TCP/IP and UNIX Ref: Append at 15:34:29 on 92/07/20 GMT (by IL35310 at OS2CUST) <deleted by AAEE1AN> I can't say for sure what might be wrong, but it sounds very much like a bug I induced by not putting the right machine name in /etc/printcap on one of our Intergraph CLIX (UNIX-like) CAD workstations. On these workstations, at least, the format is ibmu2|u2:\ :lp=:rm=ibm:rp=u2:sd=/usr/spool/ibmu2:lf=/usr/adm/lpd-errs where ibmu2 is the printername as viewed from the transmitting machine, ibm is the hostname where u2 is attached, u2 is the name of the printer at host ibm This is a working example which causes print to be send from Intergraph workstations to our MVS/ESA mainframe. I suspect it is pure BSD format. You must, of course, create a directory named /usr/spool/ibmu2 to use this example. Hope this helps. Mike Andrews, Okla. Dept. of Transportation (405) 521-4197 P.S.: I forgot to say that we use "lpr" to do remote printing. ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 18:04:27 on 92/07/21 GMT (by SEDA1 at DAYVM2) Subject:TCPIP INFO How can a customer get brochures and/or general info for TCP/IP. Pre sale type of info. We have a customer who is interested in getting TCp/IP but he needs brochures to read and make final decision..To Buy or Not to Buy Thanks ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 18:41:50 on 92/07/21 GMT (by SBNI8A3 at OS2CUST) Subject: SLIP connection for remote access to network Abstract: How do I set up TCP/IP SLIP connection for remote host access to network via local host? I have a local OS/2 2.0 host running TCP/IP 1.2.1. Connection to Internet via token ring works fine. I want to connect to this office machine from home via SLIP to access the network. Page 123 - 127 in SC31-6075 Installation and Maintenance says use DEVICE= INET.SYS and IFNDIS.SYS, yet Item UMJT0 Document Q568916 in IBMLink TECHQA says use IFNET.SYS instead of IFNDIS.SYS. I have INET and IFNDIS on both machines, and get "Could not get slipcall read semaphor" error. However, on retry I'm able to use slipcall -r then slipcall -a on the office machine and slipcall -r then slipcall -d on home machine. The SLIP connection seems to be made successfully for FTP from home to office, but I have yet to be able to pass through to the network, even after adding a default route statement on SLIP-only machine as mentioned in the TECHQA document, which states I don't need to be running routed. I can't find anything else in the documentation to list the configuration required for both machines for the network passthrough to work. Thanks for any assistance. Dan Cromer, School Board of Alachua County, Gainesville, Florida ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 23:48:29 on 92/07/21 GMT (by AABB0FC at OS2CUST) Subject: Environmental variables Ref: Append at 12:46:05 on 92/07/21 GMT (by JROSEN at RALVMM) Thats interesting. Since I began working with TCP/IP I've truly been amazed at the lack of security (or standardized methods) for applications. I've not traced it yet, but would assume that passwords get sent unencripted across the wire. Its a shame that commitees have held up OSI for so long and that vendors took the easy way by supporting TCP/IP as the standard d'jour. It would also be nice if the IETF would think up a decent addressing scheme rather than the crud they are proposing. Its amazing that IBM can develop the SNA environment so that two customers could name their VTAMs the same thing, use the same subarea numbers, the same LU names etc.... and still be able to have cross-domain sessions with each other and not worry about this person or that person changing addresses. So far it seems that the only thing being recommended is enlarging the address. That doesn't resolve the problem, it only postpones it! Larry D. Smith (Southern California Edison) ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 23:51:04 on 92/07/21 GMT (by AABB0FC at OS2CUST) Subject: SLIP and OS/2 Why o Why does slip grab the COM port and never, never let go??? Rebooting my system to get back my COM my isn't my idea of fun. Larry D. Smith (Southern California Edison) ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 23:55:16 on 92/07/21 GMT (by AABB0FC at OS2CUST) Subject: OS/2 MIB definition I'll give this another shot: Does anybody, anywhere, have a copy of the OS/2 MIB defintion that can be compiled into the Netview/6000 SNMP management product? Does IBM have the OS/2 MIB-II in ANS.1 RFC 1155 or 1212 format? Am I beating my head against the wall for nothing <g> my eval period for NV/6000 expires in a couple of weeks. Sure would be nice to have it before I return the product back to IBM. Larry D. Smith (Southern California Edison) ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 12:46:10 on 92/07/22 GMT (by AOI1075 at OS2CUST) Subject: Crash in KBD$ after using X-windows I noticed the problem described below in the beta OS/2 2.0 versions, but not GA version. It re-appeared after installing TCP/IP 1.2.1 plus fixes for X-server. Has anybody else seen the following problem? 1) Start an X session on OS/2 2.0. Work with this window a while. 2) Close the window for the X session. 3) Shortly afterwards, get a TRAP00D out of KBD$. System requires power off/on. J.Farmer IBMMAIL(USAOIXGW) ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 13:42:55 on 92/07/22 GMT (by AAEE1AN at OS2CUST) Subject: Environmental variables Ref: Append at 23:48:29 on 92/07/21 GMT (by AABB0FC at OS2CUST) Yes, passwords are sent unencrypted across the net, at least in two nets I know of. I expect this is true in the general case, and if you want a secure net, then you had best consider some form of link encryption. It does make sense, sort-of, with a network of heterogeneous workstations and servers: for passwords to be encrypted, there would have to be a common algorithm that **every** vendor in the net (or every security routine, etc., etc.) implemented. This is really pie-in-the sky, as we all know. Maybe Kerberizing things is a solution? Mike Andrews, Okla. Dept. of Transportation (405) 521-4197 ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 14:13:26 on 92/07/22 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Subject: SENDMAIL with TCP/IP 1.2.1 for OS/2 Stops if disk full Using TCP/IP 1.2.1 for OS/2 under OS/2 2.0 if the target drive is full then SENDMAIL will issue a message that the disk is full and then end. This is not very obvious if onE HAS SENDMAIL running as a minimized icon IN the MWV. It should at least have a popup to indicate the problem and then prompt to end or continue after the user has switched to an OS/2 Window (or file manager) and provided more available free space. Lionel Dyck - Rockwell International, Information Systems Center ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 17:22:29 on 92/07/22 GMT (by RUBINM at YKTVMV) Subject: Environmental variables Ref: Append at 23:48:29 on 92/07/21 GMT (by AABB0FC at OS2CUST) > Its a shame that commitees have held up OSI for so long and that vendors took > the easy way by supporting TCP/IP as the standard d'jour. I don't want to start an OSI vs TCP/IP war here, but I think you have it the wrong way. In IBM, at least, much money has been spent doing OSI development. But our customers decided that they wanted TCP/IP, instead. Of course, I don't see anything wrong with that :-). Bill Rubin ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 17:58:16 on 92/07/22 GMT (by UDSS013 at OS2CUST) Subject: Chron functions Ref: Append at 22:51:05 on 92/07/14 GMT (by AABB0FC at OS2CUST) There is a program event scheduler for OS/2 called Chron. It has no heritage to the UNIX cron facility, but it accomplishes basically the same task. It will launch programs (incl DOS) or display messages (i.e. reminders) at a given time and frequency. The bad news is that it's not quite as powerful as UNIX cron in that you can't run a program on the third Thursday of the month. The good news is that it is a full multithreaded PM application with a visual calendar for entering dates, so it's a LOT easier to use. It will schedule One Time, Hourly, Daily, Weekday, Weekly, Monthly and Yearly. It's easy to code a little "wrapper" in REXX if you need to do something like "run hourly except on the weekends". The vendor is: Hilbert Computing 1022 N. Cooper Olathe, KS 66061 ph. (913) 780-5051 (913) 829-2450 (BBS) The price is $69. Gary Murphy ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 19:32:53 on 92/07/22 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Subject: LaMail to MVS SMTP Not Working for IBMMAIL as of 7/20 On 7/20 IBM IN installed IMX 113 and now it is impossible to send mail using LaMail to an MVS SMTP using an address like the following: usrokntn%ibmmail@wcc1a.rockwell.com This used to work to allow me to send mail from my OS/2 workstation to those in IBM that I like to communicate with who don't have (or are unaware) an internet address. Now a message is returned to the SMTP on MVS from RESPONSE at IBMMAIL but I can't see what the message is - I just know it is there by looking at the SMTP LOGFILE. Is there an Internet<-->IBMMAIL bridge around or does this sound APARable. I have sent messages to the IMX (IBM Mail eXchange) folks who indicate that this is working as designed (WAD) while I believe that it is working as coded (WAC or wacky)..... Lionel Dyck - Rockwell International, Information Systems Center ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 21:28:06 on 92/07/22 GMT (by IL22993 at OS2CUST) Subject: SLIP and Rolm (formerly IBM) switch We have a Rolm (formerly IBM) telephone switch and use its modem pool for all of our dial access. I would very much like to use TCP/IP 1.2.1 on my home OS/2 system. It seems that the Rolm switch replies "CALL DISPLAY or MODIFY" and the calling system must reply "C extension" to make a connection to a data phone. Is there any possibilty generating these responses via SLIPCALL, or any way to substitute another comm package to establish the connnection and then signal SLIP that the circuit is ready? We would greatly prefer this over establishing dedicated lines/modems for people who need SLIP communications. (re: prior message ... reboot to gain access to com port)... You're scaring me. If we can get this to work, do we really have to reboot to free up the com port? ... maybe I don't want to try this... Thanks...... George Clark, Norton Company ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 17:36:49 on 92/07/23 GMT (by AABB0FC at OS2CUST) Subject: Environmental variables Ref: Append at 17:22:29 on 92/07/22 GMT (by RUBINM at YKTVMV) I agree with you in regards to IBM direction of OSI vs. TCP/IP. I know it was hard for IBM to have to turn directions and support TCP/IP rather than OSI. IBM even has OSI offerings, but I was referring to vendors of bridges, routers, gateway, wiring hubs and the whole mess of snmp vs. cmot/ip/ol that seems to have spurred a greater than normal interest in TCP/IP and SNMP. Larry D. Smith (Southern California Edison) ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 17:44:20 on 92/07/23 GMT (by AABB0FC at OS2CUST) Subject: Chron functions Ref: Append at 17:58:16 on 92/07/22 GMT (by UDSS013 at OS2CUST) Thanks for the information Gary. BTW, on the IBMOS2 bbs on CompuServe I found a PM alarm/calendar/chron type of program they may solve my problem. Its in library 9 and called ALRMxx.ZIP where xx = the current version. It was written by Brian Walker as shareware and looks pretty good so far. Larry D. Smith (Southern California Edison) ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 17:59:05 on 92/07/23 GMT (by NSDEC at SPPVM1) Subject: LaMail to MVS SMTP Not Working for IBMMAIL as of 7/20 Ref: Append at 19:32:53 on 92/07/22 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Subject: SMTP to IBMMAIL Question There is a "prototype" X.400 gateway in France that you can try...the addressing syntax is: givenname.surname@IBMX400-US.IBMMAIL.CIRCE.FR Norm deCarteret normdec@vnet.ibm.com bitnet: nsdec at vnet ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 18:58:10 on 92/07/23 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Subject: LaMail to MVS SMTP Not Working for IBMMAIL as of 7/20 Ref: Append at 17:59:05 on 92/07/23 GMT (by NSDEC at SPPVM1) Thanks - that looks interesting. Internet-->IBMMAIL. Lionel Dyck - Rockwell International, Information Systems Center ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 16:17:51 on 92/07/24 GMT (by RLCOVIN at NYCVMIC1) Subject: PMX Server Fonts Are there fonts, in addition to the 75dpi set available for OS/2 PMX? BOB..... ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 19:19:47 on 92/07/24 GMT (by WZ00511 at OS2CUST) Subject: Help with REAd/2 and TCP/IP PUBS. I know this is a mundane question and I should rtfm, but I'm in a hurry. I just unloaded the TCP/IP pubs from my A: drive by typing TCPBOOK e:\readibm2 Then I tried to read one of these by typing "READIBM EALS3101.BOO" and it begins to start something and then tells me that the book I am trying to read cannot be read with IBM Library Reader/2. Whats the story? Is there something simple that I am missing? I am doing the this from OS/2 2.0 and I have installed the reader and can read all the things in the starter kit. I tried to emulate the settings in the program notebook but I can't figure out what they are doing...for instance the "\ds" parameter.. Can somebody give me some quick help? Thanks in advance. Brad Bueche NationsBank EUC/Hotline Support Norfolk, VA ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 20:01:33 on 92/07/24 GMT (by SAST4JD at OS2CUST) Subject: Crash in KBD$ after using X-windows Ref: Append at 12:46:10 on 92/07/22 GMT (by AOI1075 at OS2CUST) I have a similar problem, but my circumstances are not exactly like yours. I receive a trap 000d in KBD$ sometimes after starting up telnet or ftp. I can't force it to happen, so it's hard to debug. I'm betting that it is the same problem addressed by APAR PJ04405. Unfortunately, there is no fix for that APAR just yet. Mark Stuckey Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center (504/765-7944) ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 01:47:50 on 92/07/25 GMT (by MIKE at RALVMFE1) Subject: Help with REAd/2 and TCP/IP PUBS. Ref: Append at 19:19:47 on 92/07/24 GMT (by WZ00511 at OS2CUST) Brad - The TCPIP pubs are in BookManager format (a separate product). READ/2 will not work against them. Michael B. Rutherford RTP, NC ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 14:21:49 on 92/07/25 GMT (by WZ00511 at OS2CUST) Subject: Help with REAd/2 and TCP/IP PUBS. Ref: Append at 01:47:50 on 92/07/25 GMT (by MIKE at RALVMFE1) Mike, Thats bad news (well, it just means its going to take me more time to get things going). But maybe it wont: the online reader starter kit we received has the TcP/IP 1.2.0 documentation in it. Will that be sufficient? From just a quick browse of the documentation of the installation process (comparing the screens in the documentation with the actual installation screens) it looks like things are pretty much the same. Am I going to run into trouble with this assumption? Also, if I am going to run into trouble, is there a place/file on the IBM internal network where my SE could find a printable copy of the docmentation? This would be great because then I could take it home and read it (I'm great at getting food/coffee stains on documentation!). Thanks in advance! Brad Bueche NationsBank EUC/Hotline Support Norfolk, VA ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 23:20:44 on 92/07/25 GMT (by HNDERSON at AUSVM8) Subject: TCP/IP Newsletter Ref: Append at 21:23:49 on 92/07/17 GMT (by RUBINM at YKTVMV) Bill, contact David Slauson (SLAUSON at YKTVMZ) he is working with a few people in trying to make the OS2BBS a sucess. He should be able to assist you in "getting" into IBMLINK. __ __ ___ __ __ _ _ | |_| | / \ | \| | | |./ / Hank Henderson HNDERSON at AUSVM8 | _ | / _~_ \ Sincerely | . < on Assignment to OS/2 BBS (TEAMOS2) |__| |__| /_/ \_\ |__|\__| |_| \_\ Tie:8-793-8647 Austin, Texas LNK1SM7 @ IBMLINK - OS/2 BBS ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 13:37:08 on 92/07/27 GMT (by IL35310 at OS2CUST) Subject: Printing with TCP/IP and UNIX Ref: Append at 17:16:12 on 92/07/21 GMT (by AAEE1AN at OS2CUST) Just wanted to say thank you Mike for your very good suggestions. They helped me solve the problem. John Thurston, Universal Instruments Corp., Binghamton, NY ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 14:22:40 on 92/07/27 GMT (by AAEE1AN at OS2CUST) Subject: Printing with TCP/IP and UNIX Ref: Append at 13:37:08 on 92/07/27 GMT (by IL35310 at OS2CUST) You are very welcome; I'm glad to have been of service. That is what this BBS is all about. Mike Andrews, Okla. Dept. of Transportation (405) 521-4197 ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 14:38:55 on 92/07/27 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Subject: SLIP Server with OS/2 Can the OS/2 TCP/IP support a SLIP Server environment and if so how many connections can it support...? Thanks. Lionel Dyck - Rockwell International, Information Systems Center ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 14:41:00 on 92/07/27 GMT (by PERSHNG at YKTVMH) Subject: Help with REAd/2 and TCP/IP PUBS. Ref: Append at 14:21:49 on 92/07/25 GMT (by WZ00511 at OS2CUST) I'm not familiar with "Library Reader/2". However, BookManager for OS/2 is called "READ/2", and this is what you need for the .BOO files that contain the on-line documentation. There was an upgrade made about a year ago, and "books" (.BOO files) created with the current release of BookManager BUILD cannot be viewed with the original release of any of the READ products. Anyway, tell your SE that the docs are in TCPDOC PACKAGE on OS2PROD. John A. Pershing Jr. ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 15:15:52 on 92/07/27 GMT (by BRYFREY at RALVMFE1) Subject: SLIP and Rolm (formerly IBM) switch Ref: Append at 21:28:06 on 92/07/22 GMT (by IL22993 at OS2CUST) The ROLM 400 phone is not a Hayes compatible phone. TCPIP only supports Hayes modems. SLIPCALL checks to make sure that the dial string is ATxx, and will let you know if it isn't. I am told that the PC244 phone is Hayes compatible but I have not tried this yet. Bryan S. Frey ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 16:10:53 on 92/07/27 GMT (by VA06582 at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP -OS/2 support on ASKINFO I recently sent another problem report/question to ASKINFO on the TCP/IP product for OS/2. What WAS I thinking? This product is not supported in ASKINFO. Of course, as seasoned Tech Coor I should know which products are supported through the various access paths in IBM. (Heavy sarcasm intended!) TCP/IP now has a forum on this BBS (obviously). TCP/IP is a product on a PS/2 workstation platform, OS/2 and DOS. I'm sure that a large number of Tech Coors support workstation based users. I'm double sure that it makes perfect sense that the TCP/IP PS/2 workstation products should be supported on the ASKINFO service!!! Is anyone, that can effect some change, listening? %:-> Bill Pier @ Hughes Aircraft, Fullerton, CA ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 18:25:20 on 92/07/27 GMT (by WZ00511 at OS2CUST) Subject: Disk N-1 During the installation of the Base Services I was asked to insert Disk N-1. I dont have a disk N-1. And it wasn't looking for the LAPS disk or any of the X-Windows Server disks. Am I missing some disks? Which set of disks does it want? What set of additional disks do I need to ask my SE for? Thanks in advance! Brad Bueche NationsBank EUC/Hotline Support Norfolk, VA ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 18:51:09 on 92/07/27 GMT (by AAEE1AN at OS2CUST) ..... OS2TCPIP CFORUM modified at 12:40:25 on 92/07/28 GMT (by AAEE1AN at OS2CUST) Subject: Disk N-1 This APPEND was deleted at 08:40:24 on 07/28/92 EST. ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 19:13:18 on 92/07/27 GMT (by STUMP at RALVMM) Subject: Disk N-1 Ref: Append at 18:25:20 on 92/07/27 GMT (by WZ00511 at OS2CUST) Brad, N-1 is the NFS package diskette. NFS doesn't come with the TCP/IP Base package. What probably happened is that you "check marked" the NFS square in the ICAT installation screen, which meant that you wanted to install the NFS client/server package (ordered separately unless you ordered the total kit). Glenn Stump, IBM TCP/IP for OS/2 product team ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 21:39:02 on 92/07/27 GMT (by WZ00511 at OS2CUST) Subject: Disk N-1 Ref: Append at 19:13:18 on 92/07/27 GMT (by STUMP at RALVMM) Glenn, I'm obviously a neophyte here (and I hate it!). Your answer brings another question to my mind. I am going to need TCP/IP so that I can access 2 different SPARC machines. One of these machines is in the next room and will be running the Synoptics network management packages. The other machine will probably be in another state (unless I can finagle it into our dept) and will be running our help desk package (APRIORI from ANSWER Computing Inc.) Am I going to need the NFS support? Could you give me a quick description of an instance(S) in which I would need the NFS support.Sorry for these elementary questions but having to stay up to speed on OS/2 products, learn more about NOVELL, and learn UNIX is a very time intensive endeavor. Which is to say, I'll beg, borrow, and steal any knowledge I can get! }:) Thanks in advance! (I forgot to mention learning the Synoptics Software itself!). Brad Bueche NationsBank EUC/Hotline Support Norfolk, VA ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 22:00:04 on 92/07/27 GMT (by IL22993 at OS2CUST) Subject: SLIP and Rolm (formerly IBM) switch Ref: Append at 15:15:52 on 92/07/27 GMT (by BRYFREY at RALVMFE1) Yes... The 244 PC is (mostly) Hayes compatible. Actually, my problem is dialing IN to the company. We want to be able to get IN to a TCP/IP SLIP connection (2am router network support calls). Looks like we will have to install analog lines and modems to support TCP/IP. Not something our telephone people really want to hear. I was hoping that maybe someone had come up with a way to dial the connection from a non-TCP communications package, terminate the COMM program leaving the connection up, and then start SLIP telling it that it was a dedicated line so it would not try to dial. George Clark, Norton Company ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 22:04:25 on 92/07/27 GMT (by HSMICHEL at ATLVMIC1) Subject: tcpip v1.2.1 for OS/2 My customer has TCP/IP 1.2 for OS/2 and wants to upgrade to TCP/IP 1.2.1. I can't find any information in the system that explains how to get a upgrade. I can't even find an announcement letter on HONE. Is there someone out there that can explain to me how to get the upgrade package for my customer?THANKS ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 12:27:10 on 92/07/28 GMT (by STUMP at RALVMM) Subject: Disk N-1 Ref: Append at 21:39:02 on 92/07/27 GMT (by WZ00511 at OS2CUST) Brad, I'm not familiar with the packages you mention so I can't really tell if you need NFS. My hunch is no, but I'll take a stab at making a simple distinction between NFS and PMX and you can be the judge. (I inferred from your last note that you have the PMX (X Windows) package of OS/2 TCPIP also: I hope that's correct.) NFS (Network File System) allows you to share files across machines using TCP/IP protocols and the concept of network disk drives much like IBM's LAN requester/server software or Novell Netware. For example, the NFS Client feature of TCP/IP for OS/2 would allow you to specify that the X: drive of your OS/2 system actually refer to some directory on your SPARC workstation. The reverse is true for the NFS server software which, when running on your OS/2, allows SPARC stations to mount drives and access files which actually reside on your PC. PMX, which is an X Window System Server, allows programs to execute on a (X Window Client) host somewhere in the TCP/IP network and be displayed and controlled at another host (i.e., at an X Window Server). So, if your SYNOPTICS program is X-based (i.e., an X Client Appl.), then the program would execute on your SPARC but would be displayed and controlled as an OS/2 window on the PC (via the PMX X Server). Hope this helps? Regards, Glenn Stump, IBM TCP/IP for OS/2 team ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 12:37:22 on 92/07/28 GMT (by UOFT003 at OS2CUST) Subject: OS/2 Remote Install Using NFS Has anyone had success using NFS for remote installs as documented in "OS/2 Version 2 Remote Installation and Maintenance". We're using TCP/IP 1.2.1 and OS/2 2.0 as the server. The installation client can mount the required disk but any access of a file on the server results in a TRAP 000d. Doug Sinnott ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 12:40:46 on 92/07/28 GMT (by STUMP at RALVMM) Subject: tcpip v1.2.1 for OS/2 Ref: Append at 22:04:25 on 92/07/27 GMT (by HSMICHEL at ATLVMIC1) Here's the upgrade to V1.2.1 info... I pulled it off NATBOARD LANINFO from June 10, 1992. Regards, Glenn Stump, IBM TCP/IP for OS/2 team NEW MAINTENANCE RELEASE OF OS/2 TCP/IP IS AVAILABLE -V1.2.1 This release supports OS/2 2.0 as well as OS/2 1.3 SE and OS/2 1.3 EE. The release also includes improved installation and configuration support as well as fixes for known problems. This new release has also been tested with the current releases of ES and LS. The new TCP/IP 1.2.1 - REFRESH, is available as of 5/29/92. TCP/IP V1.2 is being withdrawn with the availability of this release. This new package will have TCP/IP 1.2.1 and REFRESH in red lettering on the outside cover for each kit for easy identification. All OS/2 TCP/IP kits have been updated to this new level. TCP/IP 1.2.1 PRODUCT REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE TCP/IP 1.2 customers of record may have their products replaced, FREE OF CHARGE, by using the following procedure: The customer is requested to return, with a complete return address, the PROOF OF LICENSE (ORIGINAL COPY) for all TCP/IP 1.2 for OS/2 products to the IBM Fulfillment Center (address below). The remainder of the kit(s) should be disposed of in an environmentally responsible manner and NOT returned to the IBM FULFILLMENT center. There is a new PROOF OF LICENSE and Statement of Service included in the REFRESH KITS. Customers who return their PROOF OF LICENSE (ORIGINAL) by overnight air will have their REFRESH KITS shipped overnight air. If the PACKAGE has not been opened, it should be opened and ONLY the PROOF OF LICENSE returned to the following address: IBM FULFILLMENT CENTER PO BOX 4263 Crawfordsville , Ind 47933 (TCP/IP 1.2.1 Refresh Distribution) AIRBORNE ADDRESS: IBM FULFILLMENT CENTER 1823 Elmore St. Crawfordsville, Ind 47933 (TCP/IP 1.2.1 Refresh Distribution) ATTN: Mr. Fred Fuhrman Customer that have previously sent in their service registration cards will automatically be sent a letter informing them of this procedure. All customers must send in their PROOF OF LICENSE to receive the refresh release. TCP/IP 1.2 ADDITIONAL LICENSES and SPECIAL BIDS ------------------------------------------------- These do not need to be reprocessed. Whatever quantity of copies previously allowed are still valid and carry over to TCP/IP 1.2.1. TCP/IP 1.2 PRODUCT RETURNS ------------------------------------------ TCP/IP 1.2 is eligible for return under IBM's 30 day return policy. All returns for refund or credit are to be returned through the normal DISTRIBUTION channel. The customer may return the PROOF OF LICENSE and copy of the invoice and not return the entire package. The new OS/2 TCP/IP V1.2.1 is now available on OS2PROD and the new documentation is planned to be available on OS2PROD by 6/4/92. ALAN REINHOLD 8/352-3173 09/10/92 ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 13:14:15 on 92/07/28 GMT (by WZ00511 at OS2CUST) Subject: Disk N-1 Ref: Append at 12:27:10 on 92/07/28 GMT (by STUMP at RALVMM) Glenn, Thank you very much! It did help. My high school English had a term for info packets such as yours: he called them "Golden Nuggets of Information". Thats what I consider your response to be. Thanks again! Brad Bueche NationsBank EUC/Hotline Support Norfolk, VA ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 13:33:01 on 92/07/28 GMT (by WZ00511 at OS2CUST) Subject: Disk N-1 Ref: Append at 13:14:15 on 92/07/28 GMT (by WZ00511 at OS2CUST) Glenn, I forgot to ask this in my last append: Where does my SE look on the internal network for the NFS code and documentation? The way I stated my previous question does indicate that we dont need NFS. However, from your description it seems that NFS would enable us to do some very cool things indeed and I think people here would be very interested in it I'm trying to get this sort of thing going here. And, if I'm the early knowledge leader I'll be in a position to dictate (I LIKE it!). Thanks again. Brad Bueche NationsBank EUC/Hotline Support Norfolk, VA ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 14:15:41 on 92/07/28 GMT (by CNADLER at WMAVM1) Subject: Disk N-1 Ref: Append at 13:33:01 on 92/07/28 GMT (by WZ00511 at OS2CUST) It's available on OS2PROD (or OS2PROD2). Cliff Nadler Federal Sector Services Rockville, MD IBM Federal Systems Company PROFS: NADLER at WMAVM7 ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 17:33:52 on 92/07/28 GMT (by STUMP at RALVMM) Subject: Disk N-1 Ref: Append at 13:33:01 on 92/07/28 GMT (by WZ00511 at OS2CUST) Hi Brad, You're welcome. Regarding the product diskettes and documentation... all the product diskettes (inluding NFS) are available to your SE on the OS2PROD tools catalog disk. The documentation for NFS specifically is included in the publications you receive with the base product. Good luck with your work! Regards, Glenn Stump, IBM TCP/IP for OS/2 team ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 18:10:26 on 92/07/28 GMT (by IL54080 at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP 1.2.1, Netware Requester, IBM LAN Requester, IBM ES coexistan I received a copy of the Netware Requester for OS/2 2.0 which I install and configured using DSSC FLASH 2129, to coexist with IBM LAN Requester and IBM ES on a Token-ring network. I am able to use all products mentioned above except for TCP/IP 1.2.1. I can start TCP put can not perform any TCP functions, like PING, FTP, or TN. TCP start without any errors. The process I used to configure the Netware Requester is described in SECTION 3: Workstation Configuration Using ODINSUP.SYS from the 2129 Flash. Is there any configuration required for TCP/IP to work in this environment?? By the way TCP/IP was already installed and working prior to installing the Netware Requester. Any help is greatly appreciated... Thanks.. John ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 19:59:10 on 92/07/28 GMT (by PPBKR at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP 1.2.1, Netware Requester, IBM LAN Requester, IBM ES coexistan Ref: Append at 18:10:26 on 92/07/28 GMT (by IL54080 at OS2CUST) I have netware, tcpip, and es running on mine. This is my protocol.ini ìPROT_MAN┘ DRIVERNAME = PROTMAN$ ìIBMLXCFG┘ LANDD_nif=LANDD.NIF NETBEUI_nif=NETBEUI.NIF IBMTOK_nif=IBMTOK.NIF TCPIP_nif=TCPIP.NIF ìLANDD_nif┘ DRIVERNAME = LANDD$ BINDINGS = TOKEN Links = 41 Users = 4 Max_Saps = 4 ìNETBEUI_nif┘ DRIVERNAME = NETBEUI$ BINDINGS = TOKEN ìTCPIP_nif┘ DriverName = TCPIP$ Bindings = TOKEN ìIBMTOK_nif┘ DRIVERNAME = IBMTOK$ This is my net.cfg link driver token frame token-ring frame token-ring_SNAP protocol odinsup bind token link support buffers 14 4202 And here is the relevent part of my config.sys . . DEVICE=C:\ibmcom\lanmsgdd.os2 /I:C:\ibmcom DEVICE=C:\ibmcom\protman.os2 /I:C:\ibmcom DEVICE=C:\ibmcom\protocol\LANDD.OS2 DEVICE=C:\ibmcom\protocol\LANDLLDD.OS2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . REM --- NETWARE REQUESTER STATEMENTS BEGIN --- DEVICE=C:\NETWARE\LSL.SYS RUN=C:\NETWARE\DDAEMON.EXE DEVICE=C:\NETWARE\TOKEN.SYS DEVICE=C:\NETWARE\ROUTE.SYS DEVICE=C:\NETWARE\ODINSUP.SYS DEVICE=C:\NETWARE\IPX.SYS DEVICE=C:\NETWARE\SPX.SYS RUN=C:\NETWARE\SPDAEMON.EXE DEVICE=C:\NETWARE\NMPIPE.SYS REM DEVICE=C:\NETWARE\NPSERVER.SYS RUN=C:\NETWARE\NPDAEMON.EXE DEVICE=C:\NETWARE\NWREQ.SYS IFS=C:\NETWARE\NWIFS.IFS RUN=C:\NETWARE\NWDAEMON.EXE REM DEVICE=C:\NETWARE\NETBIOS.SYS REM RUN=C:\NETWARE\NBDAEMON.EXE DEVICE=C:\NETWARE\VIPX.SYS DEVICE=C:\NETWARE\VSHELL.SYS REM --- NETWARE REQUESTER STATEMENTS END --- . . DEVICE=C:\OS2\LOG.SYS RUN=C:\OS2\SYSTEM\LOGDAEM.EXE RUN=C:\IBMCOM\PROTOCOL\LANDLL.EXE RUN=C:\IBMCOM\PROTOCOL\NETBIND.EXE RUN=C:\IBMCOM\LANMSGEX.EXE DEVICE=C:\CMLIB\ACSLDLAN.SYS DEVICE=C:\IBMCOM\PROTOCOL\NETBEUI.OS2 DEVICE=C:\IBMCOM\PROTOCOL\NETBIOS.OS2 DEVICE=C:\CMLIB\APPN\CMKFMDE.SYS DEVICE=C:\CMLIB\RDSLANDD.SYS DEVICE=C:\TCPIP\BIN\INET.SYS DEVICE=C:\TCPIP\BIN\IFNDIS.SYS <- This may be your problem SET ETC=C:\TCPIP\ETC SET TMP=C:\TCPIP\TMP RUN=C:\TCPIP\BIN\CNTRL.EXE IFS=C:\TCPIP\BIN\NFS200.IFS SET XFILES=C:\TCPIP\X11 SET HOSTNAME=BEEKER BK Rogers Phillips Petroleum ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 20:05:22 on 92/07/28 GMT (by WZ00511 at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP 1.2.1, Netware Requester, IBM LAN Requester, IBM ES coexistan Ref: Append at 18:10:26 on 92/07/28 GMT (by IL54080 at OS2CUST) I'd like to ride on this thread as well. I am already running the Netware Requester, and the OS/2 LAN Requester from a single TR card. I used the LANSUP driver. When I tried to use the ODINSUP driver (I also followed the steps in the FLASH) all hell broke lose during bootup...I just got one error after the other. I then followed the steps for the LANSUP driver and it booted correctly the first time. Are these 2 requester's and IBM's TCP/IP going to be able to work together? (I noticed both TCP/IP and Netware have a LOGIN.EXE...it seems that this could cause problems). Of course, it is important to me that all of these things work together. I support Novell, Lan Server, and our Synoptics runs on a Sparc. If all of this can work together then it would empower me to say the least. And, more importantly, it would bring closer to my ultimate goal of blowing people's minds withincredible capabilities of OS/2. For instance, I want to be able so show people a machine in which I can administer a Novell Server in 1 window, a Lan Server in another, have the Synoptics software running in another, have our Unix-based help-desk package running in another, be downloading something from this BBS in another, be accessing CIS in another, running Windows (what a resource pig!) in another ...or better yet a Windows Comm package on my second adapter in another.... etc. AND BE DOING ALL OF THIS AT ONCE! (I have a 8590-0K9 with 16 megs). After a demo like this all I would have to say is "This is your computer on OS/2: Any questions?" (BA-DA-BING!) Brad Bueche NationsBank EUC/Hotline Support Norfolk, VA ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 20:37:19 on 92/07/28 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Subject: WHOIS for OS/2 TCP/IP...? Is there a version of WHOIS for the OS/2 TCP/IP...? Lionel Dyck - Rockwell International, Information Systems Center ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 20:57:46 on 92/07/28 GMT (by BRADFORD at TDCSYS3) Subject: tcpip v1.2.1 for OS/2 Ref: Append at 12:40:46 on 92/07/28 GMT (by STUMP at RALVMM) I am having a problem running LAPS on my PS/2 with OS/2 2.0, LS 2.0 and ES 1.0 installed. The machine has 2 Token Ring cards installed and I configured both cards for NETBIOS and IEEE 802 using the Comm manager. This caused some strange problems when I ran LAPS (after installing TCPIP 1.2.1). I read somewhere that LAPS should not be run with 2 cards so I deleted the 2nd card from the list using Comm manager (LAN Adapter and Protocol Support). After that, I re-installed TCPIP and ran LAPS again, only now I get a message that says: "Files from a previous installation of LAN Adapter and Protocol Support have been found and are currently locked by the operation system. LAN Adapter and Protocol Support cannot be run until these files have been removed. To remove these locked files, reboot your system. Then restart this program." I re-booted the system several times but still get the same message. What do I have to do to get these files unlocked? Alan Bradford (Advanced Processor Tool Development - POK) ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 01:37:54 on 92/07/29 GMT (by IL22993 at OS2CUST) Subject: OS/2 Remote Install Using NFS Ref: Append at 12:37:22 on 92/07/28 GMT (by UOFT003 at OS2CUST) I tried the same thing, (remote install from TCP/IP) and also got the Trap 000d. I had no problem following the steps for a Novell install and have been forced that way, even though space is real tight on our netware servers. I have an open PMR on the problem with IBMLINK "ETR" facility, and have not received any response. It appears the problem has bounced around internally within IBM. I received one phone calll early on basically confirming what trapped, (either sysinst2 or rspinst) and then off to the black hole for maybe 2 months now ??? (I gave up looking at the PMR. ETR tells me when anything significant changes at logon. If anyone else finds a solution, I'd be interested too! George Clark, Norton Company ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 01:50:02 on 92/07/29 GMT (by IL22993 at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP 1.2.1, Netware Requester, IBM LAN Requester, IBM ES coexistan Ref: Append at 18:10:26 on 92/07/28 GMT (by IL54080 at OS2CUST) The flash shows two methods. I managed with much effort to get both to work, b but my opinion is that the ODINSUP is NOT ... NOT the way to go!!! Try the LANSUP method. It is MUCH MUCH easier. Install ES, LS, and TCP exactly as documented ... don't change anything that yu you would not normally change, then back up your config.sys (just in case). Install Novell and choose TOKEN.SYS. (This causes the required ROUTE.SYS to be installed ... assuming you need source routing) EDIT CONFIG.SYS and CHANGE TOKEN.SYS to LANSUP.SYS. That causes Novell to talk to the 802.2 layer rather than the ODI MAC driver. Edit/create NET.CFG. I don't remember the exact info, I'm at home, but you MUST include a statement that provides the address of the LAN adapter card. and you MUST have a blank line or two at the end of the dataset or the data will not be parsed correctly. If you don't get the address right, it gives you a full screen pop-up after you boot, telling you the right one. If it doesn't work, be patient with the desktop. It will appear to hang, but will eventually (3-4 min) give you a msg box about a network error, and the starts up fine, just without the network folder. That's it (as I remember), no playing around with PROTOCOL.INI, future reinst of Comm Manager will not destroy your config.sys, MUCH cleaner than the Novell ODINSUP mess. George Clark, Norton Company ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 13:10:23 on 92/07/29 GMT (by AAEE1AN at OS2CUST) Subject: OS/2 Remote Install Using NFS Ref: Append at 01:37:54 on 92/07/29 GMT (by IL22993 at OS2CUST) George, If it's been two months (!) since you heard anything, then it is certainly reasonable to ask for status on the problem. Best of luck! Mike Andrews, Mgr, Tech support, Okla. Dept. of Transportation (405) 521-4197 ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 13:14:05 on 92/07/29 GMT (by UOFT003 at OS2CUST) Subject: OS/2 Remote Install Using NFS have done somemore experimenting with the following results: IFS=\NFS.IFS needs to be IFS=\NFS200.IFS with the above change, the client boots and mounts the install directory from the server, but any I say again any file access on the server results in various errors. *sigh* unfortunately Netware isn't an answer here. The quest continues. Doug Sinnott ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 22:12:04 on 92/07/29 GMT (by IL22993 at OS2CUST) Subject: OS/2 Remote Install Using NFS Ref: Append at 13:14:05 on 92/07/29 GMT (by UOFT003 at OS2CUST) Actually.... Level 2 (?) called me today after my posting yesterday on this conf. re: no callback. They said the problem was the NFS.IFS which should be NFS200.IFS. They said that should fix the problem. I have not tried it yet I guess the red book came out prior to 1.2.1 which added NFS200.IFS She also said that if this doesn't work, make sure INETD is running. That is a real head-scratcher... I don't quite know what that has to do with NFS. The person calling me didn't know either... she couldn't even tell me if I should start INETD on the client or server. Since INETD has to do with things like FTP and TELNET and TFTP etc. I don't really trust that answer. Next time I have a workstation to install I'll give it all another try. George Clark, Norton Company ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 13:29:21 on 92/07/30 GMT (by UOFT003 at OS2CUST) Subject: OS/2 Remote Install Using NFS Progress has been made but just. Changing IFS=\NFS.IFS to IFS=\NFS200.IFS allows the client to mount the server installation disk, but RSPINST still dies. I had to take the -ro parm off the installation directory in the EXPORTS file to get even simple .cmd files to run (strange). Problem now is to get RPSINST to run. Getting SYS3175: A program in this session encountered a problem and cannot continue. And I only get this message if I insert a diskette with OSO001.MSG on it before executing RSPINST else nothing. I've had this problem on IBM Support on the BBS for 3 days now and they haven't even looked at it yet. *sigh* appears I have several weeks before the timer pops :-) Doug Sinnott ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 15:08:01 on 92/07/30 GMT (by CNADLER at WMAVM1) Subject: OS/2 Remote Install Using NFS Ref: Append at 13:29:21 on 92/07/30 GMT (by UOFT003 at OS2CUST) The problem with needing write permission when you run .CMD files isn't really strange. What is happening is that yoru REXX code in the .CMD file is being "compiled" into a some exteneded attributes on the file. This allows you to run the program faster after the first time, because the code has already been interpreted and put in the interpreter's language. Cliff Nadler Federal Sector Services Rockville, MD IBM Federal Systems Company PROFS: NADLER at WMAVM7 ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 17:57:38 on 92/07/30 GMT (by UDSS013 at OS2CUST) Subject: PMX Server Fonts | Are there fonts, in addition to the 75dpi set available for | OS/2 PMX? Yes. The available fonts are in the C:\TCPIP\X11\MISC directory. I use the following shell script to start an x-window: #!/bin/ksh xterm -fn 8X16& which produces a nice font for an XGA monitor. Gary Murphy ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 17:57:56 on 92/07/30 GMT (by UDSS013 at OS2CUST) Subject: Disk N-1 | The way I stated my previous question does indicate that we dont need | | However, from your description it seems that NFS would enable us to do s | | very cool things indeed and I think people here would be very interested | NFS is indeed cool. We don't have a LAN NOS at my site (e.g. Banyan or Novell) but TCP/IP with NFS serves our needs. I have mounted a directory from the RS/6000 to serve as a local drive (M:). I can edit UNIX files using Kedit on OS/2 instead of VI on AIX and execute the code from an AIX telnet session. I have even created a directory on AIX called /home/share and have put some OS/2 files (e.g. the PS/2 Assistant .INF file) on it so everyone can share Gary Murphy ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 15:50:04 on 92/07/31 GMT (by A157623 at OS2CUST) Subject: OS/2 Remote Install using NFS We have had good luck using the red book to install 2.0 using NFS. It would be great luck except for some old, slow model 70 PS2s with VERY old ethernet boards. We have swapped around the boards and solved the problem of install on most machines. We apparently don't have the latest TCP/IP (no upgrade notice was sent|), so that may have some effect (running 1.2). Our new AST machines all worked fine. My call to the 800 number when the first machine got the trap while processing the secondremote install disk was not handled well. The answer 'red books are not supported' was disappointing. Anyway, we hope our problems seems to be old hardware. It doesn't solve the problem, but we can't blaim the software. Yet. Larry Mason Texas Instruments ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 16:11:20 on 92/08/03 GMT (by IL48228 at OS2CUST) Subject: Two TCP/IP NDIS Stacks I need to be able to run IBM's TCP and Ungermann-Bass's TCP NDIS stacks concurr ently. I have been successful in runing one or the other, enen having them loa ded in CONFIG.SYS at the same time. But as soon as I use an application it gen erally creams out the other stack. For example, use UB's stack for the Lan Req uester, then after REDIRECTOR load run IBM's PMANT (TN3270) causes the IP addre ss for my redirector to go away (can't PING it). UB supports multiple copyies of it's stack on the same MAC driver but id' like to run one IBM and one UB. C an anyone help, PLEASE. Brian Davelaar, City of Tacoma ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 17:20:11 on 92/08/03 GMT (by IL48228 at OS2CUST) Subject: FTPPM and VM/FTP We have a VM/SP system running TCP/IP rel 2.2. We do not have RACF, I can use the OS/2 character mode FTP and user id ANONYMOU to access the files on my CMS minidisk however I can not use the PM version of FTP. The FTTPM logon has fiel ds for userid, account and password which apparently must be provided because i t does not allow me to logon as ANONYMOU and then select a directory providing the appropriate password. Anyone have this working or can tell me what I need to do (short of getting RACF)? Brian Davelaar, City of Tacoma ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 18:01:03 on 92/08/03 GMT (by OLEG at YKTVMV) Subject: Two TCP/IP NDIS Stacks Ref: Append at 16:11:20 on 92/08/03 GMT (by IL48228 at OS2CUST) Running the IBM TCP/IP stack concurrently with some other's TCP/IP stack is not currently possible. We do understand your requirement. What is it in the UB stack that our stack does not provide ? Regards...Oleg Vishnepolsky ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 18:24:33 on 92/08/03 GMT (by IL48228 at OS2CUST) Subject: Two TCP/IP NDIS Stacks Ref: Append at 18:01:03 on 92/08/03 GMT (by OLEG at YKTVMV) We use UB's network manangement software and it apparently has some hooks into their stack wherby you can interogate the net mgmt functions in their hubs, net work cards, bridges, etc. If I run only IBM TCP/IP I get net initialization er ror messages when executing a component that "talks" to another network node. Is there anyway to unload IBM TCP/IP without rebooting? What are the prospects for mulitple stacks? Thanks for the quick response! Brian Davelaar, City of Tacoma ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 18:46:20 on 92/08/03 GMT (by OLEG at YKTVMV) Subject: Two TCP/IP NDIS Stacks Ref: Append at 18:24:33 on 92/08/03 GMT (by IL48228 at OS2CUST) You can't unload IBM's TCP/IP without rebooting. Prospects for multiple stacks will have to be evaluated. Oleg Vishnepolsky ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 18:52:01 on 92/08/03 GMT (by GALINA at YKTVMV) Subject: FTPPM and VM/FTP Ref: Append at 17:20:11 on 92/08/03 GMT (by IL48228 at OS2CUST) Brian, will you please contact me privately. I'll see what I can about the ftppm problem. Galina Kofman e-mail: galina@watson.ibm.com. phone: 914-945-1843 ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 16:24:28 on 92/08/06 GMT (by TBHIC at OS2CUST) Subject: Two TCP/IP NDIS Stacks Ref: Append at 18:46:20 on 92/08/03 GMT (by OLEG at YKTVMV) Actually, unloading TCP/IP was doable with version 1.1. 1.1 ran TCP/IP on ring 3 and used Comm Manager to access the Network. 1.2 has its own device drivers running on Ring 1. These device drivers have to be loaded in the config.sys and are not killable (as far as I know). We ran TCP/IP with all the executibles on a LS file server with 1.1 and the only thing we had to do with the workstation was setup the IP address. That was nice. I think it is still possible to keep a minimum subset of TCP/IP on the workstation, just the stuff in IBMCOM and CNTRL.EXE. Probably NFS200.IFS also, we don't use this capability now, but may in the future. Matt Hickman, Chevron Matt@bhice.hou130.chevron.com ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 21:22:06 on 92/08/06 GMT (by XXCWBD04 at TORVMCOP) Subject: File/Record locking in OS/2 TCP/IP. Does the NFS Client under TCP/IP for OS/2 support file/record locking using LOCKD on the server? Does the NFS Server under TCP/IP for OS/2 support file/record locking or the equivalent of the LOCKD component? For applications sharing a database file on an NFS server, this is extremely important! Greg Athayde Canadian Wheat Board ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 05:02:06 on 92/08/07 GMT (by LINSUSAN at HKGVM8) Subject: TCPIP Socket program I am an OS/2 Netbios and APPC person and is new to the TCP/IP world. However, I am about to write an application which uses the Socket API to communicate between a OS/2 TCPIP machine and multiple DOS TCP/IP machines. I will be using OS/2 Version 2.0 and DOS Version 5.0 as the OS, IBM C Set/2 and C/2 V1.1 as the C Compiler for the program. Firstly, I would like to know in addition to ordering -TCP/IP Version 1.2 for OS/2 -TCP/IP Version 2.0 for DOS Is there anything I need to order to write Socket API programs? Do the API libraries come with the above packages? Furthermore, I have read some complication of using C Set/2 instead of MS C 6.0 Compiler to write these API's, Is this true? I will use C Set/2 to develop the OS/2 TCPIP program and IBM C/2 Version 1.1 to develop the DOS TCPIP program. I wonder if the TCPIP package provide the header files for the IBM C Set/2 Compiler since I assume TCPIP still uses 16 bit API's? Any help would be appreciated. Susan S. Lin ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 09:35:59 on 92/08/07 GMT (by 72497101 at EHONE) Subject: communication problems using appc and tcpip in os2 2.0 I have some problems with APPC-, TCP/IP-communication in OS/2 2.0. My system-configuration interesting for this problem is: PS/2 Model 80 A31 one 4/16MB TokenRing-Adapter OS2 2.0 + Extended Services TCP/IP 1.2 I want to communicate in small LAN with another PS2 using APPC and to communicate with a RISC/6000 using TCP/IP (X-Windows). Under OS2 1.3 there were no problems. Communication was possible at the "same time" over one TokenRing-Adapter with both protocols. After migration to OS2 2.0 there is only one protocol possible at the sam time either APPC or TCP/IP. Adding the TCPIP-drivers (INET.SYS and IFNDIS.SYS) to CONFIG.SYS communication manager detect an error at startup (ACS0111W,ACS0323C). Only TCPIP-communication is possible. Removing TCPIP-drivers from CONFIG.SYS no error is detected by communication manager, but only APPC-communication is possible. I don't know what can I do to solve the problem, to communicate under OS2 2.0 like under OS2 1.3 EE. Who detected an error I described ? Who can help me ? The special effect of my problem is that my colleague has no problems with the same configuration on a PS2 Model 90 AKD. He can communicate using APPC and TCPIP but he detected the same error after migration to OS2 2.0 for a long time. Suddenly the error don't appear and he couldn't say why | Best regards J║rg Ihlefeld (ihlefeld at blnvm01) ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 22:34:14 on 92/08/07 GMT (by IL22993 at OS2CUST) Subject: communication problems using appc and tcpip in os2 2.0 Ref: Append at 09:35:59 on 92/08/07 GMT (by 72497101 at EHONE) We are running ES (3270 and 5250), IBM TCP/IP 1.2.1, and Novell all at the same time over the same token ring card. Did you loose anything in PROTOCOL.INI (in IBMCOM directory) when you added TCP/IP? You should have sections on: [PROT_MAN] DRIVERNAME = PROTMAN$ [TCPIP_XIF] DriverName = tcpip$ bindings = IBMTOK_nif [LANDD_nif] Drivername = LANDD$ BINDINGS = IBMTOK_nif ... and a bunch of lines re: links, saps, gsaps, timers, etc. [IBMTOK_nif] Drivername = IBMTOK$ recvbufs = 47 recvbufsize = 256 xmitbufs = 1 xmitbufsize = 1944 I have no idea if these parameters are optimum, but I know that they work for me and everything coexists quite nicely! (The [] above are square brackets) Good Luck George Clark, Norton Company ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 12:48:29 on 92/08/10 GMT (by UDSS013 at OS2CUST) Subject: TCPIP Socket program | I would like to know in addition to ordering | | -TCP/IP Version 1.2 for OS/2 | | -TCP/IP Version 2.0 for DOS | | Is there anything I need to order to write Socket API programs? Do | | the API libraries come with the above packages? | I don't know about DOS, but make sure you other the header files for TCP/IP. At some recent level of TCP/IP, IBM unbundled the packaging. It can be ordered with or without the header files and libraries for programming. As I recall, you can order the whole TCP package for OS/2 for around $650 that includes everything you need (including X11). As for programming TCP sockets with C-Set/2, I have no personal experience. However, TCP/IP is still 16-bit and C-Set/2 generates only 32-bit code. You will have to make sure that you use correct linking options to assure that the 32-to-16 thunks are inserted correctly. There has been some discussion of that in the programming forums (e.g. OS2PMPGM and OS2PRG). Supposedly, it's not that difficult to do as long as you realize that it has to be done. Gary Murphy ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 17:01:22 on 92/08/10 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Subject: New CSD for OS/2 TCP/IP I just had 3 problem records closed indicating that there is a new CSD for OS/2 TCP/IP available from the support center. The CSD is UB02217, but it cannot be ordered via IBMLink's SRD function. When checking UB02217 in IBMLink it appears to be a CATIA fix and not for TCP/IP....?????????? 1) Why can't TCP/IP CSDs be ordered electronically for mail delivery as OS/2 and DOS CSDs can be....? 2) Why are TCP/IP CSDs assigned identifiers that appear to conflict with Catia....? Lionel Dyck - Rockwell International, Information Systems Center ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 21:56:30 on 92/08/10 GMT (by WAH at RCHLAND) Subject: Keyboard definition for OS/2 TCP/IP Ref: Append at 17:01:22 on 92/08/10 GMT by ROK2027 at OS2CUST I have installed TCPIP in several OS2 2.0 machines. How does one get the backspace and up/down arrows to work on a typical model 80 keyboard under AFS? ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 23:13:36 on 92/08/10 GMT (by WZ00511 at OS2CUST) Subject: Maiden Voyage Round I Whomever, (wants to help a UNIX/TCP/IP Neophyte) OK this is round I of trying to get TCP/IP running. My current configuration is a single Token Ring card. I have ES, and LS loaded and I have the Novell requester loaded with Lansup.sys: this configuration works. The person who is helping me on this has gotten all his TCP/IP knowledge from having to support Wellfleet routers... Anyway, I ran ICAT and installed the software (including the x-windows part). Then, I went to configure it and my help determined that the only thing that we needed to fill out was the "Network Interface Parameters". So I filled those out with the following: IP Address: 170.2.1.40 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Broadcast: 1.1.1.1 Destination: (We left this blank) MTU : 4500 It told me that after I configured this I needed to run LAPS. I tried to run that but it indicated that I already have everything I need loaded. (I loaded 802.2 and Netbios during the ES and LS install). So I rebooted and when it tried to run the startup command I got the following error messages: "Socket: Network is down Arp: Socket: Protocol Not Supported Iconfig: Socket: Network is down" To further clarify, we only filled out the "Network Interface Parameters" with the previously stated values and we left everything else as the default. What now? Did we do anything right? Thanks in advance! Brad Bueche NationsBank EUC/Hotline Support Norfolk, VA ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 01:23:04 on 92/08/11 GMT (by CNADLER at WMAVM1) Subject: Maiden Voyage Round I Ref: Append at 23:13:36 on 92/08/10 GMT (by WZ00511 at OS2CUST) Brad, Did you run A:LAPS with the TCP/IP LAPS disk in your A Drive? The TCP/IP LAPS will install the TCP/IP protocol, and it sounds like thats what you are missing. You will also need to re-boot to activate these changes. I'd also blank out everything but the subnet mask and your internet address. You also have to check the LAN Adapter 0 (or 1) check box on the upper left corner of the panel. You may also want to set up your domain and machine names, along with any nameserver you folks may be using. Cliff Nadler GO TEAM OS/2! Systems Integration and Services Rockville, MD IBM Federal Systems Company PROFS: NADLER at WMAVM7 ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 12:24:01 on 92/08/11 GMT (by JROSEN at RALVMM) Subject: Maiden Voyage Round I Ref: Append at 23:13:36 on 92/08/10 GMT (by WZ00511 at OS2CUST) I do see at least 1 mistake. Your 'broadcast' is incorrect. You should either have left it blank (in which case it would have defaulted correctly), or specified it as your IP address except the last octet should have been 255 (based on your netmask of 255.255.255.0). Also, for MTU on a token ring card, I believe that we suggest 4400 (not 4500), although I don't think that this has anything to do with your problem. Finally, make sure that you look through the readme file in the <tcpip>\doc directory. It explains what you need to do when you are running with both ES and LS. Jonathan Rosen ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 00:38:07 on 92/08/13 GMT (by WZ00511 at OS2CUST) Subject: Maiden Voyage Round I Ref: Append at 12:24:01 on 92/08/11 GMT (by JROSEN at RALVMM) Cliff and Jonathan, THANKS FOR YOUR RESPONSES! I got it working! I can telnet to our SPARC station, do an SList for Novell, or do a NET USE to look at my Lan Server resources all from the same prompt! And with only one TR card! I followed your suggestions and the first time I tried it it bombed. It said it didn recognize my adapter (???). Then I took all the Netware stuff out of the CONFIG.SYS and I chose not to install the X-Window code from ICAT and re-installed. This time it worked. Then I put the Netware stuff back in the CONFIG.SYS rebooted and it still works! Now, I want to install the X-Window code. Will I need to set additional parameters from the ICAT installation/configuration. Right now, all that I have configured are the settings on the "Network Interface Parameters" screen. If I do need to apply additional parameters, what are your suggestions? And, is there an easy way to tell if X loaded correctly...like a simple PING could be used to determine if TCP/IP was installed correctly. Thanks in advance. Brad Bueche NationsBank EUC/Hotline Support Norfolk, VA ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 00:56:19 on 92/08/13 GMT (by CNADLER at WMAVM1) Subject: Maiden Voyage Round I Ref: Append at 00:38:07 on 92/08/13 GMT (by WZ00511 at OS2CUST) Parameters: I think you have to configure your local host name (in Configure Service, I think). Other than that I don't think so. As for a test, try using VT200 to log into a UNIX box with X and say: aixterm -ls -display yourmachine:0 & Replace "yourmachine" with the name you configured. If you get an aixterm session, you're fine. Oh, you should also switch to the PMX server window you'll see running after you start PMX. Cliff Nadler GO TEAM OS/2! P.S. I wish Nationsbank was open on Saturdays like my old banks back in New York. ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 15:54:37 on 92/08/13 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Subject: Read New Mail via Telnet into OS/2 The following is little OS/2 Rexx procedure that I wrote so that I can logon to my OS/2 system at the office via Telnet and read any new messages that have arrived. Since it appears that I am limited to line mode connections (since I telnet in from VM and TSO). Enjoy and I'm open to suggestions and enhancements. /* --------------------- rexx procedure ---------------------- * * Name: Showmail.Cmd * * * * Function: Display new inbound mail in line mode for * * Telnet connected usage. * * * * Syntax: showmail <from-date> * * * * Where <from-date> is the starting date to begin * * offering new messages. * * * * Changes: Change the drive/directory of your in-bound mail * * * * Author: Lionel B. Dyck * * Rockwell International * * P.O. Box 2515 * * Seal Beach, California 90740 * * (310) 797-1125 * * IBMMail: USROKNTN * * Internet: lbdyck@osreq48.rockwell.com * * IBMLINK: ROK2027 * * * * History: 08/14/92 - creation of os/2 command * * * * ------------------------------------------------------------- */ @ 'D:' /* Drive where inbound mail is */ 'cd\tcpip\etc\mail' /* Directory for inbound mail */ @ arg from_date if length(from_date) = 0 then from_date = '000000' @ index_file = 'INBOX.NDX' call read_index @ do inbox = 1 to index.0 dir_line = index.inbox if length(dir_line) > 0 then do parse value dir_line with 10 from 28 fn ft . , 54 yy '/' mm '/' dd time 78 seen '' subj '' dir_date = yy''mm''dd if seen = "Y" then seen = "Yes" else seen = "No" if from_date <= dir_date then call do_it end end @ exit 0 @ do_it: call read_message say "---------------------------------------------------------" say "Message:" subj say "From: " from "Date:" dir_date time say "total records:" size say "Read this message (Yes, No or Quit):" pull ans select when ans = "Y" then call show_it when ans = "Q" then exit 4 when length(ans) = 0 then call show_it when left(ans,1) <> "N" then call show_it otherwise nop end return @ show_it: do i = 1 to msg.0 say msg.i end return @ read_message: message = fn"."ft msg. = '' msg.0 = 0 do while lines(message) record = msg.0 + 1 msg.record = linein(message) msg.0 = record end size = msg.0 call lineout(message) return @ read_index: index. = '' index.0 = 0 do while lines(index_file) record = index.0 + 1 index.record = linein(index_file) index.0 = record end call lineout(index_file) return Lionel Dyck - Rockwell International, Information Systems Center ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 23:05:40 on 92/08/13 GMT (by WZ00511 at OS2CUST) Subject: Maiden Voyage Round II Anybody, OK, as I stated earlier, TCP/IP is up and running. Thanks for the help. Now, for X-Windows I just realized I dont have the documentation for this. I assume that on the internal network it will be in OS2PROD. Is there a sub-category under this or will my SE be able to easily find the X-Windows documentation once she gets to OS2PROD? Cliff, thanks for your reply to my previous X-Window question. However, I'm not exactly sure I understand it. In your response, you say "try using VT200 to login to a Unix box with X". Does this mean set term=vt200 and then Telnet to the host? Also, you say "with X"..what does this mean to login "with X". Also, the command line you gave starts out with "aixterm". I am logging onto a SUN station not an RS6000. I search my OS/2 station for AIXTERM but came up empty-handed. I'm assuming you thought I was loging on to an RS6000? Additionally, you state "you should also switch to the PMX server window". I'm assuming that this means "do the other things at the command line and then switch to the PMX window to see what you have"....I am correct? It would be really helpful if you could give me a list of commands to type from the OS/2 prompt. I havent found the hosts database yet (I used seek&scan and still can't find it) so I am using internet addresses. The host that I connect to is 170.2.1.2. Thanks! (I'll pay you back somehow!) Brad Bueche NationsBank EUC/Hotline Support Norfolk, VA ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 00:51:11 on 92/08/14 GMT (by CNADLER at WMAVM1) ..... OS2TCPIP CFORUM modified at 00:59:29 on 92/08/14 GMT (by CNADLER at WMAVM1) Subject: Maiden Voyage Round II Ref: Append at 23:05:40 on 92/08/13 GMT (by WZ00511 at OS2CUST) Ok, I was probably a little too terse last time. Let's try a cookbook approach. 1) Stir in the flour .. NO WAIT!, NOT THAT KIND OF COOKBOOK! | | You also have to set up your X0HOSTS file using ICAT->Configure-> | Configure Services. It's in the upper right corner of that panel. 1) At an OS/2 command prompt, type "START PMX". Wait for the PM/X Server to initialize (it's a PM application). 2) At the same OS/2 prompt, type in "VT220 9.0.0.0" replacing 9.0.0.0 with the internet address of the system you are logging onto. 3) Login to your UNIX system at this time as you normally would. 4) Type in at the UNIX command line "xterm -display 9.255.255.255:0&" where xterm is the name of the program you use to start a X-windows command prompt on that system and 9.225.225.225 is the internet address of your OS/2 system. The '&' will put it in the background. 5) Click on your PM/X window. The xterm window should appear. See my next append for details on Internet names. Cliff Nadler GO TEAM OS/2! Systems Integration and Services Rockville, MD IBM Federal Systems Company PROFS: NADLER at WMAVM7 ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 00:57:22 on 92/08/14 GMT (by CNADLER at WMAVM1) Subject: Internet naming Ref: Append at 23:05:40 on 92/08/13 GMT (by WZ00511 at OS2CUST) Brad, There are two files used by TCP/IP to translate internet addresses into names (or aliases). The first is RESOLV (or resolv.conf on UNIX). This contains the domain name and the internet address of a nameserver. The nameserver will contain a list of names and addresses and translates it for you (reduces management - only one file has to get updated for all your TPC/IP users). The second file is your HOSTS file. Create this with any text editor in the format: internet-address name i.e. 9.2.5.100 cnadler One per line, and you can have multiple names for a single address. Comments can be placed after a '#' on any line. The TCP/IP ICAT program doesn't create this for you. P.S. You also need to use ICAT->Configure Services to indicate all the hosts that can send you X-Windows data. It's the section on the upper right corner. Place the cursor there and press F5 to add a new entry. Cliff Nadler GO TEAM OS/2! Systems Integration and Services Rockville, MD IBM Federal Systems Company PROFS: NADLER at WMAVM7 ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 18:21:42 on 92/08/17 GMT (by UDSS013 at OS2CUST) Subject: Maiden Voyage Round I | If I do need to apply additional parameters, what are your suggestions? | | is there an easy way to tell if X loaded correctly...like a simple PING | | be used to determine if TCP/IP was installed correctly. Thanks in advanc | You will have to tell the X client applications where the X-Server is. To do this, add the following lines to your ".profile" on your UNIX system: DISPLAY=hostname:0 export DISPLAY where "hostname" is the name of your OS/2 workstation listed in the /etc/hosts file on the UNIX system. In my case, AIX is 'ts54sys1'. In the /etc/hosts on ts54sys1, there is an entry for my OS/2 workstation IP address. The name of my OS/2 workstation is ts54glm. My ".profile" on AIX contains: DISPLAY=ts54glm:0 export DISPLAY As for testing, probably the simplest is the proverbial xclock application. To start that up, I telnet into the UNIX box and type: xclock& at the prompt. The clock appears on my OS/2 workstation. In addition to IP and SDLC for 3270, I am running NetBIOS and the Banyan VINES beta requestor code. I don't think ANYTHING networks better than OS/2. This is an impressive OS. Gary Murphy ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 20:56:50 on 92/08/17 GMT (by SBNI8A3 at OS2CUST) Subject: RN - Reader of NNTP Server Items Ref: Append at 04:06:56 on 92/07/17 GMT (by RUBINM at YKTVMV) Bill, I among many hope you will pursue the RN program. The particular problem I have frequently (more often than not) is the error message "Article too long... Press a key". I see from the source that it's generated in VIEWMSG.C but haven't taken the time to trace further. For our public school district we have several people who use Usenet news to keep up with various topics, but we have to sign on to a time-sharing system to use it at a cost to the district. We have approval to use the same server as that used by the time-sharing system at no charge, so it would be very worthwhile for us to have this feature--of course a PM version would be even better. Is there anything I can do to decrease the occurrence of the "Article too long..." message, e.g. buffersize in config.sys or protocol.ini? Dan Dan Cromer, School Board of Alachua County, Gainesville, Florida ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 03:43:44 on 92/08/18 GMT (by RUBINM at YKTVMV) Subject: RN - Reader of NNTP Server Items Ref: Append at 20:56:50 on 92/08/17 GMT (by SBNI8A3 at OS2CUST) No, the problem is that there is an internal limit of 64k for the size of an article in the implementation you have (and, in fact, in the new version, as well). It is one of the next things that will be fixed in this version. Bill Rubin ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 13:07:37 on 92/08/18 GMT (by SBNI8A3 at OS2CUST) Subject: RN - Reader of NNTP Server Items Ref: Append at 03:43:44 on 92/08/18 GMT (by RUBINM at YKTVMV) Thanks for your quick response. I'm really looking forward to the version that can handle larger messages, as from my recent experience there are more that I can't read than I can--perhaps partly due to large headers caused by my particular connection routing. We were part of the OS/2 2.0 early experience program, and I'd be very interested in assisting in you with testing any new version. Please contact me here or dan@danc.ir.sbac.edu (Internet) if I may be of assistance. Dan Dan Cromer, School Board of Alachua County, Gainesville, Florida ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 21:05:42 on 92/08/19 GMT (by XXCWBD04 at TORVMCOP) Subject: Problems running BOOTPD (TCP/IP for OS/2 1.2.1) We are trying to use the BOOTPD on a machine with 2 Token ring adapters. The problem we are seeing is that BOOTPD doesn't seem to want to broadcast on both TR adapters. Is there anyway around this? The reason we are doing it this way, is that we have been told that BOOTPD cannot broadcast across a bridge. Is this true? Any info would be appreciated. Thanks, Greg Athayde Canadian Wheat Board ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 19:08:36 on 92/08/21 GMT (by TBHIC at OS2CUST) Subject: Most Current Device Drivers I have two INET.SYS and IFNDIS.SYS files. One is a part of the latest CSD and the other was sent to a co-worker to fix a problem with ethernet and Netware. I am not sure which is the most current. INET displays 1.2.2 INET 1A (from the CSD) and 1.2.2.17 (from the patch). IFNDIS displays 1.2.2.INETNDIS 1A (from the CSD) and 1.2.2.18 (from the patch). Which one should I use???? Matt Hickman, Chevron Matt@bhice.hou130.chevron.com ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 01:17:53 on 92/08/22 GMT (by BRYFREY at RALVMFE1) Subject: Most Current Device Drivers Ref: Append at 19:08:36 on 92/08/21 GMT (by TBHIC at OS2CUST) The ...17 and ...18 versions are a TESTFIX to correct a Novell/TCPIP hang problem when running on Ethernet. These files have been found to cause SLIO to go into a loop printing a error msg, BOOTP and NETSTAT to TRAP. This TESTFIX should not be distributed to other users at this time. These are known problems and the development group is working on a new TESTFIX. If any other problems are found with these drivers, the Level II Support Center needs to be notified. Bryan ..... ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 16:29:41 on 92/08/24 GMT (by MIKE at RALVMFE1) Subject: Most Current Device Drivers Ref: Append at 19:08:36 on 92/08/21 GMT (by TBHIC at OS2CUST) Matt - Unless you are running Novell on your system, run the 1A versions of INET and IFNDIS. Michael B. Rutherford ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 20:10:29 on 92/08/24 GMT (by IL15675 at OS2CUST) Subject: NOVELL REQUESTER/TCPIP FOR OS/2 2.0 COEXISTENCE I HAVE MADE CONFIG.SYS AND NET.CFG CHANGES PER INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO ME BY MY S .E. WHEN I BOOT UP MY PS/2 MODEL 70 I GET AN ERROR FROM MY CONFIG.SYS FILE. "LANSUP-OS/2-222:Frame type Ethernet_II and Ethernet_802.3 are not supported. SO THE LANSUP.SYS DOES NOT LOAD. MY FRAME TYPE IN MY NET.CFG IS SET FOR Ethernet_802.3 Is this frame type supported? I used the LANSUP.SYS from the production version of the Netware Requester for OS/2 2.0 I am using TCPIP for OS/2 version 1.21 Keith R. Meyers ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 01:35:15 on 92/08/25 GMT (by IL22993 at OS2CUST) Subject: Chron functions Ref: Append at 12:55:55 on 92/07/15 GMT (by GAURANG at RALVMM) >By the way,does anyone know why the NSLOOKUP ls -d command does not return > any information from an OS/2 NAMED server machine? >It is a bug in OS/2 NAMED (sample) server. Is the following an example of the above bug, and does anyone know the fix? {D:¢}nslookup *** Can't find server name for address 161.120.72.99: Non-existent domain *** Default servers are not available I have the NAMED (sample) server on my machine, caching another server, as well as providing some name services for our routers. It seems to be working fine except for not wanting to talk to the NSLOOKUP command. My RESOLV dataset pooints to my own IP address as the domain name server, and ping and telnet commands issued from my workstation manage to resolve names from both my local server as well as names cached from other servers. This server, even as a sample, is going to work out exceptionally well for us! TCP/IP for OS/2 is a really great product. It really needs to get some more visibility however. George Clark, Norton Company ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 15:41:14 on 92/08/25 GMT (by A157623 at OS2CUST) Subject: RN How about a 32 bit version of your program so the 64K limit is removed? Will the new version have filing to disk? Your program is the only one I can use within our environment (no UNIX logons given for reading mail). I am very glad you included it in the samples area. How do we get your upgrade? What is the status on a anonymous FTP for this service? Again our environment forces me to use an internal emulator that of course does NOT understand the available download process. I would like to share the articles found in the various areas but cut/paste is just too time consuming. I have access to the internet already. Thanks. Larry Mason Texas Instruments lmason@lobby.ti.com ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 16:18:07 on 92/08/27 GMT (by WIS0010 at OS2CUST) Subject: 3C527 Etherlink/MC 32 for an IBM PS/2 model 80 with TCP/IP 1.2.1 (no text entered) State of Wisconsin, Department of Transportation ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 16:23:50 on 92/08/27 GMT (by WIS0010 at OS2CUST) Subject: 3C527 Etherlink/MC 32 for an IBM PS/2 model 80 w/ TCP/IP 1.2.1 Goofed on the previous append I guess. Here's the text from or TCP/IP guru who is not me: RE: IBM TCP/IP 1.2.1 With TCPLAPS We recently purchased a 3C527 Etherlink/MC 32 for an IBM PS/2 model 80, after being told by the vendor that that was the only card that would work reliably in the model 80. The card works fine (we tested it under DOS). However, TCP/IP LAPS has no MAC driver for it. There is a driver on the floppy from 3Com, however the NIF file does not look similar to the NIF files for LAPS, and LAPS complains that the NIF file has an invalid format if we try to install the driver from the floppy. (The driver is in directory \mslanman.os2\drivers\..... , apparently intended for MS Lan Manager). We checked 3Com's bulletin board, and found no additional drivers. As a workaround, we copied the above driver into \ibmcom\macs, and copied the Etherlink/MC NIF file. We then modified that NIF file, adding a receive buffers parameter. We then used LAPS to configure the driver, and ICAT to enable the the driver (the ifconfig line in SETUP.CMD). Other than some slightly odd results for echo times from ping, it seems to work OK. As a workaround, we copied the above driver into \ibmcom\macs, and copied the Etherlink/MC NIF file. We then modified that NIF file, adding a receive buffers parameter. We then used LAPS to configure the driver, and ICAT to enable the the driver (the ifconfig line in SETUP.CMD). Other than some slightly odd results for echo times from ping, it seems to work OK. Is a real NDIS driver for TCPLAPS (or, equivalently LS LAPS) for the Etherlink/MC 32 (3C527) available? If so, from whom? If not, when might the driver be available? State of Wisconsin, Department of Transportation ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 17:11:06 on 92/08/27 GMT (by VA06582 at OS2CUST) Subject: LANSUP vs. ODI (yet again and still!) First, an understatement: There is much confusion and frustration concerning the LANSUP vs. ODINSUP issues and the configuration problems therein. Now for the question: I'm trying to run on OS/2 2.0 with the LANSUP driver supporting ES 1.0, LAN Requester 2.0, TCP/IP 1.2.1, and the GA Netware Requester on an IBM Ethernet adapter (PS/2 8580-A21, 16MB). I read various messages both here and on IBMLink concerning such a configuratio n. Some responses have even indicated that with the TCP/IP product the LANSUP driver cannot support the above configuration. Is this so? Is the ODINSUP driver the only alternative? (I hope not!) Our usual results in the attempt to run the above configuration are that the Netware requester complains at IPL that it cannot "connect" to the network. Can anyone address this properly? As I mentioned, we've already been given a variety of vague solutions to our problems, but nothing definite. Is this setup do-able??? At this point, any insights would be appreciated! %:-> Bill Pier @ Hughes Aircraft, Fullerton, CA ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 18:06:03 on 92/08/27 GMT (by IL53645 at OS2CUST) Subject: Name Service I have two new installations of TCP/IP. (still warm) One is on a PS/2 Mod60 an d the other on a PS/2 Mod90. Dos 5.0 on the Mod60 and OS2 V2.0 on the Model 90 I am somewhat confused at what is going on during the time delay after entering 'HOSTNAME'. It lasts about 60 seconds before it reports its own name. The do cumentation on the OS2 version says there is a name server included as part of the package. I guess it is the \tcpip\samples\named directory called 'NAMED' b ut the named.doc says it needs a program called 'nfilter' to run against some f iles it requires. Does anyone know how this works? These two machines are connected together and we are using tcp/ip sockets to transfer records between them. No other machines are involved. Most of the fu nctions seem to work but it takes a long time whenever name resolution is requi red. I have built up the hosts file along with several alias(s) for each # and all are recognized. Is there some interrelationship between RESOLV and HOSTS t hat I don't understand? The book says that when address resolution is required, the system sends off a request to the name server and if not resolved that way then uses it's own HO STS file. What am I missing? George in Orange, Ca. ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 18:23:51 on 92/08/27 GMT (by OLEG at YKTVMV) Subject: Name Service Ref: Append at 18:06:03 on 92/08/27 GMT (by IL53645 at OS2CUST) If you are using HOSTS file, you should not have RESOLV. If you have a nameserver set up on one of your hosts, then you should use RESOLV. The problem you are seeing is caused by presence of RESOLV file which does not point to any of active nameservers. Simple deletion of RESOLV should take care of the problem. Oleg Vishnepolsky ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 18:54:03 on 92/08/27 GMT (by TBHIC at OS2CUST) Subject: LANSUP vs. ODI (yet again and still!) Ref: Append at 17:11:06 on 92/08/27 GMT (by VA06582 at OS2CUST) We have been using the ODINSUP method with OS/s 2.0. However, with 1.3 we used the LANSUP method. We found that the CMGRLAN driver would not support IBM's TCP/IP, but that the TOKENEE driver would. It looked like CMGRLAN was the wave of the future for the LANSUP method so we are only focusing on the ODINSUP method currently. Matt Hickman, Chevron Matt@bhice.hou130.chevron.com ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 15:49:58 on 92/08/28 GMT (by RWH at GDLVM7) - Subject: LANSUP vs. ODI (yet again and still!) Ref: Append at 17:11:06 on 92/08/27 GMT (by VA06582 at OS2CUST) I am using LANSUP.SYS with Extended Services 1.0 on OS/2 2.0. I have TCP/IP 1.2.1 working along with OS/2 LAN Requester and NetWare LAN Requester. I am using a token ring adapter, haven't tried ethernet. I don't recall doing anything special - just replaced TOKEN.SYS with LANSUP.SYS in CONFIG.SYS. However, in NET.CFG, you need a LINK DRIVER LANSUP entry specifying the frame format and the adapter address (even if you are using the burned-in address). Ron Hoffman -- VM PWSCS Development -- Endicott ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 16:34:01 on 92/08/28 GMT (by AAEE1AN at OS2CUST) Subject: Name Service Ref: Append at 18:06:03 on 92/08/27 GMT (by IL53645 at OS2CUST) I think I have seen a similar problem on our internal TCP/IP net when the domain nameserver was not responding; the requestor waited about 30 seconds and then went on about its business. It appears that it timed out waiting for a response from the nameserver and used internal tables. Your timeout period may be different from ours. Nameservers are kittle beasts at best, and yours may need some work done in the configuration data. There are various commands that can be used to help diagnose the problem; as our net is mostly Intergraph (ecch! pfui! :-< ), and my TCP workstation in particular is non-IBM, I can't give a lot of useful help on theIBM commands. We have the nslookup command, which can tell a lot about what's going on. Best of luck. Mike Andrews, Mgr, Tech support, Okla. Dept. of Transportation (405) 521-4197 ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 17:29:36 on 92/08/28 GMT (by IL53645 at OS2CUST) Subject: RESOLV I have renamed the RESOLV (to RESOLV.SAV) on the OS2 based machine. This has m ade the hostname response to immediate. The FTP connection still takes 60 seco nds or longer. 1.) Is there a name server that comes with either the OS/2 1.2.1 or the DOS 2.0 version of TCP/IP? If so how is it configured? Where is the 'NFILTER' pro gram mentioned in the named.doc file? 2.) Is it possible to compile the TCP socket client and server sample progra ms using Quick C and have them execute on a DOS machine? I have compiled both programs this way and get an error: tcpc: error: initializing tasking system: not enough memory If I run mem /c prior to loading tcpc, there is 555,168 bytes available for the largest executable program space. The program itself is only 38K so there seems to be plenty of space. Any ideas? ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 17:32:20 on 92/08/28 GMT (by IL53645 at OS2CUST) Subject: CSD or not CSD Is there or isn't there a CSD out against TCP/IP for OS/2 V1.2.1 (refresh)? How about DOS V2.0? ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 17:36:40 on 92/08/28 GMT (by OLEG at YKTVMV) Subject: RESOLV Ref: Append at 17:29:36 on 92/08/28 GMT (by IL53645 at OS2CUST) FTP connections is still taking longer because the server side is doing backward name resolution for logging purposes. So, you need to remove RESOLV on the other side as well. BTW, in recent CSDs FTP server has been changed not to make name-resolution and instead print out dotted ip address on its screen. Oleg Vishnepolsky ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 17:42:39 on 92/08/28 GMT (by OLEG at YKTVMV) Subject: NAMED (was: RESOLV) Ref: Append at 17:29:36 on 92/08/28 GMT (by IL53645 at OS2CUST) Named which comes with the product is a sample code which means it's not supported. NFILTER (and NRFILTER) executables were missing from the original 1.2.1 distribution, and I believe that they are now included in the current CSDs - you can try asking your SE about them). NFILTER takes hosts files and creates a database file in the format that NAMED understands. NRFILTER does the same thing but for inverse name resolution. Configuring NAMED is very simple to that of AIX or BSD. The readme outlines the differences. If you have only two hosts as I gather from your question, then named may be an overkill. Hosts file would do just fine. Oleg Vishnepolsky ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 20:26:48 on 92/08/28 GMT (by COLE at RALVMM) Subject: RESOLV Ref: Append at 17:29:36 on 92/08/28 GMT (by IL53645 at OS2CUST) For TCPIP for DOS V2.0 : compile with these flags: cl /c /J /Fs /Oars /FPc /Zp2 /Amodel program.c link with these options: link /noi /stack:6144 /seg:200 program; I have no experinece with Quick C. cole@ralvmm.vnet.ibm.com ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 23:29:31 on 92/08/31 GMT (by IL53645 at OS2CUST) Subject: CSD's (no text entered) ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 23:33:58 on 92/08/31 GMT (by IL53645 at OS2CUST) Subject: CSD's Has the CSD situation cleared up yet relative to the UBnnnnn numbers for TCP/IP yet? I understood from a posting on the NSC BBS in Atlanta that there were so me CSD's which had been released after TCP/IP V1.2.1 refresh had been released. I pursued this two different times with my SE and the Defect Support Line and each time was told (ultimately) that there are no CSD's against the refresh and also no CSD's against the DOS product V2.0. Is there a final authority on this subject with an answer as of Sep 1st or so ? ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 16:04:42 on 92/09/01 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Subject: Seeking Archie Client for OS/2 TCP/IP I am looking for an Archie Client for the OS/2 2.0 and IBM OS/2 TCP/IP environment. Does anyone know of where one can be found...? Lionel Dyck - Rockwell International, Information Systems Center ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 19:42:18 on 92/09/01 GMT (by SBNI8A3 at OS2CUST) Subject: CSD or not CSD Ref: Append at 17:32:20 on 92/08/28 GMT (by IL53645 at OS2CUST) Who says there is a change from the "old IBM"? I've seen precious little evidence of it. At any rate, I have CSD #2217 for TCP/IP 1.2.1 (refresh) that fixes several things. From the documentation: ************************************************************************ * :title.IBM TCP/IP 1.2.1 * :CSD 02217 :date.92/08/04 * :abs.Provides fixes for the BASE feature for TCP/IP 1.2.1 for OS/2. ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ ***CSD FOR RELEASE 1.2.1 REFRESH ONLY DO NOT APPLY TO ANY OTHER LEVEL*** ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ Of course it's not available as other CSDs are from Boulder, which means level 1 support could order it (so it has to be sent by TCP/IP development staff who should be doing other greater things, like upgrading RN to be a supported part of the system). Nor is it available from software.watson.ibm.com WHERE THERE SHOULD BE A TCPIP DIRECTORY!!! I guess the very existence of this BBS and of software.watson.ibm.com is evidence that there is a "new" IBM trying to become more customer oriented. Dan Dan Cromer, School Board of Alachua County, Gainesville, Florida ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 00:23:48 on 92/09/02 GMT (by IL53645 at OS2CUST) Subject: Which C for TCP/IP Is it possible that the only C compiler which will work for TCP/IP is the Micro soft V6.00kA? I have C/2 V1.1 and C/set 2. (also QC2.5 and C++ V1.1 and 3.0). I am unable to get them to compile the tcpc.c and tcps.s socket programs. I th ought it was the environment variables because it was inconceivable the the stn dard Portable Protocol written in the Standard Portable Language would not comp ile with IBM's last two C compilers. I spoke with Level II support today and w as confirmed. Has anyone managed to get the socket programs to compile with an ything besides MS6.00A? I know, with 5 compilers already, why not one more? ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 12:38:26 on 92/09/02 GMT (by MIKE at RALVMFE1) Subject: Name Service Ref: Append at 18:06:03 on 92/08/27 GMT (by IL53645 at OS2CUST) George - If you have not specifically set up NAMED to run on either system (and you won't be able to unless you get the latest CSD from the support center) and you don't have any other nameserver on the network, then I suspect your problem is the RESOLV file. If the answer to both above questions is 'no', then delete or rename RESOLV and your delay problems should go away. TCPIP looks first in RESOLV for the address of your nameserver. The sixty second delay in resolution is probably due to the request timing out to the (possibly) bogus nameserver and then resolution taking place via the HOSTS file. Mike Rutherford ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 12:46:49 on 92/09/02 GMT (by MIKE at RALVMFE1) Subject: CSD or not CSD Ref: Append at 19:42:18 on 92/09/01 GMT (by SBNI8A3 at OS2CUST) Yes, there are CSDs for TCPIP, PMX and NFS (read the doc file on this one). They are available from either your SE (he can make the request) or through the support center. Actually, I hope to make them available via download from this BBS soon. There are also CSDs available for DOS TCPIP, and can be gotten through the same channels as mentioned above. Mike Rutherford ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 14:10:28 on 92/09/02 GMT (by HARGRAVE at BCRVMPC1) Subject: Which C for TCP/IP Ref: Append at 00:23:48 on 92/09/02 GMT (by IL53645 at OS2CUST) Although I am not a TCP/IP expert, the OS/2 TCP/IP 1.2 libraries are built with MS C 6.0 (and for some reason the stack probe calls were left in.) If you use IBM C/2 1.1 (not C Set/2) to build your TCP/IP app then the name of the stack probe routine is different than MS C 6.0. The following assembly rouine, when assembled and linked in, will allow an IBM C/2 1.1 program to use the static OS/2 TCP/IP 1.2 libraries. (This is for the large code models only.) EXTRN __chkstk:FAR _TEXT SEGMENT WORD PUBLIC 'CODE' ASSUME CS: _TEXT PUBLIC __aFchkstk __aFchkstk PROC FAR jmp FAR PTR __chkstk __aFchkstk ENDP _TEXT ENDS END I hope this solves your problem. BJ Hargrave ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 18:20:27 on 92/09/02 GMT (by IL53645 at OS2CUST) Subject: Which C for TCP/IP Ref: Append at 14:10:28 on 92/09/02 GMT (by HARGRAVE at BCRVMPC1) Thanks for your response. I will attempt to implement your asm code. If I can get this to work, you have my everlasting thanks. If this is the solution, wh y doesn't IBM make it available for C/2 V1.1 and Workset/2 instead of hard lini ng about Microsoft C V6.00A? ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 18:35:37 on 92/09/02 GMT (by IL53645 at OS2CUST) Subject: Named Server Thanks for your input. I have renamed the RESOLV file on the OS2 system and th e delay has disappeared. I notice there is a HOSTS file on the DOS system but no RESOLV to delete. When I get the CSD for OS/2 which has the nfilter.exe pro gram, I will try to set up NAMED to work on the OS/2 host and let it be the nam e server for the domain. Thanks for your attention and response. ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 20:30:40 on 92/09/02 GMT (by TSO$RYA at OS2CUST) Subject: Coexist. Well this is a very popular subject. I am trying to get Netware, Comm. Manager and TCP/IP to work together. After reading this board, CIS and IIN I am able to get Netware and Comm. Manager to work together under ODI. However, if I load T CP/IP it appears to be working, but when attempting to "ping" even my own addre ss a "no route to host" error comes up. Please send help and config.sys, net.cf g and protocol.ini. Thanks in advance....Robert-SDDPC (City of San Diego) ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 01:22:56 on 92/09/03 GMT (by SAROOPS at FSHVMX) ..... OS2TCPIP CFORUM modified at 14:14:52 on 92/09/03 GMT (by SAROOPS at FSHVMX) Re: TCP/IP 1.2.1 AND OS/2 2.0 Thanks for the help! Sudesh Saroop -- IBM EFishkill ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 02:48:04 on 92/09/03 GMT (by IL06950 at OS2CUST) Subject: Doc files for CSDs Where can I find the doc files for the recent CSDs? Bill Soong, Univ of Hawaii Comp Ctr ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 13:46:52 on 92/09/03 GMT (by MIKE at RALVMFE1) Subject: TCP/IP 1.2.1 AND OS/2 2.0 Ref: Append at 01:22:56 on 92/09/03 GMT (by SAROOPS at FSHVMX) Sudesh - The CSDs *might* help you here. We had a problem with 3Com cards initially in that they would not PING to the network. Folks ended up having to add a DEFAULT ROUTE to their own IP address. Take a look at ASKQ item CWPZN for details. It also may be a question of 802.3 vs DIX V2 protocol...try both (reboot machine between tries). If all else fails, try to TELNET to another host. The messages you get back are more detailed on why you cannot connect than PING is. For instance, a "NO ROUTE TO HOST" message from TELNET would tend to point to a ROUTING problem. If the connection just times out, I would think that the reasons above would be the likely answer. As for your CommMgr question, I'm a little fuzzy here, but I believe that TCPIP just replaces some drivers that were installed by CommMgr. CommMgr still works, but uses non-CommMgr drivers (i.e. TCPIP drivers) to communicate. If you have the CONFIG.SYS statements DEVICE=\<path>\ INET.SYS and DEVICE=\<path>\IFNDIS.SYS, you are using TCPIP's NDIS drivers. Mike Rutherford ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 14:08:20 on 92/09/03 GMT (by WZ00624 at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP Information (no text entered) Chris Knoell (MGH) ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 14:41:03 on 92/09/03 GMT (by SVRN018 at OS2CUST) Subject: Maiden Voyage: I'm IN! Cliff Nadler and Gary Murphy, Sorry, that is has taken me so long to respond. Your ideas worked! I have xclock (as well as many other things) running now. However, there are just as many things that dont work. I think that these other issues have to do more with the setup of our UNIX box that with OS/2's TCP/IP. I really, really, appreciate your help. You have saved us literally weeks of work. (Since we have to do this stuff after hours). Just to give you an idea. Here are the errors that I am currently running intro when I try to run SUN's filemgr (file manager) and then try to run their Answerbook (a much more nicer/powerful version of man). When I start the file manager, I get the error message "Unable to connect with CE database". When I try to run Answerbook, I get the error message: "/usr/openwin/bin/answerbook: /bin/psh: not found Verifying environment.....finished /usr/openwin/bin/answerbook: test: argument expected XView error: NULL pointer passed to xv-set" Any ideas? Again thanks!!!! Brad Bueche NationsBank EUC/Hotline Technical Support Norfolk, VA ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 22:36:20 on 92/09/03 GMT (by IL06950 at OS2CUST) Subject: ICAT Configure/Restart from Hard Drive I used ICAT "Install" to load TCP/IP V1.2.1 for OS/2 (Refresh) from floppy drive A: onto hard drive D:, then exited without doing the "Configure" step. Subsequently, I tried to restart ICAT from the hard drive (ICAT -drive D -cfg) to do the "Configure", but it can't find the ICAT Help file. (I had set path=D:\TCPIP\BIN.) What's the correct procedure to restart ICAT for doing configuration? Bill Soong, Univ of Hawaii Comp Ctr ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 13:21:29 on 92/09/04 GMT (by MIKE at RALVMFE1) Subject: Doc files for CSDs Ref: Append at 02:48:04 on 92/09/03 GMT (by IL06950 at OS2CUST) Bill - The doc files should be on the CSD diskettes themselves. I'm not sure, but I believe they are also copied to the TCPIP\DOC subdirectory. Mike Rutherford ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 13:33:57 on 92/09/04 GMT (by CNADLER at WMAVM1) Subject: ICAT Configure/Restart from Hard Drive Ref: Append at 22:36:20 on 92/09/03 GMT (by IL06950 at OS2CUST) You have to set your help environment variable to include the \TCPIP\HELP directory. Use the command "SET HELP=%HELP%d:\TCPIP\HELP;" before you run ICAT again Cliff Nadler GO TEAM OS/2! Systems Integration and Services Rockville, MD IBM Federal Systems Company PROFS: NADLER at WMAVM7 ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 05:15:58 on 92/09/05 GMT (by IL06950 at OS2CUST) Subject: Re: Doc files for CSDs I'm sorry for not being more specific in my query. I don't have the CSDs, but I'd like to see a description of the latest fixes that are available for OS/2 TCPIP, PMX, and NFS at the 1.2.1 Refresh level. I'm accessing OS2BBS via IBMLink, and I've searched both this forum and the SUPPORTLINK database without success. Are the APAR_Lists posted somewhere? What is the official IBM channel for announcing the availability of CSDs for the TCP/IP products related to OS/2 and DOS? Bill Soong, Univ of Hawaii Comp Ctr ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 06:27:09 on 92/09/05 GMT (by IL06950 at OS2CUST) Subject: Re: ICAT Configure/Restart After setting the HELP variable, my <ICAT -drive D -cfg> still objects about not locating the ICAT Help file. I've resorted to restarting the INSTALL, and then proceeding to do the CONFIGURE before exiting from ICAT. After LAPS, the product seems to run okay. My CONFIG.SYS reflects the addition of D:\TCPIP\HELP to SET HELP=... As a test, I tried ICAT from the hard drive, and again it fails to locate its Help file. Is there a way to display the current setting of HELP? Bill Soong, Univ of Hawaii Comp Ctr ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 08:54:43 on 92/09/05 GMT (by LARST at DKIBMVM2) ..... OS2TCPIP CFORUM modified at 11:51:47 on 92/09/07 GMT (by LARST at DKIBMVM2) Append deleted. ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 04:21:21 on 92/09/07 GMT (by XXNOVA24 at TORVMCOP) Subject: INTERNET address in Canada Does anyone can direct me , where can I get an 'internet' address in Canada? I have to evaluate a few things, and I'd like to connect to the WAN. I'll use the TCPIP from IBM on the OS/2 platform, but I'll need some software to run under DOS and under Win3.1 . Any taught? Geza Szivos NOVACOR Chemicals (403)-290-6583 NHO-32 801-7th Ave Calgary, Alberta, CANADA T2P 2N6 ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 16:15:07 on 92/09/07 GMT (by EGOTTLIE at BTVMANVM) Subject: FTP error When I try to logon to VM from FTP, I get this error message: SERVER LACK ALTERNATE USERID PERMISSION TO ACT ON BEHALF OF egottlie, RETURNED 12 What do I have to change on VM to rectify this? Also, how can I execute VM commands through TCP/IP? Thanks in advance, E.Gottlieb 802-769-9715 M74/972-1 Essex Jct, Vt. ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 16:28:18 on 92/09/07 GMT (by 40953586 at EHONE) Subject: FTP error Ref: Append at 16:15:07 on 92/09/07 GMT (by EGOTTLIE at BTVMANVM) Reply-to: Jurrie Lulofs <LULOFS@NLVM1> You need to issue an FTPPERM ADD command on VM. See TCPIP FORUM on IBMVM for details. jurrie ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 16:31:45 on 92/09/07 GMT (by RRPLYLER at CLTVM3) Subject: FTP error Ref: Append at 16:15:07 on 92/09/07 GMT (by EGOTTLIE at BTVMANVM) I think you need to give the FTP server on VM access to the disk to which you want FTP to access. Try running the following command: FTPPERM ADD Bob Plyler ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 10:21:34 on 92/09/08 GMT (by EGOTTLIE at BTVMANVM) Subject: FTP error Ref: Append at 16:28:18 on 92/09/07 GMT (by 40953586 at EHONE) The FTPPERM ADD did the trick. Asked in the wrong forum but got the right answer. Thanks! E.Gottlieb 802-769-9715 M74/972-1 Essex Jct, Vt. ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 16:59:03 on 92/09/08 GMT (by AOI1075 at OS2CUST) Subject: Re: ICAT Configure/Restart Ref: Append at 06:27:09 on 92/09/05 GMT (by IL06950 at OS2CUST) 1) I've seen the 'cannot find help file' from ICAT. I just reproduced it by zonking the HELP environment variable. You should be able to reply OK and continue. 2) How to display an environment variable? -- a) Use: SET | MORE or b) Here is a rudimentary example of a Rexx procedure to display one variable: /* */ Address 'CMD' Parse upper arg Var Junk If ( Junk != '' ) then do Say Say 'Syntax error -- syntax should be:' Say ' Showenv name' Say " Where 'name' is the environment variable to display." Say Exit 1 End '@Echo %'Var'%' Exit 0 J.Farmer IBMMAIL(USAOIXGW) ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 20:37:37 on 92/09/08 GMT (by XXUOTT03 at TORVMCOP) Subject: PMANT and Code Pages Is there a way to use the accented charaters defined in code page 850 through PMANT. Right now, when using PMANT, I get strange characters in my host session if I type accented characters on my PC, and accented characters in host files display as garbage on my PC screen. I know there are problems with TCP/IP and extended character sets... Claude Dufresne Computing and Communications Services, Computer Centre University of Ottawa (DUFRCL@Acadvm1.UOttawa.CA) ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 22:36:33 on 92/09/08 GMT (by IL06950 at OS2CUST) Subject: Re: ICAT Configure/Restart Aloha J.Farmer Thanks for your help. I guess I should report the problem as a minor bug. Bill Soong, Univ of Hawaii Comp Ctr ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 08:34:20 on 92/09/10 GMT (by BADRIZ at SYDVM1) Subject: POP3 Does anybody out there know of an OS/2 version of POP3 mail server or similar. Any info whether public domain or commercial s/w will be appreciated. Zik IBM Canberra, Australia. ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 16:28:40 on 92/09/10 GMT (by NYLIC87 at OS2CUST) Subject: Crash in KBD$ after using X-windows Ref: Append at 12:46:10 on 92/07/22 GMT (by AOI1075 at OS2CUST) Yes, I also encountered this problem. I just installed 1.2.1 with the CSDs. I was logged on to AIX and using SMIT in an XWindow. When I hit the down-arrow, I got the TRAP0000D in KBD$. My SE found APAR PJ04405 which lists some of the symptoms. It is an intermittent problem, and has only happened once so far. Anyone else out there??? Moshe Linzer NY Life Insurance Co. ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 11:57:23 on 92/09/15 GMT (by IL13970 at OS2CUST) Subject: PSTAT and TCP/IP Two local users have reported that PSTAT fails with a TRAP 000D when TCP/IP is active. Is this a known problem? Has anyone else experienced this?? Machines on which we have noted this problem are running OS/2 V2.0, and TCP/IP V1.2.1. Paul Vandenberg ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 12:16:07 on 92/09/15 GMT (by RRPLYLER at CLTVM3) Subject: PSTAT and TCP/IP Ref: Append at 11:57:23 on 92/09/15 GMT (by IL13970 at OS2CUST) I am running OS/2 2.0 and TCP/IP 1.2.1, and don't have this problem. Bob Plyler Document Processor Development ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 13:27:33 on 92/09/15 GMT (by MIKE at RALVMFE1) Subject: PSTAT and TCP/IP Ref: Append at 11:57:23 on 92/09/15 GMT (by IL13970 at OS2CUST) Paul - I too have seen this problem. I could not do PSTAT for "a while", while others in my department had no problems. I don't know what I did to make it go away, but it has recently. I believe it might have something to do with a recent OS2KRNL fix I applied, but not sure. I also have the last TCPIP BASECSD (2252) applied. Michael B. Rutherford ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 13:38:05 on 92/09/15 GMT (by MIKE at RALVMFE1) Subject: CSDs available Just a short note that the last set of CSDs for OS/2 TCPIP are now available for download. The files are: bas2252a.exe - Base CSD 2252, diskette #1 bas2252b.exe - Base CSD 2252, diskette #2 bas2252b.exe - Base CSD 2252, diskette #3 pmx2205.exe - PMX CSD 2205 nfs1822.exe - NFS CSD 1822 All these files are self extracting. For instance, type base2252a a: to extract the files to a diskette in the A: drive. After all the diskettes have been made, run the .cmd files on the diskettes themselves to apply the fixes. Please read the .doc files on the diskettes. Mike Rutherford ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 14:53:40 on 92/09/15 GMT (by TBHIC at OS2CUST) Subject: NETBIOS OVER TCP/IP Is there a way to set up Netbios for TCP/IP (IBM's OS/2 vrsn) to work in the multiprotocol NETBIOSsubmit environment? By this, I mean, set up Netbios for TCP/IP to become a virtual network and co-exist with Netbios/Netbeui. For example, Novell has a technique were thier Netbios can be bound in as virtual net1 and lets netbios/netbeui be bound in as virtual net2: netapi.dll or ring 3acsnetb.dll ______|________ | ______________ ring 0|netbios.os2|----- Netbios/IPX (net1) Netbeui-----| or | (net3)|netwksta.sys|-----Netbios/TCP/IP (net2) |_____________| This technique has also used in Microsoft's Lan Manger product to allow the product to do concurrent TCP/IP and Netbeui protocol stacks. I am interested in this to support Lotus Notes over TCP/IP and access LAN Manager servers via Netbios overTCP/IP. Matt Hickman, Chevron Matt@bhice.hou130.chevron.com ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 17:43:01 on 92/09/15 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Subject: CSDs available Ref: Append at 13:38:05 on 92/09/15 GMT (by MIKE at RALVMFE1) Mike - thanks for making these TCP/IP CSD's available here for downloading. fyi - for those folks with FTP capabilities you can get these csd's from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu and save yourself considerable download time. The files were placed there by some very nice/wonderful individual who apparently received permission from IBM to do so (it would be great if these could be in the ibm ftp site software.watson.ibm.com someday). sample times for transmission Estimate from IBMLink OS2BBS Actual FTP from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu disk 1 85 minutes 82 seconds " 2 75 minutes 54 seconds " 3 55 minutes 34 seconds food for thought...... Lionel Dyck - Rockwell International, Information Systems Center ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 20:46:43 on 92/09/15 GMT (by LCOZZA at OS2CUST) Subject: does tcp/ip support winos2? is the ibm product based on code from ftp software? ftp won't do what i really want to do which is: run WRQ reflection terminal emulation (for windows) in wi nos2. can the ibm product support tcp/ip in winos2? Len Cozza, PACCAR Inc ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 20:54:08 on 92/09/15 GMT (by OLEG at YKTVMV) Subject: does tcp/ip support winos2? Ref: Append at 20:46:43 on 92/09/15 GMT (by LCOZZA at OS2CUST) IBM product is NOT based on FTP software code. At the present time window applications can not access OS/2 TCP/IP stack, but we do understand your requirement. Oleg Vishnepolsky ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 01:14:58 on 92/09/16 GMT (by WZ00574 at OS2CUST) Subject: Problems with DosFindNext on NFS mounted disks Trying to write applications which search directories on NFS mounted disks, I've run across a major problem with the 2.0 toolkit DosFindFirst/DosFindNext commands. DosFindFirst opens the directory properly and returns the first directory entry (often the . directory). However, the next call to DosFindNext returns an error code of 50 (invalid call) and does not return any additional file entries. This makes it very difficult to scan for files. The 1.3 development kit from Microsoft works successfully with MS C6.0. However, I want to switch completely to 32 bit using the 32 bit API with IBM CSET/2 and the TOOLKT20 utilities. Has anyone else had this problem and/or is there a workaround? Michael Thompson - Cornell University ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 01:18:14 on 92/09/16 GMT (by WZ00574 at OS2CUST) Subject: How to control incoming TELNET session terminal type? Does anyone know the terminal types recognized the the TELNETD in TCP/IP 1.2.1 We are accessing OS/2 2.0 from UNIX systems via telnet. It appears to recognize VT100, DUMB and a few others. VT100 is EXTREMELY! expensive in bandwidth the rediculous use of escape sequences. I am looking to set term to something that permits full screen acess but does not do all the crazy control sequences (ie something that will be fast). Going the other way, ansiterm satisfies the need, what is it for incoming? Michael Thompson - Cornell University ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 02:25:50 on 92/09/16 GMT (by IL19543 at OS2CUST) Subject: does tcp/ip support winos2? Ref: Append at 20:46:43 on 92/09/15 GMT (by LCOZZA at OS2CUST) Len, Not sure if this is any help, but if that WINOS2 program will run with a DOS packet driver you may be able to get this to work with the Beta copy of NTS/2. I use the NTS/2 Beta, ES, LAN Req., and a DOS packet driver called IBMTOKEN all on the same token ring adapter at the same time. We are able to do this be cause NTS/2 provides a Virtual 802.2 interface to DOS sessions, and the IBMTOKE N packet driver is an 802.2 app. This allows me to run WINQVTNET, a Windows TCP/IP (Telnet/FTP/etc.) in a WINOS2 session. What network adapter are you using? Will the Windows app work with a packet dr iver? Mike Long - CARD Iowa State University - PC/LAN Analyst ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 08:54:27 on 92/09/16 GMT (by MIKE at RALVMFE1) Subject: Problems with DosFindNext on NFS mounted disks Ref: Append at 01:14:58 on 92/09/16 GMT (by WZ00574 at OS2CUST) Michael - Don't know whether its related or not, but if you download the NFS1822 CSD package, it contains an updated NFSCTL.EXE file (don't know if you're using this), that sorta/kinda fixes a problem with the DRIVES icon under OS/2 2.0. It will at least let you view the files on an NFS mounted drive. Again, don't know if it's related, but you might want to take a look. Mike Rutherford ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 15:26:41 on 92/09/16 GMT (by LCOZZA at OS2CUST) Subject: does tcp/ip support winos2? Ref: Append at 02:25:50 on 92/09/16 GMT (by IL19543 at OS2CUST) i've got a trueblue token ring II but i'm not sure if i've got a packet driver. i've been working with stacks from wrq and ftp software and both are ndis typ e setups binding their respective tcp drivers to ibmtok.dos. how would you nor mally setup the ibmtoken packet driver - with ndis protman or some other way? and where do you get a copy? Len Cozza, PACCAR Inc ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 15:31:19 on 92/09/16 GMT (by MCGARVEY at RALVMM) Subject: How to control incoming TELNET session terminal type? Ref: Append at 01:18:14 on 92/09/16 GMT (by WZ00574 at OS2CUST) The OS/2 TELNET server currently supports 3 terminal types: DUMB, VT100, and ANSI. You may want to try ANSI, if you have a TELNET client program for your local host that supports this. For OS/2 to OS/2, use ANSITERM. John R. McGarvey ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 17:04:02 on 92/09/16 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Subject: Request for Enhancement The following messages are currently being generated by the VM version of IBM's TCP/IP when a message is sent via SMTP: * From SMTP: Received Spool File 4151 * From SMTP: Mail delivered to: <$a1238@wcc1a.rockwell.com> Notice that the first message indicates that the SMTP mail server picked up the mail item for delivery. The second message indicates that the mail item has been received by the mail server at the target destination. Would it be possible for the OS/2 TCP/IP to support this function...? Lionel Dyck - Rockwell International, Information Systems Center ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 20:55:07 on 92/09/16 GMT (by IL12431 at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP OS/2 2.0 Implementation How exactly is TCP/IP implemented for OS/2 2.0? What we're looking for is a DLC-level implementation. This would permit us to use our current product to go through LUA to TCP/IP w/o modification on our part. My understanding is that TCP/IP is going through NDIS - this makes our requirement doable. There's a fair amount of shared revenue hinging on the answer. If an electronic response would be too vague, please call 214/386-4949 and ask to speak to Bala Shagrithaya. Thanks in advance! Dave Scheffer, ARGO Data Resource Corp. ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 21:16:58 on 92/09/16 GMT (by OLEG at YKTVMV) Subject: TCP/IP OS/2 2.0 Implementation Ref: Append at 20:55:07 on 92/09/16 GMT (by IL12431 at OS2CUST) TCP/IP 1.2.x is implemented as an NDIS protocol-driver. Oleg Vishnepolsky ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 21:20:52 on 92/09/16 GMT (by IL12431 at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP OS/2 2.0 Implementation Ref: Append at 21:16:58 on 92/09/16 GMT (by OLEG at YKTVMV) Does this preclude access from LUA as a transparent level DLC? Would you have time to call to provide background information? Dave Scheffer, ARGO Data Resource Corp. ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 21:31:10 on 92/09/16 GMT (by OLEG at YKTVMV) Subject: TCP/IP OS/2 2.0 Implementation Ref: Append at 21:20:52 on 92/09/16 GMT (by IL12431 at OS2CUST) I will call you. OV ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 19:09:36 on 92/09/17 GMT (by IL12431 at OS2CUST) Subject: Integrating TCP/IP with CM Please see my append to the ES CM forum under this same topic header. Customer input on this subject may make life easier (and more profitable?) for all of us over the long run. Dave Scheffer, ARGO Data Resource Corp. ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 21:40:58 on 92/09/17 GMT (by IL53645 at OS2CUST) Subject: CSDs available Ref: Append at 17:43:01 on 92/09/15 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) I am running TCP/IP V1.2.1 without the latest CSD's on OS2 V2.0 and can run PST AT in a window or full screen without a TRAP D. I have running telnet, tcp,tel netd,ftp, and ftpdc from the STARTUP.CMD. George Barrowcliff @ Bergen Brunswig, Orange CA. ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 01:40:16 on 92/09/18 GMT (by IL19543 at OS2CUST) Subject: does tcp/ip support winos2? Ref: Append at 15:26:41 on 92/09/16 GMT (by LCOZZA at OS2CUST) Len, IBMTOKEN.COM is just a com file that can be loaded at the DOS prompt. It works with the LSP drivers DXMA0MOD.SYS, DXMC.., DXMT.. I have never tried it with the LSP 1.31 which supports NDIS on Token Ring card, will have to give tha t a test.It works at the 802.2 level so it _should_ work with LSP 1.31 and To ekn Ring with NDIS drivers instead of the normal ASI drivers. But that's for DOS, we are really interested in DOS in OS/2. I simply added a nonzero System Key value in the OS/2 802.2, open a VDM, run LTSVCFG D=1, run IBMTOKEN.COM 0X61 0 (0X61 is the interupt, 0 is adapter 0), and then the packet driver is loaded, ready for DOS TCP/IP programs that can use a packe t driver interface. (NTS/2 beta required with Virtual 802.2) IBMTOKEN.COM is in a package of freeware packet drivers that Clarkson Universit y used to have control over. Now, an outfit called CNYR (?) has control of the m. They can be obtained on several anonymous FTP sites on the Internet. One is something like SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL??? If you are interested in an exact FTP site I can get that for you, just repost. Many DOS TCP/IP programs I have seen say they work with a packet driver, like NCSA Telnet, IBM TCP/IP for DOS 2.0, CUTCP TN3270, WINQVTNET. You could call your vendors to see if their apps will work with the packet driver interface. Mike Long - CARD Iowa State University - PC/LAN Analyst ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 15:31:14 on 92/09/18 GMT (by LCOZZA at OS2CUST) ..... OS2TCPIP CFORUM modified at 22:39:10 on 92/09/18 GMT (by LCOZZA at OS2CUST) Subject: does tcp/ip support winos2? Ref: Append at 01:40:16 on 92/09/18 GMT (by IL19543 at OS2CUST) Mike, thanks for the detailed info! it doesn't look like my telnet emulator wo rks with the clarkson packet drivers but they support a half-dozen or so other ndis compliant stacks. our vendor also says they are working on an os/2 soluti on (maybe they're monitoring your keyboard) but i haven't heard the details. c ould i do the same thing with the 802.2 vdm and a dos ndis setup or is protman not really an 802.2 app? oh, and give my regards to coach walden. Len Cozza, PACCAR Inc ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 16:59:59 on 92/09/18 GMT (by KENIN at MARTLINK) Subject: Slow NFS Performance We have a PC channel attached to a host doing file transfers. The data can get to the PC fast, but when we use NFS it slows to a crawl. Below is the description I have from my customer. Any ideas? Simply put, we have obtained transfer speeds of approx. 20 meg per minute when moving data from the MVS host directly to the hard disk of the channel attache PS/2 Model 90 (via the IBM Optical Media Attach/2 program product). We are then able to ship that data to any other LAN attached machine via the 'ftp' command in IBM TCP/IP 1.2.1 for OS/2 with speeds of approx. 15 meg per minute. However, when I mount an export file system (via NFS) on the PC (the exported file system originates in an IBM RS/6000 - 550) as disk 'g', and then transfer the same data (from MVS, via OMA to the NFS mounted disk 'g') my speeds drop to approx. 4 meg per minute (which is the same speed the an OS/2 'copy' will produce when writing from the PC to the NFS drive 'g'. We have tested the LAN (an IBM Token Ring 16mb system) and found that it is not causing the slow down (since 'ftp' is able to move the data at must faster rates over the same LAN). And thus I believe that NFS is slowing things down. Hence my question, can someone tell me why NFS would be causing the problem, and further, what can I do about it? Ken Wohlferd - Fortis ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 20:00:19 on 92/09/18 GMT (by XXMUTL27 at TORVMCOP) Subject: Automating FTP File Transfers What I'd like to do is automate an FTP file transfer. I've written the FTP macro and placed it in the /etc/netrc file. I can invoke the macro (i.e. ftp> $backup), but can find no way to automatically have the macro called when FTP is invoked. I'd like to run the macro at off hours (midnight). The pieces are there; automatic login and a macro facility, but there seems to be no way to invoke the macro without having someone type in the macro name. Am I missing something or is it just not possible? I have the 1.2.1 refresh of TCP/IP for OS/2 if that makes a difference. Thanks for any info. Erik Vander Ahe The Mutual Group Waterloo, Ontario ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 20:29:41 on 92/09/18 GMT (by AAEE1AN at OS2CUST) Subject: Slow NFS Performance Ref: Append at 16:59:59 on 92/09/18 GMT (by KENIN at MARTLINK) Ken, I think that the bottleneck is inside NFS, which is amazingly complex and handles an immense number of things "under the covers".The term "opaque" is used an awful lot in the comments in NFS code and headers, and it is absolutely accurate. As to the magnitude of the bottleneck, I am not so sure, and will ask my networking and NFS guru to consider, and possibly respond to, your note. Mike Andrews, Mgr, Tech support, Okla. Dept. of Transportation (405) 521-4197 ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 20:58:36 on 92/09/18 GMT (by LATHAMR at MSNVM2) Subject: Automating FTP File Transfers Ref: Append at 20:00:19 on 92/09/18 GMT (by XXMUTL27 at TORVMCOP) Well, I guess you could get a friendly Risc/6000 administrator to have cron on his box kick off a telnet to your machine .... <grin> There is more than one one to skin a cat ! ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 21:14:21 on 92/09/18 GMT (by GALINA at YKTVMV) Subject: Automating FTP File Transfers Ref: Append at 20:00:19 on 92/09/18 GMT (by XXMUTL27 at TORVMCOP) You can write a small application, using ftpapi.lib. Something like this: DosGetTimeOfDay(<current_time>); DosSleep(<time-to-send> - <current_time>); ftpput(<...>); Galina Kofman ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 19:57:47 on 92/09/19 GMT (by IL19543 at OS2CUST) Subject: does tcp/ip support winos2? Ref: Append at 15:31:14 on 92/09/18 GMT (by LCOZZA at OS2CUST) Len, Unfortunately I am quite new to NDIS on DOS, but I don't think OS/2 has a Virtu al NDIS for VDM's? I have seen quite a few people ask about getting VDM NDIS support here and on t he Internet Usenet groups - sounds like a very good idea for the next Virtual Device Driver. Mike Long - CARD Iowa State University - PC/LAN Analyst ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 22:43:18 on 92/09/19 GMT (by HNDERSON at AUSVM8) Subject: IBM partication in the CFROUM Ref: Various appends by IBMer I strongly recommend that all IBMer take time to READ THE HEADERS of THIS AND ALL OTHER CFORUMs. This Cforum and all other Cforums are for Customers to ask questions offer views, suggestion, etc. TO other customers, and to IBMers. They are NOT TO CONTAIN references to IBM Internal USE Only products. They are not to reference IBM INTERNAL minidisk that are not available to customers. They are not to contain reference to unannounced products. __ __ ___ __ __ _ _ | |_| | / \ | \| | | |./ / Hank Henderson HNDERSON at AUSVM8 | _ | / _~_ \ Sincerely | . < Staff OSS to OS/2 BBS (TEAMOS2) |__| |__| /_/ \_\ |__|\__| |_| \_\ Tie:8-793-8647 Austin, Texas LNK1SM7 @ IBMLINK - OS/2 BBS ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 03:49:31 on 92/09/20 GMT (by XXHYDR10 at TORVMCOP) Subject: TCP/IP 1.2.1 for OS/2 Query Ref: Append at 04:50:20 on 92/07/09 GMT (by WALDBAU at YKTVMV) Could it be possible to include the basic functions of the product in the base product? It would put OS/2 on a more equal footing with Unix offerings. Or if that wouldn't fly, what about in Communications Manager? Jim Schellenberg, (204) 474 4229 FAX (204) 475 4587 Manitoba Hydro Database Administrator ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 19:03:35 on 92/09/20 GMT (by XXCEGA01 at TORVMCOP) Subject: Automated FTP....ETC We do a lot of this type of thing and have found the easiest way to do this is with a redirected input file. eg.from the OS/2 prompt: ftp <EOF commands go here eof we use the CHRON utility or cron on UNIX to fire up the command file. Jeff Johnstone (Centra Gas B.C. Inc) (604)380-3300 ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 19:47:59 on 92/09/20 GMT (by IL13010 at OS2CUST) Subject: Automating FTP transfers We currently are doing automated file transfers with FTP. If you name the macro in the /etc/netrc file 'INIT' for the machine you want to transfer to/from it will automatically run. We use the Chron utility to initiate the transfer at a specified time. Also, I redirect the output (stdout) to a file for later review. Brian C. Bates, Morton International Automotive SafetyProducts ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 14:57:58 on 92/09/21 GMT (by AAEE1AN at OS2CUST) Subject: Automating FTP File Transfers Ref: Append at 20:00:19 on 92/09/18 GMT (by XXMUTL27 at TORVMCOP) Erik, I suspect the other responses to your question may have provided enough for you to get things going, but (just for completeness) here is what we do on our *nixoid machines: a) put in the .netrc file the following: machine somename login userid password string ... macdef init some_lines_of_ftp_macro_code bye b) Note the following: 1) Macro should be named "init"; 2) Password and login need to be there; 3) .netrc needs to be in home directory of user issuing command; 4) Current directory should be that in which reside the files to be transferred; 5) If all above are true on our *nix machines, then only invocation "ftp machine" is required. I suspect that things are similar on OS/2, and will find out the hard way all too soon. Holler if this fails, PLEASE! Good luck, Mike Andrews, Mgr, Tech support, Okla. Dept. of Transportation (405) 521-4197 ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 17:24:33 on 92/09/21 GMT (by XXMUTL27 at TORVMCOP) Subject: Automated FTP....ETC Ref: Append at 19:03:35 on 92/09/20 GMT (by XXCEGA01 at TORVMCOP) Thanks for the suggestion Jeff. That does exactly what I want. Erik Vander Ahe The Mutual Group ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 21:47:11 on 92/09/21 GMT (by KENIN at MARTLINK) Subject: Slow NFS Performance Ref: Append at 20:29:41 on 92/09/18 GMT (by AAEE1AN at OS2CUST) I agree NFS seems to be the problem. No help yet from our SE on the problem. Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated! Ken Wohlferd - Fortis ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 14:20:04 on 92/09/22 GMT (by XXCEGA01 at TORVMCOP) Subject: Automated FTP....ETC Ref: Append at 17:24:33 on 92/09/21 GMT (by XXMUTL27 at TORVMCOP) Your most welcome. We've actually used the same process to get printing working from Unix Machines to OS/2 where the printer is on a com port. Jeff Johnstone (Centra Gas B.C. Inc) (604)380-3300 ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 18:45:41 on 92/09/23 GMT (by AAEE1AN at OS2CUST) Subject: Slow NFS Performance Ref: Append at 16:59:59 on 92/09/18 GMT (by KENIN at MARTLINK) Hi, Ken. Me again, with some possible palliatives. A real expert needs to work with you on this, and I don;t qualify. That said, 1) try moving things in "binary" mode instead of "text" mode if you have the option; 2) turn on debugging if possible, and watch what happens as you try to use NFS (login mount, work with data, unmount, logout, etc). There may be some indication(s) there of the problem; 3) watch the packets as they move over the net (sniffer or equivalent). This again may provide some indication of the problem. Make sure the NFS processes at both ends are running at fairly high priority, as any slowdown in them (or in the services they invoke) will be very obvious indeed. Good luck, Mike Andrews, Mgr, Tech support, Okla. Dept. of Transportation (405) 521-4197 ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 13:33:19 on 92/09/24 GMT (by PPRUW at OS2CUST) Subject: Slow performance of startup of X-windows clients under PMX I have TCP/IP for OS/2 version 1.2.1.3 loaded (with all the latest CSD's). When I log in to an RS/6000 response time is great. However, when I launch an X Windows app, even a simple one like xclock or xterm, it takes 3-5 MINUTES for the app to start up. Drawing of the windows on my OS/2 desktop seem jerky as well. I am running OS/2 version 2.0. I have an IBM token ring card which goes through a few bridges and routers to get to the RS/6000 and enters that machine via ethernet. I noticed that APAR PN21868 describes my problem exactly. The workaround is to make PMX Server your active task while the X client is starting up. That does in fact give better startup times. However, the APAR says that this problem is FIXED in CSD level UB02205 for PMX. I have installed that CSD level (as I indicated earlier) but the problem still exists. Bob Wesneski, Phillips Petroleum ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 14:03:06 on 92/09/24 GMT (by RWAUSTIN at GDLVM2) ..... OS2TCPIP CFORUM modified at 11:39:49 on 92/09/25 GMT (by RWAUSTIN at GDLVM2) Subject: FTP files from a TEMP disk? | Wrong forum. I'll try again ......................... Bob Austin ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 15:24:13 on 92/09/24 GMT (by IL21834 at OS2CUST) Subject: Using X-Terminal Configuration: OS/2 2.0 w TCP/IP (latest level) Question: I want to access an HP-UX machine and run HP-VUE Does any one know if this is possible? HP support asked me questions(that I couldn't answer) like: Does your software support XDMCP? Any help on getting this set up would be most appreciated. My PS/2 is all set up for X; I can execute xclock and xterm, but I need more. Thanks Ken Prince EI DuPont ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 16:15:37 on 92/09/24 GMT (by SINGER at ALMADEN) Subject: FTP files from a TEMP disk? Ref: Append at 14:03:06 on 92/09/24 GMT (by RWAUSTIN at GDLVM2) To use a temp disk, you need to initiate the FTP from the host side instead of from your workstation. A temp disk doesn't have a "name" that the host FTP server can link to. But when you run FTP from the host, you can specify the filemode as part of the name (profile.exec.g instead of profile.exec, for example) -- this works because the FTP client runs in your environment. David Singer -- IBM Almaden Research Center ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 16:43:36 on 92/09/24 GMT (by RLOBOSCO at RHQVM19) Subject: Locked Files installing LAPS Does anyone have a solution to the Locked Files message I am receiving when installing LAPS. I have TCP/IP for OS/2 1.2.1 installed, however I receive the following message when trying to install LAPS. "Files from a previous version of LAPS have been found and are locked by the operating system. LAPS cannot be run until these files have been removed. To remove the files reboot and reinstall LAPS" I have tried commenting out everyting in my config.sys that references the \ibmcom directory and have renamed my startup.cmd. Any other suggestions? Ray LoBosco ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 21:00:26 on 92/09/24 GMT (by RUBINM at YKTVMV) Subject: FTP files from a TEMP disk? Ref: Append at 16:15:37 on 92/09/24 GMT (by SINGER at ALMADEN) In addition to what David said, if you're running the current level of VM TCP/IP (V2R2, which you should be because all prior releases are out of service), you can use the LCD command to have FTP default all commands to another minidisk. This is very handy for Tdisks, I used to just reaccess the disk as A. Bill Rubin ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 00:10:24 on 92/09/25 GMT (by UDSS013 at OS2CUST) Subject: PSTAT and TCP/IP | Two local users have reported that PSTAT fails with a TRAP 000D when TCP/ | | active. Is this a known problem? Has anyone else experienced this?? | | | | Machines on which we have noted this problem are running OS/2 V2.0, and | | TCP/IP V1.2.1. | Yes! I noticed that PSTAT would TRAP00D, but I never connected it to TCP/IP. I just tried a PSTAT with TCP/IP running and it got a TRAP00D. Next time IP is down, I will try it and see if it works. I see an APAR coming on here. Gary Murphy ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 01:28:38 on 92/09/25 GMT (by IL19543 at OS2CUST) Subject: Locked Files installing LAPS Ref: Append at 16:43:36 on 92/09/24 GMT (by RLOBOSCO at RHQVM19) Ray How about deleting the whole c:¢ibmcom directory? Mike Long - CARD Iowa State University - PC/LAN Analyst ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 05:16:56 on 92/09/25 GMT (by COSTELLO at POKVMCR3) Subject: PSTAT and TCP/IP Ref: Append at 00:10:24 on 92/09/25 GMT (by UDSS013 at OS2CUST) I don't know why this works but after I killed off several tcp/ip processes I was able to get PSTAT to work again and it now works w/o having to kill off the processes. I killed off the INETD, Routed, and SMTP/Sendmail processes (but not cntrl.exe) and pstat worked again. What TCP/IP apps were you running? -ed costello internet: costello@vnet.ibm.com -MVS/JES Information Development, Mid-Hudson Valley Programming Lab, IBM ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 14:59:28 on 92/09/25 GMT (by RUBINM at YKTVMV) Subject: PSTAT and TCP/IP Ref: Append at 00:10:24 on 92/09/25 GMT (by UDSS013 at OS2CUST) There is an APAR against the OS/2 Operating System that describes a trap D in PSTAT. The APAR number is PJ04377, and it is alleged to be fixed in the upcoming "Service Pack" (aka CSD). For what it's worth, I've seen it when running Communications Manager. Bill Rubin ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 12:14:01 on 92/09/28 GMT (by IL21834 at OS2CUST) Subject: ES 1.0 and TCP/IP 1.2.1 Anyone out there running with multiple adapters(ethernet and tr) and has both TCP/IP and ES working? I have installed TCP/IP 1.2.1(with CSD's) on top of ES 1.0(on top of OS/2 v2); I can ping myself but I cannot ping any of the AIX or HP-UX hosts. Telnet times out when I try that. My hardware setup is an IBM PS/2 Model 90 with an IBM Token-Ring Network 16/4 Adapter/A in slot 2 and a 3Com Etherlink/MC adapter in slot 3. The TR adapter is LAPS configured as adapter 1 with 802.2 and Netbios; the ethernet adapter is set up as adapter 0 with TCP/IP. Earlier I had installed TCP/IP on OS/2 v2 without ES and everything worked fine. I attempted to install ES on top of this but it did not work out; so I went back and reinstalled everything in this order OS/2 v2, ES 1.0, TCP/IP. My communications with the IBM hosts on TR works fine. Anyone have any ideas on possible causes or where do I look next? Attached below is my config.sys and protocol.ini if that helps. config.sys IFS=D:\OS2\HPFS.IFS /CACHE:512 /CRECL:4 /AUTOCHECK:D PROTSHELL=D:\OS2\PMSHELL.EXE SET USER_INI=D:\OS2\OS2.INI SET SYSTEM_INI=D:\OS2\OS2SYS.INI SET OS2_SHELL=D:\OS2\CMD.EXE SET AUTOSTART=PROGRAMS,TASKLIST,FOLDERS SET RUNWORKPLACE=D:\OS2\PMSHELL.EXE SET COMSPEC=D:\OS2\CMD.EXE LIBPATH=.;D:\OS2\DLL;D:\MUGLIB\DLL;D:\SQLLIB\DLL;D:\OS2\MDOS;D:\CMLIB\DLL;D:\;D SET PATH=D:\OS2;D:\MUGLIB;D:\SQLLIB;D:\OS2\SYSTEM;D:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2;D:\CMLIB;D SET DPATH=D:\OS2;D:\MUGLIB\DLL;D:\SQLLIB;D:\CMLIB;D:\CMLIB\APPN;D:\OS2\SYSTEM;D SET PROMPT=$iì$p┘ SET HELP=D:\CMLIB\APPN;D:\OS2\HELP;D:\SQLLIB;D:\OS2\HELP\TUTORIAL;D:\TCPIP\HELP SET GLOSSARY=D:\OS2\HELP\GLOSS; PRIORITY_DISK_IO=YES FILES=20 DEVICE=D:\OS2\R0CSDD.SYS DEVICE=D:\IBMCOM\LANMSGDD.OS2 /I:D:\IBMCOM DEVICE=D:\IBMCOM\PROTMAN.OS2 /I:D:\IBMCOM DEVICE=D:\ibmcom\protocol\LANDLLDD.OS2 DEVICE=D:\OS2\TESTCFG.SYS DEVICE=D:\OS2\DOS.SYS DEVICE=D:\OS2\PMDD.SYS BUFFERS=30 IOPL=YES DISKCACHE=512,LW MAXWAIT=3 MEMMAN=SWAP,PROTECT SWAPPATH=D:\OS2\SYSTEM 2048 2048 BREAK=OFF THREADS=256 PRINTMONBUFSIZE=134,134,134 COUNTRY=001,D:\OS2\SYSTEM\COUNTRY.SYS SET KEYS=ON REM SET DELDIR=C:\DELETE,512;D:\DELETE,512;E:\DELETE,512; BASEDEV=PRINT02.SYS BASEDEV=IBM2FLPY.ADD BASEDEV=IBM2SCSI.ADD /LED BASEDEV=OS2SCSI.DMD BASEDEV=OS2DASD.DMD DEVICE=D:\OS2\XGARING0.SYS SET BOOKSHELF=D:\OS2\BOOK;D:\SQLLIB\BOOK; SET EPATH=D:\OS2\APPS PROTECTONLY=NO SHELL=D:\OS2\MDOS\COMMAND.COM D:\OS2\MDOS /P FCBS=16,8 RMSIZE=640 DEVICE=D:\OS2\MDOS\VEMM.SYS DEVICE=D:\OS2\MDOS\VMOUSE.SYS DOS=LOW,NOUMB DEVICE=D:\OS2\MDOS\VDPX.SYS DEVICE=D:\OS2\MDOS\VXMS.SYS /UMB DEVICE=D:\OS2\MDOS\VDPMI.SYS DEVICE=D:\OS2\MDOS\VCDROM.SYS DEVINFO=SCR,VGA,D:\OS2\VIOTBL.DCP SET VIDEO_DEVICES=VIO_XGA SET VIO_XGA=DEVICE(BVHVGA,BVHXGA) DEVICE=D:\OS2\MDOS\VVGA.SYS DEVICE=D:\OS2\MDOS\VXGA.SYS DEVICE=D:\OS2\MDOS\VXGA.SYS DEVICE=D:\OS2\POINTDD.SYS DEVICE=D:\OS2\MOUSE.SYS DEVICE=D:\OS2\COM.SYS DEVICE=D:\OS2\MDOS\VCOM.SYS CODEPAGE=437,850 DEVINFO=KBD,US,D:\OS2\KEYBOARD.DCP DEVICE=D:\OS2\LOG.SYS RUN=D:\OS2\SYSTEM\LOGDAEM.EXE SET QRWDR=D: SET QRWINST=D:\SQLLIB SET SQLNETB=32 DEVICE=D:\CMLIB\ACSLDLAN.SYS RUN=D:\OS2\EPW.EXE RUN=D:\IBMCOM\PROTOCOL\NETBIND.EXE RUN=D:\IBMCOM\LANMSGEX.EXE DEVICE=D:\IBMCOM\PROTOCOL\NETBEUI.OS2 DEVICE=D:\IBMCOM\PROTOCOL\NETBIOS.OS2 DEVICE=D:\IBMCOM\MACS\IBMTOK.OS2 DEVICE=D:\CMLIB\APPN\CMKFMDE.SYS DEVICE=D:\CMLIB\RDSLANDD.SYS DEVICE=D:\IBMCOM\PROTOCOL\INET.SYS DEVICE=D:\IBMCOM\PROTOCOL\IFNDIS.SYS DEVICE=D:\IBMCOM\MACS\ELNKMC.OS2 SET ETC=D:\TCPIP\ETC SET TMP=D:\TCPIP\TMP RUN=D:\TCPIP\BIN\CNTRL.EXE IFS=D:\TCPIP\BIN\NFS200.IFS SET XFILES=D:\TCPIP\X11 SET DISPLAY=192.153.61.154:0 SET HOSTNAME=princekr Protocol.ini ìPROT_MAN┘ DriverName = PROTMAN$ ìIBMLXCFG┘ IBMTOK_nif = IBMTOK.nif LANDD_nif = LANDD.NIF NETBEUI_nif = NETBEUI.NIF ELNKMC_nif = ELNKMC.nif TCPIP_nif = TCPIP.nif ;*----------------------------------------------* ;*------------- PROTOCOL SECTION ---------------* ;*----------------------------------------------* ìLANDD_nif┘ DriverName = LANDD$ Bindings = ,IBMTOK_nif NETADDRESS = ,"T400000703068" ETHERAND_TYPE = ,"I" SYSTEM_KEY = ,0x0 OPEN_OPTIONS = ,0x2000 TRACE = ,0x0 LINKS = ,36 MAX_SAPS = ,2 MAX_G_SAPS = ,0 MAX_G_SAPS = ,0 USERS = ,2 TI_TICK_G1 = ,255 T1_TICK_G1 = ,15 T2_TICK_G1 = ,3 TI_TICK_G2 = ,255 T1_TICK_G2 = ,25 T2_TICK_G2 = ,10 IPACKETS = ,250 UIPACKETS = ,100 MAXTRANSMITS = ,6 MINTRANSMITS = ,2 TCBS = ,64 GDTS = ,20 ELEMENTS = ,400 ìNETBEUI_nif┘ DriverName = netbeui$ Bindings = ,IBMTOK_nif ETHERAND_TYPE = "I" USEADDRREV = "YES" SESSIONS = 40 NCBS = 85 NAMES = 21 SELECTORS = 5 USEMAXDATAGRAM = "NO" ADAPTRATE = 1000 WINDOWERRORS = 0 TI = 30600 T1 = 3000 T2 = 240 MAXIN = 1 MAXOUT = 2 NETBIOSTIMEOUT = 500 NETBIOSRETRIES = 8 NAMECACHE = 0 PIGGYBACKACKS = 1 DATAGRAMPACKETS = 2 PACKETS = 350 PIPELINE = 5 MAXTRANSMITS = 6 MINTRANSMITS = 2 DLCRETRIES = 5 ìTCPIP_nif┘ DriverName = TCPIP$ Bindings = ELNKMC_nif ;*----------------------------------------------* ;*--------------- MAC SECTION ------------------* ;*----------------------------------------------* ìIBMTOK_nif┘ DriverName = IBMTOK$ MAXTRANSMITS = 12 RECVBUFS = 25 RECVBUFSIZE = 256 XMITBUFS = 1 XMITBUFSIZE = 1072 ìELNKMC_nif┘ DriverName = ELNKMC$ maxtransmits = 12 Ken Prince EI DuPont ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 20:21:20 on 92/09/28 GMT (by AAEE1AN at OS2CUST) Subject: Slow NFS Performance Ref: Append at 18:45:41 on 92/09/23 GMT (by AAEE1AN at OS2CUST) Ken, Any update on status? NFS still like molasses on Pluto? Mike Andrews, Mgr, Tech support, Okla. Dept. of Transportation (405) 521-4197 ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 20:21:41 on 92/09/28 GMT (by AAEE1AN at OS2CUST) Subject: Slow NFS Performance Ref: Append at 18:45:41 on 92/09/23 GMT (by AAEE1AN at OS2CUST) (no text entered) Mike Andrews, Mgr, Tech support, Okla. Dept. of Transportation (405) 521-4197 ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 21:28:41 on 92/09/29 GMT (by XXMPIC01 at TORVMCOP) Subject: Netware/Communication Manager/TCPIP Were having configuration problem running Communcations Manager, Novell Requesterand TCP/IP with a Irmatrac Token Ring Adapter board. Novell Requester and Communcations Manager are running fine concurrently but TCP/IP produces a netware is done error. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated. mpirbla ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 21:34:58 on 92/09/29 GMT (by KENIN at MARTLINK) Subject: Slow NFS Performance Ref: Append at 20:21:20 on 92/09/28 GMT (by AAEE1AN at OS2CUST) I gave then the info last week. No news yet. I will followup, and let you know. Ken Wohlferd - Fortis ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 16:35:58 on 92/09/30 GMT (by KENIN at MARTLINK) Subject: Slow NFS Performance Ref: Append at 21:34:58 on 92/09/29 GMT (by KENIN at MARTLINK) Here is the latest hot off the presses: I have not recieved any news, good or bad re; NFS (save the note you gave me). I am trying to get an answer out of the IBM OMA developers via Diane Gotham. In reference to the tape drive (I assume you mean the 3480 compatible drive). I have it installed and it is working very well. I am able to read MVS created files directly from the tape at approx. 25 meg per minute. I still have some testing to do (ie will it handle multiple tape datasets, etc) so I am not yet completely convinced that it is the solution. thanks for your help, Dennis They are currently testing a tape drive too to see if they can get the data faster. Diane is our IBM SE. I will post here as things develop. Thanks for your interest, and help. Ken Wohlferd - Fortis ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 23:11:22 on 92/09/30 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Subject: UB02274 - how/where I just noticed that the apar related to slow performance with TELNET has been resolved in UB02274. Now how do I go about getting it. Will it be posted here? At software.watson.ibm.com? Or? Thanks. Lionel Dyck - Rockwell International, Information Systems Center ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 02:25:52 on 92/10/01 GMT (by MIKE at RALVMFE1) Subject: UB02274 - how/where Ref: Append at 23:11:22 on 92/09/30 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Lionel - Boy, can't slip one by you :-). Nope, I have not shipped the CSD as of yet to this forum...should get it there tomorrow. It contains only TELNET fixes (ANSITERM, TN, VT100, VT220, TELNET & TELNETD) I'll append here after I send it down. Still working the software.watson.ibm.com angle...paperwork is in the mill. Mike Rutherford ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 19:49:33 on 92/10/02 GMT (by MIKE at RALVMFE1) Subject: UB02274 - how/where Ref: Append at 02:25:52 on 92/10/01 GMT (by MIKE at RALVMFE1) The latest CSDs should be available for download by the time this append reaches the forum. The files are: bas2274a.exe bas2274b.exe bas2274c.exe Same rules as last time. The files are self-extracting. The fixes contained are for TELNET client (ANSITERM, TN, TELNET, VT100 and VT220) and TELNET server. The CSDs for PMX and NFS (pmx2205.exe and nfs1822.exe, respectively) are unchanged. Michael B. Rutherford ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 22:31:43 on 92/10/02 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Subject: UB02274 - how/where Ref: Append at 19:49:33 on 92/10/02 GMT (by MIKE at RALVMFE1) Just downloaded and installed the CSD. Things do look better. Several questions/thoughts about the TCP/IP CSD process: 1. If the CSDs are going to be cumulative use REPLACE instead of COPY. This way you would just replace those elements that changed. (use replace with /s /u) or 2. The rexx exec (basecsd.cmd) could also determine the previous level by checking some file or file date and then only issuing the replace/copy commands for just the 'new' files. or 3. Have an option on the basecsd.cmd to indicate a starting level for the exec. 4. Any chance of finding a program that would allow the replacement of open/in-use modules such as cntrl.exe without requiring the somewhat obnoxious rain dance that is currently required? (please) Thanks. Lionel Dyck - Rockwell International, Information Systems Center ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 15:27:03 on 92/10/04 GMT (by BRYFREY at RALVMFE1) Subject: UB02274 - how/where Ref: Append at 22:31:43 on 92/10/02 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Thanks for the REPLACE suggestion. I'll look into it. We would like to use the "Locked File Process" but not everyone is using LAPS. We are still looking to find a better way of installing the CSD's and improving our distribution. Bryan S. Frey ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 19:08:25 on 92/10/04 GMT (by XXNOVA24 at TORVMCOP) Subject: UB02274 - how/where Ref: Append at 22:31:43 on 92/10/02 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Lionel, Do you remember the OS/2 1.3 CSD ? They should follow that method. It was able to replace the system files. Geza Szivos NOVACOR Chemicals (403)-290-6583 NHO-32 801-7th Ave Calgary, Alberta, CANADA T2P 2N6 ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 19:10:33 on 92/10/04 GMT (by XXNOVA24 at TORVMCOP) Subject: UB02274 - how/where Ref: Append at 15:27:03 on 92/10/04 GMT (by BRYFREY at RALVMFE1) >> but not everyone is using LAPS. The LAPS comes with TCPIP, so we all have it. Except for SLIP, Isn't it mandantory to install LAPS??? This privides the transport layer. Geza Szivos NOVACOR Chemicals (403)-290-6583 NHO-32 801-7th Ave Calgary, Alberta, CANADA T2P 2N6 ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 13:43:55 on 92/10/05 GMT (by SASI006 at OS2CUST) Subject: CSD status information for V1.2.1 OK, I give up! How am I supposed to tell what CSDs are available for TCP/IP V1.2.1 and what fixes are on them? Is there a general place for this sort of information? I tried looking under SERVICELINK on IBMlink, but could find PTF information only for TCP/IP on AIX, not on OS/2. thanks! Dan Squillace, SAS Institute Inc, Cary NC ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 14:47:26 on 92/10/05 GMT (by XXNOVA24 at TORVMCOP) Subject: CSD status information for V1.2.1 Ref: Append at 13:43:55 on 92/10/05 GMT (by SASI006 at OS2CUST) Run syslevel from any OS/2 prompt, and this will tell your 'level' and start from there. Geza Szivos NOVACOR Chemicals (403)-290-6583 NHO-32 801-7th Ave Calgary, Alberta, CANADA T2P 2N6 ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 15:32:19 on 92/10/05 GMT (by 40953586 at EHONE) Subject: UB02274 - how/where Ref: Append at 22:31:43 on 92/10/02 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Reply-to: Jurrie Lulofs <LULOFS@NLVM1> > 4. Any chance of finding a program that would allow the replacement of > open/in-use modules such as cntrl.exe without requiring the somewhat > obnoxious rain dance that is currently required? (please) If you're running OS/2 2.0 you can use the PSTAT command to determine the process ID of \TCPIP\BIN\CNTRL.EXE. You could then issue a DosKillProcess() for the process ID in question. I've seen process killing programs available on BBSs, in case it's inconvenient for you to write such a program yourself. I agree that it would be nice if the installation program(s) would offer to end programs such as CNTRL.EXE for the user, upon confirmation. jurrie ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 16:36:21 on 92/10/05 GMT (by MIKE at RALVMFE1) Subject: CSD status information for V1.2.1 Ref: Append at 13:43:55 on 92/10/05 GMT (by SASI006 at OS2CUST) Dan - I append to this forum when a new CSD is available. As for finding out which APARs are contained within a CSD, you can assume that all APARs closed on or before the date of the CSD, are on that CSD. For instance, the last CSD we have available for the Base is ub02274. We currently use Julian dates to number CSDs...2274 = 30 Sep. Mike Rutherford ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 16:37:29 on 92/10/05 GMT (by IL08316 at OS2CUST) Subject: FTP and VM shared file system We run the "Shared File System" here. One of its interesting features is that it uses subdirectories instead of mini-disks, but these subdirectories still vave to "accessed" before they are available to use. This creates a problem for FTPPM because it tries to scan the entire directory tree at LOGON and gets a error because the subdirectories aren't available because there is no way to do a VM "ACCESS" thru FTP. Is there any solutions to this? Is there a way to mo dify FTP's behavior to only access the initial directory at LOGON? David C. Rocks, New Mexico State University ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 19:04:59 on 92/10/05 GMT (by SLHG001 at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP,Netware,Comm Mgr over Ethernet - How? Okay - has anyone out there successfully installed TCPIP (1.2.1), Netware Requester for OS/2, and used Comm Mgr (for 3270 access) over the same 3Com (or other) Ethernet card? I had Comm Mgr and the Netware pieces running - when I install TCPIP, I cann ot get any of them to work. I have not install any fixes, CSD's etc. at this point... I do not want X-Windows at this point - just some basic Telnet and F TP functions. I have also not tried to do any more custom work - just how it c ame out of the package. Jim Burnham - Sara Lee Hosiery, Winston-Salem, NC ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 20:33:36 on 92/10/05 GMT (by IL78567 at HONE83) Subject: VT220 and VT100 color definitions Ref: Append at19:14:29 on 92/06/22 GMT (by HNDERSON at AUSVM8) Is there a way to define colors for the VT220 and VT100 telnet clients for TCPIP 1.2.1? I have looked but not found anything that deals with this subject. Other telnet clients (FTP) let you do this in a configuration file. H G Bell, Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Oak Ridge, TN ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 20:45:31 on 92/10/05 GMT (by MCGARVEY at RALVMM) Subject: VT220 and VT100 color definitions Ref: Append at 20:33:36 on 92/10/05 GMT (by IL78567 at HONE83) No, vt100 and vt220 do not let you define the colors, because they are intended to be run in monochrome mode, so that the underline attribute can be properly displayed. If you run these programs in a text window, monochrome mode is not supported, and underlined characters appear blue on black, which is hard to read. So an option has been added, not yet documented in the manuals, to customize the color used for underlined characters: vt100 -u 3 will change it to cyan. You can specify any number from 1 to 7, to give blue, green, cyan, red, magenta, brown, or gray. John R. McGarvey ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 23:37:55 on 92/10/05 GMT (by TBHIC at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP,Netware,Comm Mgr over Ethernet - How? Ref: Append at 19:04:59 on 92/10/05 GMT (by SLHG001 at OS2CUST) I got a fix from level 2 support to get things to run reliably when I had TCP/IP and IPX running on Ethernet. There is a CSD dated August 14(?) (approx). But I had to get a fix in addition for the ethernet/IPX problem I think this fix included INET and INFDIS files. This improved the reliabily of the system markedly. Matt Hickman, Chevron Matt@bhice.hou130.chevron.com ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 01:44:13 on 92/10/06 GMT (by MIKE at RALVMFE1) Subject: TCP/IP,Netware,Comm Mgr over Ethernet - How? Ref: Append at 19:04:59 on 92/10/05 GMT (by SLHG001 at OS2CUST) Jim - What Mark Hickman says is true...you will need to get the latest CSD, 2274, (or at least 2252, but 2274 is the latest) that contain updated INET and IFNDIS files which allow TCPIP and Novell to coexist. The problem you are having does not seem to be related, though. It doesn't work at all, and the CSDs will not help that...they fix a problem where TCPIP/Novell would *eventually* stop working together. The problem you are having is with either CONFIG.SYS, PROTOCOL.INI or NET.CFG. Do you get any errors upon boot of the system? Perhaps some kind soul can append a set of files from a working ethernet system (I don't have one, yet). Mike Rutherford ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 13:07:49 on 92/10/06 GMT (by SBSTBEG at OS2CUST) Subject: VTXXX emulation to a VAX host I am trying to use VT220 emulation to access a VAX host. I am at the latest CSD level (2274), and am still having problems when editing documents using a VAX word processor (WPSPLUS). If I use the down arrow key to scroll through the document, after about line twenty, instead of all the text scrolling up, only the last line is refreshed. I have tried using the toggle crmod command, and the scrolling works as it should; however, all lines are then double spaced. Has anyone seen similar problems with the VT emulation? Bill Stephens ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 13:10:28 on 92/10/06 GMT (by SLHG001 at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP,Netware,Comm Mgr over Ethernet - How? Ref: Append at 01:44:13 on 92/10/06 GMT (by MIKE at RALVMFE1) Mike - I appreciate the reply from you and Matt - now: 1) How may I obtain an OS2 TCPIP CSD (e.g. 2274)? Might I download it from the OS2BBS or Compuserve? 2) Some working examples of CONFIG.SYS, PROTOCOL.INI, and NET.CFG would be great. I have a PS2 model 70 with 8 Meg of memory. And yes, there were errors at boot time, with various drivers (I can recreate if necessary, I had to back up to my old config files so I could use my PC...). I imagine I will have to adjust some NDIS or LANSUP driver specifications, and maybe add to my net.cfg file. It wouldn't be so bad if OS2 V2 would boot up faster... Jim Burnham - Sara Lee Hosiery, Winston-Salem, NC ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 14:26:05 on 92/10/06 GMT (by WZ00624 at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP Information Ref: Append at 14:08:20 on 92/09/03 GMT (by WZ00624 at OS2CUST) We are considering the IBM TCP/IP for OS/2 product and have a few questions. 1. How reliable is it under OS/2 2.0? 2. How much memory will the TCP/IP prodcut consume? 3. Does IBM integrate TCP/IP into the WPS like LS 2.0? If not are there any such packages available? I see that there are at least a half dozen such programs for MS Windows. I have OS/2 2.0 (GA) with LS entry (domain server) on the intended TCP/IP client. I'm most interested in how IBM's offering compares to FTP Software's TCP/IP product for OS/2. I'm using an ethernet NIC, currently coax but will be switching to 10-base-T before using TCP/IP. Chris Knoell (MGH) ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 15:04:24 on 92/10/06 GMT (by MCGARVEY at RALVMM) Subject: VTXXX emulation to a VAX host Ref: Append at 13:07:49 on 92/10/06 GMT (by SBSTBEG at OS2CUST) This is a bug. You will notice that vt100 and vt220 attempt to use all 25 (or 43 or 50) lines of the screen. This causes problems with full screen applications, which expect only 24 lines. An APAR is being opened, and a fix will be available soon. John R. McGarvey ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 14:37:55 on 92/10/07 GMT (by SASI006 at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP modem support for SLIP Chapter 12 of the Installation and Maintenance manual discusses SLIP. It mentions support for 9.6 and 19.2 kbps AT-compatable modems. What about 14.4 kbps? What about modems which support data compression? Any support for these capabilities? I'm considering using IBM TCP/IP for X server support via SLIP and high effective data transfer rate is going to be essential to make that practical. Thanks! Dan Squillace, SAS Institute Inc, Cary NC ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 16:18:55 on 92/10/07 GMT (by MIKE at RALVMFE1) Subject: VTXXX emulation to a VAX host Ref: Append at 15:04:24 on 92/10/06 GMT (by MCGARVEY at RALVMM) The APAR number is pn29532. Mike Rutherford ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 16:22:32 on 92/10/07 GMT (by MIKE at RALVMFE1) Subject: TCP/IP,Netware,Comm Mgr over Ethernet - How? Ref: Append at 13:10:28 on 92/10/06 GMT (by SLHG001 at OS2CUST) Jim - The OS/2 TCPIP CSDs are available here, via this BBS...not sure exactly how, but I believe there is another section dealing with downloadable files. They should be in there. Mike Rutherford ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 22:19:59 on 92/10/07 GMT (by THRUMD at SYDVM1) Subject: TCP/IP modem support for SLIP Ref: Append at 14:37:55 on 92/10/07 GMT (by SASI006 at OS2CUST) I doubt TCP/IP knows or cares what speed the modem runs at or whether compression is being used. These are negotiated between the modems according to what is defined in the modem setup string. As long as your serial port can handle the resultant data rate (14400 with full compression could theoretically allow an actual data rate near 56Kb) TCP/IP should work fine. Dave ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 02:07:40 on 92/10/08 GMT (by XXISPR01 at TORVMCOP) ..... OS2TCPIP CFORUM modified at 03:44:09 on 92/10/08 GMT (by HOPKINS at AUSVM8) Subject: removed at appender's request ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 22:04:26 on 92/10/08 GMT (by DCU015 at OS2CUST) Subject: does tcp/ip support winos2? Ref: Append at 02:25:50 on 92/09/16 GMT (by IL19543 at OS2CUST) I heard that >> I use the NTS/2 Beta, ES, LAN Req., and a DOS packet driver called IBMTOKEN >> all on the same token ring adapter at the same time. We are able to do this >> because NTS/2 provides a Virtual 802.2 interface to DOS sessions, and the >> IBMTOKEN packet driver is an 802.2 app. This allows me to run WINQVTNET, a >> Windows TCP/IP (Telnet/FTP/etc.) in a WINOS2 session. I'd like to use OS/2 and DOS based TCP/IP applications at the same time, with a single NIC. Could I use this software to do this? Does anyone know of any way to do this? Marc Kase, Dow Corning Corporation ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 00:39:44 on 92/10/09 GMT (by IL53645 at OS2CUST) Subject: C for TCP/IP Any new word on being able to use an IBM C compiler for TCP/IP? George in Orange, CA. ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 01:03:13 on 92/10/09 GMT (by BRENT at DALVM41B) Subject: TCP/IP,Netware,Comm Mgr over Ethernet - How? Ref: Append at 16:22:32 on 92/10/07 GMT (by MIKE at RALVMFE1) To get to the TCP/IP CSD's on the OS/2 BBS, select #3 Software Library, then #2 for Corrective Service Diskettes. From there just look for TCP/IP in the menu descriptions (currently it's number two on the menu). Brent Allen - IBM LAN Systems Integration Services Southlake, TX ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 12:36:02 on 92/10/09 GMT (by SLHG001 at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP,Netware,Comm Mgr over Ethernet - How? Ref: Append at 01:03:13 on 92/10/09 GMT (by BRENT at DALVM41B) Brent - Thanks, I had done that actually by the time of your reply. I have applied the fix UB02274 package. I have played around a bit with my config.sys, net.cfg, and protocol.ini. OS2 seemed to load up all the drivers - no messages to hit enter to continue - but for my Netware connection there was an immediate message: NWD0115 Error getting connection ID 0x880F and a series of 3 messages over about 3 minutes of: SYS0059 An unexpected Network error occurred and a COMM695 in my COmm Mgr 3270 sessions. PING would not work, so nothing was able to use my 3Com card. My next question is: is there an easy way to putcopies of the pertinent portions of my cfg and ini files in this forum, without having to type it all in manually? My connection at this time is a 3270 session thru our mainframe, to IIN via my OS2 V2 COmm Mgr (I backed off my test changes). Jim Burnham - Sara Lee Hosiery, Winston-Salem, NC ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 12:44:23 on 92/10/09 GMT (by XXISPR01 at TORVMCOP) Subject: TCP/IP,Netware,Comm Mgr over Ethernet - How? Ref: Append at 01:03:13 on 92/10/09 GMT (by BRENT at DALVM41B) How does one get to the screen that shows #3 Software Library? I'm accessing the OS2TCPIP CFORUM thru IBMLink in Toronto and the CSD download would be useful. William Gooch, Toronto ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 13:46:21 on 92/10/09 GMT (by SLHG001 at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP,Netware,Comm Mgr over Ethernet - How? Ref: Append at 12:44:23 on 92/10/09 GMT (by XXISPR01 at TORVMCOP) You access it from the OS2BBS main menu, at the beginning. Its the #3 choice, then from next menu, choose #2, OS2 Corrective Service Diskettes. It works from an OS2 Comm Mgr session - after you've selected what you want to download, it will eventually prompt you to go to an OS2 window and enter the command it displays to you. I have set up a .cmd file to run this command, as it is always the same. First you pull down the receive command that they customize for you, per your own path & file specs, then you run it. I am not sure if other methods are available. It would be nice, for example to upload text like this. Jim Burnham - Sara Lee Hosiery, Winston-Salem, NC ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 15:25:22 on 92/10/09 GMT (by BRENT at DALVM41B) Subject: TCP/IP,Netware,Comm Mgr over Ethernet - How? Ref: Append at 12:44:23 on 92/10/09 GMT (by XXISPR01 at TORVMCOP) My instructions were for the U.S. BBS. I'm not sure where the files would be located on the Canadian system. You might want to put an append in the OS2CAN CForum and ask if they're available to you. I'll also do some checking from this end to see if I can find out how you can get the files. Brent Allen - IBM LAN Systems Integration Services Southlake, TX ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 18:49:53 on 92/10/09 GMT (by XXISPR01 at TORVMCOP) Subject: TCP/IP,Netware,Comm Mgr over Ethernet - How? Ref: Append at 15:25:22 on 92/10/09 GMT (by BRENT at DALVM41B) Thanks Brent...essentially the first OS2BBS screen I see lists the FORUMs with the options: 1=Append 2=Browse 3=Delete etc. I will look around some more - also will call the Help desk. They have been great in the past. PS You have a great forum. Cheers, William Gooch, Toronto, IS Pro Services Inc. ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 20:23:57 on 92/10/09 GMT (by MAY0026 at OS2CUST) Subject: What is FIN_WAIT_2 I am having problems with my program reconnecting to a host using socket connections. When I try my error is "Socket already connected". Netstat shows socket state = "FIN_WAIT_2". I am unable to locate the meaning of this state. Where do I find an explanation of this socket state? Bill Whiting - Mayo Clinic ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 13:40:13 on 92/10/10 GMT (by SBSTBEG at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP from OS/2 Lan Serer We have been experimenting with implementing TCP/IP from an OS/2 Lan server. We have been successful at getting everything to run well except for Lamail. When trying to send a message from one workstation to another, I keep getting a message that says "A sendmail function is not available". My questions are simple, 1) Do Lamail and Sendmail work on a lan based install? 2)What files must reside on the workstation for the Lamail and Sendmail functions to work? Bill Stephens ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 19:04:26 on 92/10/10 GMT (by PGID006 at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP,Netware,Comm Mgr over Ethernet - How? Ref: Append at 12:36:02 on 92/10/09 GMT (by SLHG001 at OS2CUST) Jim, I'm running TCP/IP,ES,LR and Netware via a 3Com card (3C523) on ethernet ... along with the IBM TCP/IP CSDs you will need an update to odinsup from Netware ... if you have all these pieces I am willing to spend to some time and talk you through the setup. I could also fax you my config,ini and cfg file. (513) 983-8119. Keith A. Blake ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 03:41:41 on 92/10/12 GMT (by IL48722 at OS2CUST) Subject: X.25 support It's quite clear from the docs that TCP/IP for OS/2 only supports the ARTIC (and/or X.25 Coprocessor). What I'd like to know is if there is any other "addon" available that would allow it to work with the older Multiprotocol card (which is also designed to do X.25)? See, I have one (or will very shortly), and cannot possibly afford the other... Thanks! Bob Beilstein, Manugistics, Inc. (315) 458-0723 FAX:(315) 458-1003 ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 13:47:22 on 92/10/12 GMT (by OLEG at YKTVMV) Subject: What is FIN_WAIT_2 Ref: Append at 20:23:57 on 92/10/09 GMT (by MAY0026 at OS2CUST) FIN WAIT 2 is described in TCP RFC (793). FIN WAIT 2 means that your side has closed the connection (has sent FIN), received an ack for the FIN and is awaiting for the other side's FIN. Two things to check for: make sure the other side closes the connection when your side does and you do not try to re-use the same socket number when you reconnect (close the old socket and open a new one with socket() call). Oleg Vishnepolsky ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 20:15:30 on 92/10/12 GMT (by TBHIC at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP,Netware,Comm Mgr over Ethernet - How? Ref: Append at 19:04:26 on 92/10/10 GMT (by PGID006 at OS2CUST) Keith- My ODINSUP.SYS is dated 2-27-92. And I have installed NSD201. Where do I get the ne ODINSUP.SYS you mentioned. Thanks! Matt Hickman, Chevron ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 01:44:12 on 92/10/13 GMT (by PGID006 at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP,Netware,Comm Mgr over Ethernet - How? Ref: Append at 20:15:30 on 92/10/12 GMT (by TBHIC at OS2CUST) Matt, I'm at home ... but if memory serves I believe the date on the file is 8-12-92. I got it from Netwire on Compuserv (Go NSD, TCPODI.ZIP) NSD is password protected (changed weekly) and you have to contact netware to get. I would upload but IBM TCP/IP doesn't support IND$FILE. Keith A. Blake ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 13:27:17 on 92/10/13 GMT (by SAMI3QU at OS2CUST) Subject: PMANT enhancements I have been playing with PMANT for a while and there are a few enchancements that I would like to see in a future release: 1) Support for extended highlighting (reverse video, underscores, etc.). 2) Color mapping support for all field types. 3) The ability to Paste as well as Cut. 4) Enhanced mouse support (CM Mouse equivalent). Is anything being done along these lines? PMANT is a mucn better emulator than a lot of non-IBM packages, but with a few enhancements it could be top-dog. Mark Thompson - Coal Services Corp., St. Louis MO ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 03:01:14 on 92/10/14 GMT (by IL19543 at OS2CUST) Subject: support winos2? Ref: Append at 22:04:26 on 92/10/08 GMT (by DCU015 at OS2CUST) Marc, You should be able to do this, run IBM OS/2 TCP/IP, and a DOS based TCP/IP program that uses a packet driver that is written to 802.2. I have not tested that combination. You may have to be careful with IP numbers being the same, or maybe different? on the same network adapter. I have never installed the IBM TCP/IP because I only need to FTP or TELNET every once in a while, and the DOS or WIN programs take up 500K, IBM TCP/IP takes 13MB :-> Mike Long - CARD Iowa State University - PC/LAN Analyst ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 18:51:32 on 92/10/14 GMT (by SLHG001 at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP,Netware,Comm Mgr over Ethernet - How? Ref: Append at 19:04:26 on 92/10/10 GMT (by PGID006 at OS2CUST) Keith - I acquired all the updates: ODINSUP.SYS from Netwire's CSD forum, the newest CSD for TCPIP (2274), as well as NSD201 for Netware's OS2 Requester. After messing around with the config.sys, the net.cfg and the protocol.ini for awhile, TCPIP somehow got all tangled up. I reinstalled it, and the CSD and configured it and lo and behold, it works - even before I thought it would. My config.sys and protocol.ini contain references to elnkmc.os2, which yours did not. I was intending to take them out, but so far, everything works. I'll start putting it through it's paces. That TN3270 is fast. Where would one find the keyboard mapping for it, I wonder? Thanks alot, Keith! Jim Burnham - Sara Lee Hosiery, Winston-Salem, NC ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 23:00:53 on 92/10/14 GMT (by PGID006 at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP,Netware,Comm Mgr over Ethernet - How? Ref: Append at 18:51:32 on 92/10/14 GMT (by SLHG001 at OS2CUST) Anytime ... The keyboard map is in the user guide ... give PMANT and FTPPM a try as well (these are PM versions of TN3270 and FTP). PMANT is a little slower than TN3270 but I like FTPPM over ftp ... Keith A. Blake ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 16:44:13 on 92/10/15 GMT (by XXUOTT03 at TORVMCOP) Subject: PMANT enhancements Ref: Append at 13:27:17 on 92/10/13 GMT (by SAMI3QU at OS2CUST) And to your list Mark, I would add National Language Support which can be a crucial factor for us in Canada. Writing in French with no accents is like writing in English with a vowel missing on the keyboard (the reader has to guess). Claude Dufresne Computing and Communications Services, Computer Center University of Ottawa (DUFRCL@Acadvm1.UOttawa.CA) ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 17:42:26 on 92/10/15 GMT (by MAY0026 at OS2CUST) Subject: CSD for Prog. Libs? I have the 2274 CSD which I believe replaces TCPIPDLL.DLL. Is there a corresponding CSD for the programmer's libraries? I thought I read of such a CSD, but now I can't find that reference. Bill Whiting - Mayo Clinic ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 23:07:50 on 92/10/15 GMT (by DCU015 at OS2CUST) Subject: support winos2? Ref: Append at 03:01:14 on 92/10/14 GMT (by IL19543 at OS2CUST) I also asked IBM directly, through their IBMLINK ASKSUPPORT systen, and received a somewhat different answer. Basically, according to them, I should be able to run either DOS TCP/IP or OS/2 TCP/IP on a machine. Both could not run at the same time. The person who responded only mentioned the IBM products, so others might support this. However, it made since to me that you could not run two different versions of TCP/IP at the same time--How would the products be able to determine which IP packets were for which version? The trick of using different addresses for each version might work, I'll have to give it a try. Virtual 802.2 support is pretty amazing in itself, so I guess anything is possible... Marc Kase, Dow Corning Corporation ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 21:09:45 on 92/10/16 GMT (by IL53645 at OS2CUST) Subject: TCP/IP Compile Using MS C 6.00 and PWB. Running in a VDM under OS/2. Using PWB. Anybody hav e a suggested config for PWB to compile TCP/IP pgms. I can compile from the co mmand line, but cannot get PWB configured to use a make file. Sometimes, PWB c annot find any function prototypes but followed immediately with another build, it finds them? The resulting TCPC.EXE file is 'Invalid Executable file'.... When I compile from the command line it seems ok. ?????? ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 00:16:16 on 92/10/21 GMT (by IL19543 at OS2CUST) Subject: Slow NFS Performance Ref: Append at 16:59:59 on 92/09/18 GMT (by KENIN at MARTLINK) Ken, May want to try a -b8000 and a -p parameter to NFSCTRL. -b8000 sets up a 8KB buffer size, and -p does parallel. I have heard of people doubling the NFS throughput with these settings on IBM OS/2 TCP/IP. I have never tried these, proceed at your own risk :-> Mike Long - CARD Iowa State University - PC/LAN Analyst ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 14:54:09 on 92/10/21 GMT (by TBHIC at OS2CUST) Subject: Marketing TCP/IP for OS/2 I just recieved a copy "IBM OS/2 Solutions Coupon Book" . Not word one regarding IBM's TCP/IP for OS/2!!You guys need to do some marketing. I'm also spending the better part of the moring trying to locate a part number for the Netbios/tcpip add-on. No one seems to know you're out there. Matt Hickman, Chevron ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 17:03:18 on 92/10/21 GMT (by PGID006 at OS2CUST) Subject: Marketing TCP/IP for OS/2 Ref: Append at 14:54:09 on 92/10/21 GMT (by TBHIC at OS2CUST) Re: Marketing of OS/2 TCP/IP How will IBM TCP/IP for OS/2 be positioned vs the Workstation One/2 product? Keith A. Blake ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 21:08:49 on 92/10/21 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) Subject: FTPD Notices...? Is it possible with TCP/IP 1.2.1 under OS/2 2.0 to have a message(s) issued to everyone who connects to the server? Is it possible to do this with a Telnet as well? I have checked the softcopy but can't seem to find anything. Lionel Dyck - Rockwell International, Information Systems Center ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 13:31:25 on 92/10/22 GMT (by MCGARVEY at RALVMM) Subject: FTPD Notices...? Ref: Append at 21:08:49 on 92/10/21 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST) You can certainly do this for TELNET. Edit the REXX exec \TCPIP\BIN\TELNETD.CMD, and add the statements you want to the end of the file, e.g. say 'Congratulations, you're logged on!' or some such message. I don't think you can do this for FTPD. John R. McGarvey ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 19:07:48 on 92/10/27 GMT (by UDSS013 at HONE84) Subject: TCP/IP Information Ref: Append at 14:26:05 on 92/10/06 GMT (by WZ00624 at OS2CUST) | We are considering the IBM TCP/IP for OS/2 product and have a few questions. | |1. How reliable is it under OS/2 2.0? | |2. How much memory will the TCP/IP prodcut consume? | |3. Does IBM integrate TCP/IP into the WPS like LS 2.0? If not are there any | such packages available? I see that there are at least a half dozen such | programs for MS Windows. I have found TCP/IP to be a very stable product under OS/2 v2.0 as long as you get the TCP/IP v1.2.1 or later code. I have been very DISpleased with the implementation of X-Server support, but the NFS, Telnet, etc. have all been very reliable and functional. The amount of memory that it will consume depends on how much you load. The internet daemon will not take much space, but if you load X, NFS Client & Server, the Port Mapper, the Talk Daemon, etc, etc, etc, you better have plenty of memory. Heck it's cheap anyway. I'm not sure what you mean 'integrated'. I created a WPS folder that has a set of VT220 (telnet) screens with which I associated a terminal icon that I created. All I do to initiate a telnet session is click on the icon. NFS mounted volumes are manipulated via the Drives icon. I grabbed a file from my AIX machine and dropped it on a printer that was attached to the Banyan LAN. Neat! That is well integrated. ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 21:07:28 on 92/10/27 GMT (by LATHAMR at MSNVM2) Subject: TCP/IP Information Ref: Append at 19:07:48 on 92/10/27 GMT (by UDSS013 at HONE84) I'd predict that your level of satisfaction with the OS/2 X-server code (called PMX) would vary quite a bit depending on which display adapter (and which OS/2 Service Pack) you have installed. I am just about as pleased with PMX on my Model 70-A21 w/ 8514A as I am on an X-Station 130. There's no way an 8514 tube compares to a 6091 ... but it is certainly usable. Performance on the 386 and 486SX machines will be considerably less than stellar if you don't have a "real" 387/487 in the machine. The X-server does A LOT of floating point calculations ... I consider the above Model-70 machine unusable without the 387 installed. The good news is that 387 chips don't require a 2nd mortgage on your house like they did a few years ago. <g> The XGA device driver in the OS/2 2.0 GA code has some bugs that PMX cropped up that hadn't been spotted (at least by me <g>) before. As a result, the software gymnastics that PMX goes thru to address these problems makes XGA with 1/2MB of adapter RAM unusable on a 486/33DX, in my opinion. I can't address how it runs with 1MB of adapter RAM, 'cause I don' have one. I hear this is "all fixed up" by the Service Pack, but I'm a little busy now and haven't been able to check. XGA-2 ? I don't know from personal experience, but "all the reviews" say that this adapter is a screamer. VGA ... What can I say about VGA ? How does anybody get anything done on such a ridiculous little screen ? After working on a 6091 for a few hours, my 8514 looks pretty small. IA/A - The IBM stealth adapter <g>. Nobody that sees one of these with a 6091 attached will ever be happy again. I guess that's why we don't advertise them. Supposedly as fast as the new XGA-2. And the 6091 is the monitor of choice for X-Stations and system consoles on the Risc/6000 machines. You tend to see this combination where the *IX bigots hang out. Until the XGA-2 came out, definitely the power adapter for the cognesenti. Enough about monitors .... The rest of the package has, imho, only a few warts. One major design problem is that the OS/2 file-system is NOT just a stream of bits like *IX, and programs running under OS/2 that expect or demand that Extended Attributes be supported tend to "loose their cookies" when accessing a NFS mounted drive. There are patches (in the SP I think) that address the worst offender, the Drives Application. FTP also naturally doesn't understand EA's, so round-tripping of OS/2 files can be surprising at times. All in all, I use TCP/IP instead of ES/LS for my production workstation. I admit to having a "real" X-Station to fall back on for serious X work, but could certainly survive on my OS/2 8514/A system. All the above are my own observations from having used the product for several months. I don't work in any of the above mentioned hardware or software groups. (which means I'm not prejudiced, but I may not know everything either <grin>). For What It's Worth. .... Richard Latham IBM PRGS Westlake Performance - lathamr@vnet.ibm.com ----- OS2TCPIP CFORUM appended at 20:37:56 on 92/10/29 GMT (by UDSS013 at HONE83) Subject: TCP/IP Information Ref: Append at 21:07:28 on 92/10/27 GMT (by LATHAMR at MSNVM2) Thanks for the feedback. Although the speed is not stellar, my problems are code stability (i.e. it locks OS/2 up FREQUENTLY, even with the latest CSDs), and what appears to me to be a a design defect. I am running on a PS/2 486SX/25, IBM T/R card, XGA w/ 512K... all true blue. When I was on the GA code, it would crash frequently and the Support Center eventually found a circumvention by adding the noxcursor option to PMX. That solved the stability problem for the most part until I went to the 2.01 Beta code. I can start PMX but I can't open InfoExplorer without locking the machine up. I like the speed of the XGA, but that and seamless Windows makes the machine too unstable. I will probably back off to the new service pack. The other problem bothers me more. I will get PM input queue hangs for VERY long periods of time. I am running Pulse, which shows minor CPU activity and I can move the mouse, but the PM desktop does not respond to input queue (mouse clicks, key strokes) for as long as 10 to 15 seconds. Needless to say, it's annoying and makes it unusable. There is NO excuse for a PM program to behave this way. That's what multiple threads are for. I would like to know if my particular job mix is causing this to happen because I would really like to be able to use X. Any ideas? The Support Center, as good as they are, just can't