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- From: jamie@vax.ftp.com (Jamie O'Keefe)
- Subject: Re: Does PC/TCP 2.11 work with DESQview/X?
- Message-ID: <921223172359@pericles.ftp.com>
- Nntp-Software: PC/TCP NNTP
- Keywords: DV/X, PC/TCP, use-old-init-scheme
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- Organization: FTP Software, Inc., Wakefield, MA
- References: <9935@fs3.cam.nist.gov> <724204605snx@arrakis.denver.co.us>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 17:23:59
-
- In article <724204605snx@arrakis.denver.co.us> @arrakis.denver.co.us (Bob Hood) writes:
-
- You must load the drivers (I?CUST.SYS) provided with version 2.1
- (for backward compatibility while vendors modify their software to
- deal with the new configuration method) in your CONFIG.SYS file,
- configuring them with IFCONFIG.EXE and IPCONFIG.EXE (be warned that
- some options in version 2.05 and before are no longer supported by
- the 2.1 drivers), and set the "use-old-init-scheme" in your
- PCTCP.INI file to "yes".
-
- Ahh...well, you really do not want to set "use-old-init-scheme" to
- "yes". What you want to do is set the ip address in the device.sys
- (ifcust.sys, wd8003.sys, etc.) and set the userid and host name in
- the ipcust.sys.
-
- Here is a better description that will appear in our next
- Support@ftp.com newsletter.
-
- There are several things you need to configure with PC/TCP before you
- install Desqview/X. First, since the current version of the Network
- Manager takes advantage of the v2.0x configuration scheme you must
- load the old configuration files in your CONFIG.SYS. For example:
-
- device=c:\pctcp\ifcust.sys
- device=c:\pctcp\ipcust.sys
-
- Second, you must set your host name and default user ID in the
- IPCUST.SYS. You would set these with the IPCONFIG command like so:
-
- c:\pctcp> ipconfig ipcust.sys hostname avalon userid karthur
-
- Third, you must set the IP address of your PC in the IFCUST.SYS. You
- would set this value with the IFCONFIG command like so:
-
- c:\pctcp> ifconfig ifcust.sys 128.127.50.42
-
- Once these variables are set you must reboot the PC. The host name
- that you set for this PC must be resolvable by the PC/TCP kernel
- since the Desqview/X Setup program checks to see if the PC is a valid
- host on the network. The setup program does this by getting the host
- name from the IPCUST.SYS and then passing it to the PC/TCP kernel to
- resolve using either the local host table or Domain Name Services.
- If the user does not have a Domain Name Server (BIND) on the network
- then we recommend creating a host table with the following format:
-
- <ip_addr> <host_name>
-
- An example might look like this:
-
- #My host table
- 128.127.50.42 avalon
-
- Be sure to configure the PCTCP.INI file with the host-table variable
- set to the proper drive, directory and file name for the local host
- table.
-
- You can use the PC/TCP HOST command to check whether the kernel is
- resolving the PC's host name from the local host table properly. You
- would use the "only resolve via the local host table" option. For
- example:
-
- c:\> host -t avalon
- by host-table, avalon: 128.127.50.42, cname is avalon
-
- If you are using a Domain Name Server to resolve your addresses and
- are not using a host table then please be sure that your Domain Name
- Server can resolve your PC's fully qualified domain name. You can
- check this by using the HOST command with the "only resolve via
- Domain Name Servers" option enabled. For example:
-
- c:\> host -d avalon
- by domain, avalon: 128.127.50.42, cname is avalon.ftp.com
-
- If your PC is not setup properly then the Desqview/X Setup program
- will tell you that it can not continue with the network setup and
- list several possible reasons. Double check all of your settings and
- check the PC/TCP kernel's resolution of your PC's host name via the
- HOST command as outlined above.
-
- Aside from problems with host name resolution, we have found one
- other possible reason why the Desqview/X Setup program would not be
- able to configure the Network Manager. If you are loading the PC/TCP
- kernel at a software interrupt other than its default of 0x61, then
- the Desqview/X Setup program will not detect that you are using
- PC/TCP. As a result you will not be able to configure the Network
- Manager. Thus, we recommend that you do not configure the PC/TCP
- kernel to use a software interrupt other than 0x61.
-
- I hope this explains things,
-
- jamie
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