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ANET.COM 1.00 - 4 July 1991
1. What is ANET.COM?
ANET.COM is an easy to use, self configuring, automatic login program.
ANET will only run on the LANtastic(tm) Network Operation System.
It differs from several other automatic login programs in that it is
self configuring, ie does not require that any files be set up or edited
to be used. The programs reads the current network configuration of your
workstation and saves it in a file. This file has a default name of
ANET.cfg, and is saved in the same directory as the program. When ANET
is run it reads this file, and attempts to make your system match the
file as much as possible. To do this ANET will log you onto servers,
redirect and cancel redirection to disk drives and printer resources.
ANET will not beep at you (don't you just hate that) and will only issue
error messages if it cannot logon or redirect a device. It will not
warn you about duplicate redirections or logins it will just cancel the
offending redirection or login and issue a correct one. For example, if
the config file says that prn should be redirected to \\server\@printer
and prn is currently redirected to \\server1\@printer, ANET will NET
UNUSE lpt1 and then NET USE LPT1 \\server\@printer.
ANET provides the functionality of the following LANtastic(tm) commands:
Net (menu system)
Net Login/Wait
Net Logout
Net Use
Net Unuse
Net Show
Net Message
Net LPT Timeout
Net Clock (See notes on this below)
ANET also has several trivial bells and whistles, that are not really
necessary to the program, but most of the code was there so why not?
They are:
On-line Manual - This manual is available as a continuation of the help
screen. This is a separate file ANET.man that must be located somewhere
on the path.
Welcome Screen - If ANET finds a text file ANET.scr in the same directory
as the program it will display this file rather than the normal ANET
copyright notice. This is nice for those custom network installations.
Since this is a text file you can use an ansi graphic editor to product
quite nice screens. ( A few samples are included *.sc to view them just
TYPE them out to the screen)
User Name Variable - ANET will place the user name used to logon to the
servers in an environmental variable U_NME in the master environment.
This is handy for batch files.
2. How do I install ANET.COM?
Installation of ANET could not be easier, just copy ANET.com, ANET.man,
and if you wish one of the ANET.scr files to a directory on the path.
C:\Lantasti is good but not necessary. Configure the system the way you
want it either through the conventional batch files or with the NET menu.
NOW run ANET /s. That's it, the configuration file is now set up and
ready to be used.
3. How do I use ANET.COM?
Syntax: ANET {user_name {password}} { /h /i /l /p /r /s /t /v /x}
Switches: /Help - This screen
/Information of current configuration
/Login per config file
/Prompt for password
/Reattach Devices
/Save current configuration
/Verbose display
/X eXit network - Log off all servers
After ANET is configured, the command can be added to the batch file used
to start the network. First load the netbios, redir and server then ANET.
The commands:
LOGON and REDIRECT
ANET /l
will optionally display the welcome screen if there is one, prompt for a
user name and password, and then logon to the servers and redirect to
the drives specified in the config file.
ANET !RICK {password} /l
Will take the user name (!RICK) and password from the command line, and
will NOT display the optional welcome screen. If the password is blank
it is assumed to not be needed.
ANET !RICK /p /l
Will take the user name from the command line, optionally display the
welcome screen, and prompt for a password.
If the /v (verbose switch as added to any of the above command lines, the
program will display the name of each server as it logs onto them, and the
drive letter and redirection as they are established.
LOGOUT
ANET /x
This command will log you out from ALL servers. Good command for shutting
down for the evening or just for security sake.
If the /v (verbose switch is added the program will display the name of
each server it logs out of.
CONFIGURE
ANET /s
This command will cause ANET to read the current configuration of the
workstation, all servers logged into, all printer and drive redirections,
net lpt timeout value, and message flag status and save it into a config-
uration file. If ANET has not been used to log into the system the file
will be named ANET.cfg. If ANET has been used before the contents of the
environmental variable U_NME will be used to generate the filename. If
the user name is less than 8 characters the filename will be user_name.cfg,
if it is greater than 8 characters the filename will be the first 4 char-
acters + the last 4 characters of the user_name. ie Stephenie=stepenie.cfg.
ANET user_name /s
This will read the configuration and save it to a file using the user_name
from the command line. The same method as above will apply to generating
the filename.
ANET {username}
Will call up the net menu, you can then change the configuration of the
system, log into of off of servers, establish disk drive and printer
redirections. When you exit the menu you are give the option to save
the new configuration. The filename is determined by the rules above.
The /v (verbose) switch will cause the above to display the current
configuration of the workstation. This display is identical to the
/i switch described below.
INFORMATION
ANET /i
This command will cause the program to determine the current configuration
of the system and display it. A sample display is included below. Note
the DOS and NOS version numbers are displayed as well as the presence of
the programs redir.exe, server.exe, share.exe and lanpup.
r3 Connection Manager for Lantastic(tm) (c) 1991 r. r. roth
Artisoft LANtastic(tm) NOS v4.04 Installed in Machine RICK
Dos v5.0 Redir.exe[√] Server.exe[√] Lanpup.exe[ ] Share.exe[ ] Loaded.
LPT Timeout 0 seconds Messages will Beep[√] Popup[√]
SAM Logged onto:
Server On Adapter#
\\RICK 0
Device Redirection Device Redirection
F: => \\RICK\C-DRIVE G: => \\RICK\C-DRIVE
H: => \\RICK\C-DRIVE PRN => \\RICK\@PRINTER
SET TIME FROM SERVER
This is the only thing that I am not satified with yet. There is no
good way to determine the presence of a NET CLOCK command. I therefore
had to resort to a kludge. If you want to set the workstations time
from a server you have to edit the config file (I know HORRORS) and place
a capital C at the 19th character of the server line. A normal server
configuration line appears as:
\\server_name 0C
| ||_Net Clock switch(optional)
| |__Adapter Number
|______________Server's Name
I am not happy with this solution and will welcome any suggestions.
4. Legalities
ANET.COM is not freeware, nor is it in the public domain. It is a
shareware program, and the entire program and documentation are
Copyright (C) 1991, Rick R. Roth, Tucson, Az. You are encouraged
to copy the package freely, including distribution by BBS, shareware
library, or other means, provided that (1) the distribution shall
consist of the original archive containing the program and this doc-
umentation file, and (2) no fee of more than five US dollars ($5)
shall be charged for the copy.
5. Registration
To register your copy of ANET.COM, send $10 in cash, check or money
order to:
Rick R. Roth
4072 E. 22nd St.
Suite 178
Tucson, Az 85711
THIS COPY IS LICENSED FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE LICENSEE.
This license is good for one network, and the software can be installed
on all computers on this network.
6. Liability
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║ ║
║ LIMIT OF LIABILITY ║
║ ────────────────── ║
║ The author disclaims all warranties, expressed or ║
║ implied and assumes no liability for damages either from its ║
║ direct use or as a consequence of its use. Have you hugged ║
║ your backup today? ║
║ ║
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I have tested it on several computers and found that found that it works
well on all of them. All computers have been running LANtastic(tm) NOS v3.03
and above and all running MS DOS 3.3 and above.
Please note that while the author is an employee of Artisoft, Inc., Artisoft
is not responsible for the contents of this file; the functioning of ANET.COM
(or any damages resulting from the use or misuse of the program); and further,
Artisoft Technical Support and other employees of Artisoft, Inc. are
NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPPORTING THIS PROGRAM!
If you have problems or suggestions when using this program, direct them to
me Rick R. Roth through one of the following channels:
US Mail: 4702 E 22nd St, Tucson, AZ 85711
CompuServ: Artisoft forum, 75300,1377
Arti-facts BBS: If you have a current account there.
Do NOT call the author during business hours for support, this program was
not written during business hours, it will not be supported during business
hours.