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In article <[e-mail]>
[e-mail] (David Sussman) writes:
> Im on Trumpet Winsock revision 1.0a for slip..  Is there a way I can
> make my computer a file server for ftp logins?  i know my IP address
> will be different each time I connect using slip but I would like a
> program that displays the current IP address and serves FTP.  It would
> be cooler if the server could limit access to particular directories
> too..  if you know of a client for this please email me back with a
> ftp site where i can get it which a path and the file name..  thanks a
> lot!!  [e-mail]

The short answer:
biochemistry.cwru.edu: /pub/qvtnet/qvtws37.zip
ftp.wst.com: /pub/winsock/wftpd/wftpd19.zip

As the author of the latter, I'd ask that you give the two programs
fair comparison, and ask for help if there are any problems.

The long answer:

There are two shareware programs that will allow this.  The first one
to appear was WinQVT/Net, which packages a terminal emulator, ftp
server, mail client and news reader into one program.  To my mind,
this implementation has many disadvantages - it wasn't originally
written to work with winsock but was re-worked for winsock, it doesn't
allow multiple logins, the authors seem to take at least two months to
answer email, it's not configurable through menu options - you have to
edit text files, and it crashed regularly the last time I used it.

These things prompted me to write the other shareware program that
allows ftp clients to fetch file - it's called WFTPD.  It's written
from the ground up as a winsock application, and has been designed
from the start to cope with as many incoming connections as your
underlying winsock stack will allow.  All options are configurable
from the menu.  As for email, well, sometimes I get behind, and I
really can't be objective about how frequently crashes might occur.
However, it's worth noting that I wouldn't use my server if WinQVT/Net
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Subject: Re: trumpet winsock and Wfwg 3.11

Barney (... and me) ([e-mail]) wrote:
> Im running trumpet winsock ber 1 rev B beta #6 with windows 3.1
> I'd like to install on Wfwg 3.11.

You have to use the packet driver shim DIS_PKT.DOS that give NDIS drivers a
packet driver interface.

>From my autoexec.bat
c:\wfw\net start
c:\bin\winpkt 0x60

>From my config.sys
device=c:\wfw\ifshlp.sys

>From my protocol.ini
[PKTDRV]
DRIVERNAME=PKTDRV$
BINDINGS=EN165XD
INTVEC=0x60

>From my system.ini
[network drivers]
netcard=ethne.dos
transport=dis_pkt.dos,*netbeui,ndishlp.sys
devdir=C:\WFW
LoadRMDrivers=Yes

WfW 3.11 uses 32-Bit protected mode network drivers. To use dis_pkt.dos you
have to step back to real mode drivers. So be beware of LoadRMDrivers=yes.

Stephan
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Subject: Re: Swapfiles, was Re: NCSA Mosaic v2.0alpha4

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Joe Doupnik) writes:

>> If you're the kind of guy with 64MB of RAM, then you're probably the kind of
>> guy who knows what he's doing, so maybe you're doing what you're doing with
>> your swapfile for a reason, but I just thought I'd point out that what you're
>> doing is redundant (jeez what a sentence :)).  You have your virtual memory in
>> physical memory.  That makes no sense.  You're wasting RAM.  Correct me if I'm
>> wrong.  :)
>---------------
>        With that invitation I'll step in and make the correction.
>        There is more to running a machine than using Windows. That
>RAM disk does duty for non-Windows things too, and quite handily. Putting
>the Windows swap file on it uses the memory, so none is wasted but it is
>rather relabeled. Simple, effective, works well in practice.

Okay, I stand corrected.  :-)
>From what others have said, I also gather that some apps swap to the virtual
memory even when there is free memory in order to work with machines with
small amounts of RAM.  In that case, then a swapfile on a RAM disk would make
sense.  You learn something every day...

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Contact Lanera at [e-mail]
I have used the product and it works.

Dick
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In article <[e-mail]> Dror Matalon, [e-mail]
writes:
>needs for a fast machine. I did however get the previous version and
tried it,

Actually, I have found that it runs only a little slower on my machine, a
386sx25 than on my machine at work a Centris 650 (24mb ram 16bit color).
I do however have 12mb of ram at home and I am also only running 16
colors (4 bit) rather than 256 (8 bit) and that seems to help.
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Subject: SLIP ?????????


output atz\13
input 10 OK\n
output atdt###-####\13
input 30 CONNECT
input 30 Login:
output Sperl\13
input 30 Password:
output ########
wait 30
input 30 SL/IP session from (163.118.5.100) to
address 30
input 30 \n
display \n
display Connected.  Your IP address is \i.\n

Why doesn't this work????? {It won't get the IP from the server}...

After I log in w/ my the server says:

SL/IP session from (163.118.5.100) to 163.118.5.###

Yet, "address" doesn't see that. HELP.

Thanks

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Also...what is a good rwin for SLIP?


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Subject: Re: Problems with FTP on Winsock/SLIP

In article <[e-mail]> "James A. Zaun" <[e-mail]> writes:
>In <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Leon Nisenfeld)  wrote:
>>
>>I'm having problems with FTPing on Winsock over SLIP.  I've tried a number of
>>FTP clients with no luck.  Every file a get is corrupted. (I hope this isn't a
>>personal statement about me! :) ) Anyhow, I was wondering if there's a
>>configuration parameter in my winsock setup that may be causing this?
>
>Well, I know almost nothing of winsock (except for writing a client/server
>messaging system using it), but there are 2 possible causes I can think of.
>1. Use the "bin" command in your FTP to force binary mode.  2. SLIP has poor
>error recovery because it transfers IP datagrams without frame encapsulation.
>So, the only error checking you get is a checksum of the IP header.  If #2
>is your problem you should look into PPP which does provide a FCS (frame
>check sequence) trailer at the cost of a bit more overhead.  -jim
>


I have been having a problem similar to what leon has described.
I have successfully installed and used Trumpet Winsock over a
14.4k modem line at home.  I have set up WinQVTNet as an FTP
server, with no problems.  However, when I tried installing the
same setup on a couple of PC's at work, I ran into a strange
problem with WinQVTNet's FTP server:  any "put"s to a remote
host running the server work fine, but if I try to "get" from
the same host, the file transfer is truncated at multiples
of 1034 bytes, depending on its size.

For example, a file transfer of winftp2.doc (18323 bytes)
terminates after 2068 bytes:

ftp> get winftp2.doc
200 PORT command successful.
150 Binary data connection for winftp2.doc (128.171.44.52,3847) (18323 bytes).
226 Transfer complete.
local: winftp2.doc remote: winftp2.doc
2068 bytes received in 0.82 seconds (2.5 Kbytes/s)
ftp>

The only difference between my setup at home and at work is
that the two computers at work are on ethernet.  There seems
to be no problem with any other winsock applications that
I've tried.

If anyone has any insight into what the problem is, please
respond via email, as I normally don't have the time to
read messages on usenet.  Thanks in advance for any help!

Jim