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In article <2ncld0$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Huh?) writes:

>I've been using QVTNet's newsreader for some time and would like to
>switch over to Trumpet News.  But I can't figure out why every time
>I run it, it insists on putting its news.prm and news.ini
>files on the network file server instead on on my hard
>disk.  As I recall, even the old DOS version did the same
>thing.  How can I get Trumpet News to keep its files on my
>C drive (in either the trumpet directory or windows
>directory -- I don't care which)?

Have you tried setting the default directory on the icon properties?  I've
never had the problem you describe and I work on a network all the time.


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Subject: Re: Nupop to Eudora migration problem

>
>I hate to register the program to be able to direct this question to Qualcom
>because I fully expect the answer to be "It can't be done."
>
>Thanks for any assistance!
>
>Tom Carrell
>[e-mail]
>

Dit you ever try to ask Qualcom about their product ?
They are answering questions even for non registered user.

The option leave mail on server in the freeware version allows you
to read messages as often as you want.  This works in the freeware
version 1.4b22 I'm using.

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Subject: Re: MOSAIC help needed

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (R. C. Alvarado) writes:

>I have been trying to set up MOSAIC from a SLIP connection and have had
>some problems.  If anyone could help me with any of the following
>questions, I would greatly appreciate it.

>The problem is that I cannot hook up to anything in MOSAIC, although the
>SLIP connection appears to be ok for some other functions, such as
>telw.exe and ftpw.exe   >>(but only at local sites, it seems).<<    I

Key symptom there.  Sounds like you don't have your outward gateway defined.
This is the address of the box that routes from your local network to the
internet.

>consistently get the message:

>        HTAccess: Error accessing "http://<page address here>"
>        "SOCKET: Connection timed out"

>What could be the problem?

>1.  Could it be the SLIP connection? When I log on, I enter "slip
><address given as gateway address on login, which changes each time>".
>I follow the instructions for resetting Trumpet Winsock as found in the
>MOSAIC FAQ.

Don't know quite what kind of system you are describing here.  TCU gives me a
permanent IP address and only has one terminal server at present that accepts
dialins.  I have no experience with dynamic IP address assignment systems, but
it sounds like that's what you have.

>2. Could it be the Winsock setup?  Should "netmask" and "gateway" be set
>to something other thatn "0.0.0.0"?  If so, this can only be done by
>editing the INI file, not within the Setup dialog itself.

This is a major problem - no gateway defined.  As mentioned above, this
address is necessary for your packets to get routed out to the main internet
instead of just being on your local net. See your local network administrator
to find out what address to use for the gateway.  It shouldn't change each
time.  =Your= assigned IP address nodenumber may change if you get dynamic
address assignment.  I suspect the "gateway" address you're seeing when you
login is really referring to something different that what you need in this
field.

Your netadmin will need to tell you what to use for a "subnet
mask" also.  Lots of sites use 255.255.255.0 and this may work for you.  You
really need to find out for sure what is correct though.

Find out if your network is using BOOTP or RARP to assign IP addresses
dynamically to users.  I've no experience with them, but the INSTALL.TXT file
with the Trumpet Winsock package mentions them.  Apparently if one of those
protocols is used to assign you an IP address, then you just enter the
appropriate string "bootp" or "rarp" (lower case only, it says)  in place of
your IP address when you setup the Winsock.  This should save you manually
setting the IP address each time.  Incidentally, if the TRMPWSK.INI file
doesn't exist when you load it, Trumpet will provide a startup dialog to fill
in all the values =including= netmask and default gateway address.

>3. Should the local default page in the mosaic.ini be set to a local
>page?  If so, does anyone know of one for the domain Virginia.EDU?

Doesn't matter.  You don't even have to have a default homepage.  If you
define it then it automatically gets downloaded each time you start Mosaic.
It could be any homepage you like anywhere.  Windows Mosaic usually comes
preconfigured to the NCSA Windows Mosaic Homepage.  This server gets
overloaded lots though and can either timeout or take a long time to
transfer at heavy traffic periods.  If you comment out the statement then you
can start without anything loaded.  Then just select anything you want from
your menus or hotlist.


>4. ???

Besides the Mosaic FAQ, you really need to read through the INSTALL.TXT file
that comes with the winsock.  By the time you skim through it a couple or
three times you'll find the answers to a lot of your questions.  It also gives
some very useful pointers for setting values for the packet size parameters
for good performance.  For ethernet, the package defaults are usually good.
For regular SLIP (not compressed CSLIP) it says the TCP MSS value usually
should be 512.  (I believe this is your maximum data packet size.)  MTU must
always be 40 more than TCP MSS.  And TCP RWIN normally gives best performance
if it's an integer multiple of TCP MSS, usually 2 or 3 or 4 times.  I =think=
it has to do with what size blocks are error checked and thus determines what
size block has to be resent any time there is a checksum failure.  Based on
that assumption I use a smaller value (1024) because I gets lots of errors.
(TCU's indial modems don't support error correction).  If I got good modem to
modem error correction I would use a larger multiple.  Note that I could be
way off base on this reasoning, I don't know anyone who understands this well
enough to verify my thoughts.



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Subject: Re: wsarchie & services

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (David Woakes) says:
>
>In article <[e-mail]>
>           [e-mail] "Erminio Ballerini" writes:
>
>>I keep getting those timed out messages when I try an archie search to each
>>and every archie server I know. I can however telnet to the archie server an
>>do an archie search there. David Woakes <[e-mail]> suggested
>>that maybe the udp weren't sent out.
>>I've been thinking lately that maybe my services file isn't correctly set up.
>>Do I have to add  archie to it? , like so:
>>
>>archie          x/udp
>
>No, you don't need this line wsarchie, uses a build in default if it is fails
>on the getservbyname call.
>
>I've been talking to some other winsock developers, and I would like to
>know if your site has a firewall. If it does, there is a good chance that it
>is not allowing the packets returned by the archie server to reach your
>machine. If this isn't the case, let me know and I'll send you a special
>version with some tracing so that I can look at what is happening.
>
I do have a firewall machine and I do get the timeout problems.  I'd be glad
try the tracing version.

Steve Eckhardt  ([e-mail])
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Subject: Where to get MS TCP-32 VxD beta Winsock


I've posted several time about the new 32-bit protected mode (VxD)
Winsock - MS TCP-32 - available (free) as a beta release from
Microsoft. It is still performing very well, and very fast with the
apps I have tried (Hgopher2.4, QVTnet 3.96, WS_FTP 93.03.25, and
Trumpet 1.0a). Mosaic 2.02a has its usual problem (sooner or later
you crash and burn), but that I believe is a Mosaic problem. The
very latest (as of 3/25/94) Cello (ver?) from Cornell now at least
loads, but doesn't seem to want to use DNS, so it just sits dumbly
in its own local home page and can't get out to the web.
At any rate, the real reason for this is to post where to find it
because I've been getting a LOT of e-mail asking this same question.

Site: ftp.microsoft.com
Machine Type: Windows NT
Login: anonymous
Password: <your e-mail address>
Path: /peropsys/WFW/tcpip/vxdbeta
File: mtcp1b.exe

It's a self-extracting archive. Read the documentation. Follow the
instructions. Basically, just install it through the "Network Setup"
icon as you would any other protocol you're adding: [Drivers...],
[Add protocol...], Unlisted or Updated..., browse to location of files,
select it, and be sure to select [Setup...] to enter IP address etc.,
and [DNS...] to specify your name server.
Hope this is of some help...
Doug
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