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We used a commercial TCP/IP package called DISTINCT TCP/IP. I selected it
mainly for its "dialling" abilities, after testing several other packages.
With DISTINCT the first call to the stack will trigger a dial-up, in this
way you may start several WINSOCK applications, and the first one will start
a dialling script. The last application closed will on the other hand hang-up
the line.

The dialling is handled by a powerfull script-language that gives you the
opportunity  to interactively exchange commands/passwords with your remote
server, with conditional testing and retries for erroneous entered strings.

The package will also automatically detect line drop-downs, inform you of that
and attempt a redial in the next consecutive socket call.

We have developed a family of test and measurement applications for cellullar
phones networks, based on the WINSOCK API. Our applications make full use of
all the functionality described above and worked as well over PSTN lines as
over normal ETHERNET.

Antonio
Norway
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From: [e-mail] (Simon Roberts)
Subject: Re: nfs client for winsock?
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In article <[e-mail]> you write:
(re: Dan Lanciani's NFS client)

> Now, would this work, using just Winsock over a SLIP connection?
> I kind of read the man page on the FTP site and this doesn't seem to have
> all of the pieces required to do NFS over a SLIP using WINSOCK as the
> TCP/IP transport mechanism...

No this does not work using Winsock - it uses the DOS based socket API
that the MS WFW TCP package, and related TCP/IP stacks, provide.

It does, however, work very well with WFW.

Hopefully Dan will turn his attention to a generic Winsock version
of the client in the future.

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Simon Roberts

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In article <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]> writes:
> Path:
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unic!psinntp!psinntp!hk.super.net!mdenny.hk.super.net!mdenny
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> Subject: Drag and drop ftp client for Winsock ?
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> Has anyone seen a drag and drop ftp client for Winsock?  The ftp client
> would show the server file system like the standard Fileman in Windows
> does and allow file to be copied by draging and droping them like with
> ordinary Windows.  Sort of a poor man's NFS.
>
> Mike Denny
>
Supposedly, the FTP client from Spry does exactly that, but the application
itself isn't a winsock app. Spry chose to put a layer of code between their
applications and a compliant winsock to make applications development easier.

I have a copy of Spry's product, and have never been able to sucessfully
install it (although I have had success with Chameleon, Trumpet, Distinct,
Intercon and LWP.) I would certainly be interested in hearing from someone
that's had better luck with Spry.

Mike Simon
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In article <2lpcj5$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Nee Pai Chee) writes:
>From: [e-mail] (Nee Pai Chee)
>Subject: Re: Announcing update to WSLPD, version 1.1
>Date: 11 Mar 1994 09:11:01 GMT

>David L. Brooks ([e-mail]) wrote:

>: WSLPD is a Berkeley compatible print daemon for WinSock and Windows 3.1;
>: it's kind of like the Unix lpd program.  This version completely replaces
>: the old version; you don't need the old to make the new work.

>Just wondering if there is any software that does the same thing but
>run on Novell Netware 3.12 server as NLM.  I do not have an extra PC
>to windows and WSLPD.

Yes there is and its shareware(almost). LPDNLM.ZIP from "actrix.gen.nz".
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> From: Ryan Simmons <[e-mail]>
> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 1994 16:03:58 -0500

Hi Ryan,

> work related and personal use only.  But I wouldn't mind if over
> the weekend people logged on, looked around, and did some downloads.
> I want to see what happens when my machine gets a little traffic.
> I also want to see how the server software stands up.

Well, I was going to exercise it for you, but...

> HOW TO GET THERE
> FTP to 128.183.22.177 and do an anonymous login.  It's that easy.

Your server would not accept any form of my e-mail address as the
password to the 'anonymous' account that I could think of trying.
Kept giving me 'login denied' (or whatever) errors.

> If your ftp software can't autodetect the type of system it's
> logging in to, then set it to look for either DOS/Windows or Chameleon.

Well, I was connecting from an ULTRIX machine.

> AFTERWARDS
> If you have any problems, could you be kind enough to drop an e-mail
> message to [e-mail].  If you just want to drop me a
> note saying you were there, loved my collection, and had no problems,
> that would be great too.

Let me know what was going wrong...either end...and I'll give it another
try.

Regards,

BobN
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