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- ***** Using SLICS and TMSTAMP or TMSEAL with NETCOM *****
-
- A number of users have reported problems accessing ICC and FICS thru the
- NETCOM service. These problems are due to bugs in the NETCOM implementation
- of Winsock. Under earlier versions of NETCOM Winsock, SLICS (and other
- SLIP/PPP clients as well) had difficulty connecting reliably to the chess
- servers. Under the latest version of NETCOM Winsock, it appears that SLICS
- (and other clients) can now connect reliably, but unf you cannot use TMSTAMP
- or TMSEAL, because NETCOM Winsock cannot connect to "localhost".
-
- The best solution is to switch providers if you can. However, if you cannot
- switch, there is a workaround that will enable TMSTAMP and TMSEAL to function
- acceptably. You can keep NETCOM service, just use a different Winsock
- implementation to dial in. I recommend Trumpet Winsock. You can download
- the latest version of the Trumpet Winsock distribution from trumpet.com.au .
- If you can't connect to trumpet.com.au , you can try doing an archie
- search for winsock. A version of Trumpet Winsock is also available from the
- ICC server chess.lm.com , in the directory
- /pub/icc/winsock/ .
- (You do not need to be an ICC member to use the ICC's ftp server.)
- Follow the instructions in the Trumpet distribution. Be sure to install
- Trumpet in a different directory from your NETCOM s/w .
-
- See also: "help timestamp", "help slics-tmstmp".
-
- Here is some information i received from NETCOM technical support. If you
- need further assistance using Trumpet with NETCOM, please contact NETCOM
- support at support@ix.netcom.com or ICC support at icc@chess.lm.com .
-
- Good luck. --- Don Fong
-
- >The following information we have found useful, but we do not
- >officially support it, or the programs represented herein. If you need
- >more help, you will need to contact the manufacturers of the product.
- >
- >You can use Trumpet Winsock with your NetCruiser account with the
- >following setup:
- >
- >1. Go into the Trumpet setup and choose Internal PPP connection.
- >
- >2. Make sure that the Com port and Baud rates are set correctly for
- > your computer.
- >
- >3. The IP that Trumpet should first list is 0.0.0.0. After your first
- > login that number will be what your last IP was. Leave that number
- > for each subsequent login.
- >
- >4. Configuration Settings:
- >
- > DNS or Name Server 199.182.120.203
- >
- > Domain Suffix ix.netcom.com
- >
- > MU 576
- >
- > TCPRWIN 2048
- >
- > TCPMSS 512
- >
- > Demand Load time out 5
- >
- > TCPRTO Max 60
- >
- >5. Select OK and then close and reload Trumpet.
- >
- >6. After Trumpet reloads, select Dialer from the pull down menus. Run
- > the SETUP.CMD file. This will allow you to setup your local
- > dial-in number, your user name (in the format #username), and then
- ^^^^^^^^^
- NOTE, the above means that you must type a pound character (#) before
- your username. if you attempt to do this in a trumpet login script,
- be warned that the pound character needs to be "escaped" with a backslash
- because otherwise Trumpet will interpret it as the start of a comment.
-
- > your password.
- >
- >7. If you want Trumpet to dial in automatically, you will need to get
- > a login script. You can find these at the web page:
- >
- > http://www.netcom.com/faq/pc/i-twsk.htm#login
- >
- > This page will also give you useful information for using Trumpet
- > with NetCruiser.
- >
- >8. To login select "Dialer" and then "Login."
- >
- >9. You would then use other winsock programs such as Netscape or
- > Eudora to access the web and read your mail.
- >
- >You can get various third party winsock applications at these URLs:
- >
- > http://www.lcs.com/faqhtml.html
- > http://www.acs.oakland.edu/oak/SimTel/win3/winsock.html.
- > http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~neuroses/cwsa.html
- > http://homepage.eznet.net/~rwilloug/ewa.html
- >
- >If you have further questions or concerns, please feel free to contact
- >us. Please include all text from previous mail messages in your reply.
- >
- >Jennifer
- >----------------------------------------------------------------------
- >E-mail Technical Support
- >NETCOM On-Line Communications Services support@ix.netcom.com
- >24-Hour Technical Support (408) 983-5970
- >NetCruiser FAQ WWW Page http://www.netcom.com/faq/
-