NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #20/NN_1992_20.iso/spool/comp/os/os2/programm/4830

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From: [e-mail] (hank barta)
Subject: SPX communications on OS/2 failing.
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Keywords:  SPX OS/2
Organization: Vpnet Public Access
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 23:45:49 GMT
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Hi Folks,

I'm porting (to OS/2 1.3) the server side of an MS-DOS client/server
application that uses Novell SPX for communications. So far I'm having no
luck at establishing robust SPX communications on the OS/2 side.

I can establish the connection and transmit one data packet in each
direction, but attempts to transmit more than one packet cause either
the client or the server node to halt on a trap 3 in "SPX$" driver.
This is using a 'test' client under OS/2. The MS-DOS client kills the
OS/2 server on the first packet transmit and the OS/2 test client is
not able to connect to the MS-DOS server.

I have read and re-read the manuals, and I am doing everything that is
obviously required, but I am wondering if something is missing or not
obvious. If anyone has successfully implemented SPX communications under
OS/2, I would appreciate hearing about what you did to make it work.

If it matters, this is a multithreaded application and I am using a
RAM semaphore to serialize access to the SPX library.

Thanks for your help. Post or respond to [e-mail] as
you see fit.

hank