Before you reach the most exciting point in these instructions, starting the server, you first must make sure that the local interface has been activated. Enter
netstat -aon the command line to verify this. If the response to this command doesn't contain a line for ip address 127.0.0.1, you must enter
ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1and retry
netstat -aLater you may check your TCP/IP configuration notebook and enable the local interface. Or you may add
ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
to your STARTUP.CMD (found
in the root directory on your boot drive) or MPTN\BIN\SETUP.CMD
(TCPIP\BIN\SETUP.CMD on some older installations).
Now make sure that you can ping
your host
through the local interface. Enter
ping 127.0.0.1 64 6which should give the following result:
PING 127.0.0.1: 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0. time=0. ms 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1. time=0. ms 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=2. time=0. ms 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=3. time=0. ms 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=4. time=0. ms 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=5. time=0. msIf, instead, you have a command line window that's empty except for a flashing cursor, the local host (127.0.0.1) isn't connected to your client machine. Review your set up carefully.
Example:
Entering
ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 netstat -ashould give a response similar to
addr 127.0.0.1 interface 0 mask ff000000 broadcast 0.0.0.0 addr 192.168.1.1 interface 0 mask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255It's OK if the second line differs or is missing.
changiThe program will display some version information and finally display
Up and running...Later you may add
start /min changito STARTUP.CMD or a file named TCPIP/BIN/TCPEXIT.CMD, which will be automatically executed after TCP/IP has been booted. Changi should continuously run in the background
If Changi terminates with an error, try
changi -dowhich should provide some extra information to determine what the problem is.
telnet
, a standard program included
in the TCP/IP package. Enter
telnet -p 119 127.0.0.1to connect Changi on port 119 of our local host. As the program starts, it should display the server's welcome message
200 Changi NNTP Server 1.0 ready (posting ok).and wait for further user input. Enter
listto get the list of newsgroups we previously added to the active file. Enter
quitto terminate the connection and stop telnet.
URL: changi/manual/starting.html Created: 4 November Revised: 21 November 1996 Author: harald@os2point.ping.de |