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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Kermit on WindowsNT (using TCP)?
Date: 28 Dec 1994 15:44:32 GMT
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In article <lachmanD1IB92.A9F@netcom.com>,
Hans Lachman <lachman@netcom.com> wrote:
>I'm trying to use Kermit in TCP/IP mode on a PC running WindowsNT.
>I got MSVIBM.ZIP (MS-Kermit 3.13) and unpacked it, and it runs.
>I did "set tcp host" (followed by remote host address), "set
>port tcp", then "connect", and I got:
>
> Cannot attach to an Ethernet Packet Driver or a Novell ODI driver.
> Unable to initialize TCP/IP system, quitting.
> ?Cannot start the connection.
>
>Just to eliminate obvious problems, I then tried setting appropriate
>values for "address", "domain", "gateway", and "primary-nameserver".
>"Packet-driver-interrupt" is set to 0 (meaning "search for it")
>by default. Anyway, I get the same error message no matter what.
>
>I was hoping this would work, since NT comes with TCP/IP built in.
>Anyone know of a tweak that can make Kermit run using TCP on NT?
>
No. MS-DOS Kermit is not a native NT application and can't use NT's
TCP/IP protocol. Kermit executes its own built-in TCP/IP protocol
code, which runs on top of either a packet driver or an ODI driver.
I don't know enough about NT to say whether it is possible to run
a "DOS virtual machine" under NT which includes a packet driver or ODI
driver for your network board (this is possible under OS/2), but if so,
then you make TCP/IP connections with MS-DOS Kermit this way, but it
would probably require shutting down TCP/IP on NT.
In the future, we hope to have a native TCP/IP-capable Kermit version
for NT, but I can't give an estimate yet as to when it might be ready.
- Frank
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