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KSP SLIP (tm)
A SLIP Door for Bulletin Board Systems
Version 3.6
Copyright (C) 1995-96
All Rights Reserved
by
KEY SOFTWARE PRODUCTS
40 Atherton Court
Redwood City, California 94061
BBS/FAX: 415-364-9847
KSP SLIP is a trademark of Key Software Products.
PCL4C is a trademark of MarshallSoft Computing.
WATTCP is a trademark of Erick Engelke.
Power C is a trademark of Mix Software.
Multi-C is a trademark of Mix Software.
DESQview is a trademark of Quarterdeck Office Systems.
Lantastic is a trademark of Artisoft, Inc.
Novell is a trademark of Novell Corp.
Banyan Vines is a trademark of Banyan Inc.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION ........................... 1
1.1 Compatibility with BBS Software ............... 2
1.2 Hardware Requirements ....................... 2
1.3 Software Requirements ....................... 2
1.4 Other KSP Software ........................... 3
1.4.1 KSP Telnet ............................. 3
1.4.2 KSP FTP ................................ 3
1.4.3 KSP Mail ............................... 3
1.4.4 KSP HOST ............................... 3
1.4.5 So Many CD's ............................ 4
CHAPTER 2 - INSTALLATION ........................... 5
2.1 Packet Driver Shims for Novell ................. 5
2.2 Packet Driver Shim for Novell w/Token-RingSNAP .. 6
2.3 Packet Driver Shims for Lantastic .............. 6
2.3.1 Changes to CONFIG.SYS ................... 6
2.3.2 Changes to PROTOCOL.INI ................. 7
2.4 Packet Driver Shims for Banyan Vines ............ 8
2.5 Other Things to Configure ..................... 8
CHAPTER 3 - THE WATTCP CONFIGURATION FILE ............. 9
3.1 Multiple Nodes and the "include" Directive ...... 10
3.2 Using a BOOTP Server .......................... 10
3.3 Manual Configuration ........................ 10
3.3.1 The PC's Host Name ....................... 11
3.3.2 The PC's Domain Name ..................... 11
3.3.3 The PC's IP Address ...................... 11
3.3.4 The Name Server's IP Address .............. 12
3.3.5 The Router's IP Address .................. 12
3.3.6 The PC's Network Mask .................... 12
3.4 TCP/IP Parameters (optional) ................. 12
3.4.1 Timeouts .............................. 13
3.4.2 Maximum Segment Size (MSS) ............... 13
3.5 SLIP Operating Parameters .................... 13
3.5.1 Dynamic Parameters ..................... 14
3.5.2 Blocking Access to Certain Sites .......... 14
3.5.3 Exceptions to the Blocked List ............ 15
3.5.4 Session Time Limit ...................... 15
3.5.5 Session Reserve Time .................... 16
3.5.6 Inactivity Limit ....................... 16
3.5.7 Minimum Baud Rate ....................... 16
3.5.8 Operating Hours ........................ 16
3.5.9 Startup Message ........................ 17
3.5.10 Minimum Baud Rate Message ............... 17
3.5.11 Operating Hours Message ................ 17
3.5.12 User Session Logging ................... 18
3.5.13 SLIP Packet Monitor .................... 18
3.5.14 Non-Standard Port/Fossil Break Detect ... 18
TABLE OF CONTENTS
3.5.15 Eliminating the Startup Count-Down ...... 19
3.5.16 Silencing the BBS console bell ........... 19
3.5.17 Disabling the Local Screen .............. 19
3.5.18 Hanging Up When Exiting From the Door ...... 19
CHAPTER 4 - INSTALLING THE SLIP DOOR COMMAND ........... 21
4.1 Command Line Parameters ...................... 21
4.1.1 The /MAXMINS Parameter .................. 21
4.1.2 The /CONFIG Parameter ................... 21
4.1.3 KSP-SLIP.EXE Exit Codes ................. 22
4.1.4 Checking Packet Counts (PKTCOUNT.EXE) .... 22
CHAPTER 5 - INSTALLING YOUR ACCESS KEY ................ 23
CHAPTER 6 - CUSTOMIZING THE DISPLAY FILES ............. 24
6.1 PCBoard Display Macros ....................... 24
6.2 Macros Unique to KSP SLIP ...................... 24
6.3 Justification and Spacing .................... 24
6.3.1 No Justification ....................... 25
6.3.2 Left Justification ..................... 25
6.3.3 Center Justification ................... 25
6.3.4 Right Justification .................... 25
6.4 The DISPLAY Program .......................... 26
APPENDIX 1 - HOW TO REACH US .......................... 27
APPENDIX 2 - GETTING UPDATES VIA THE INTERNET .......... 28
APPENDIX 3 - LEGAL STUFF ............................ 29
Sep 15, 1996 KSP SLIP (tm) v3.6 1
CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION
Many BBS's now offer E-Mail access to the Internet. But few if
any offer a real TCP/IP connection. As compared to mere E-Mail
access, providing a TCP/IP connection opens up a large number of
new possibilities to callers, such as the ability to remote
login to Internet hosts in foreign countries using Telnet, or to
access files on those hosts using FTP, or to search for
information using Gopher, Archie, and the new multimedia
hypertext browser, Mosaic.
KSP SLIP establishes a logical two-way connection between the
user's serial line and the Internet:
+----------+ |
User's | | | Local Area Network
Modem <----->| KSP SLIP |<----+ connected to the
| | | Internet
+----------+ |
BBS Machine
As indicated, the physical connection between the BBS machine
and the Internet is usually by means of an Ethernet card
attached to a local area network that is attached to the
Internet. However, this connection could instead be simply a
separate modem connection to a commercial Internet access
provider, such as NETCOM.
TCP/IP encapsulates data in packets and transfers those packets
according to a specifi