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- SLIPScripts ver 1.3 Feb. 3, 1995 by Travis Pascoe
- pasc8891@raven.csrv.uidaho.edu
-
- What is it?
- ----------------
- SLIPScripts is a set of ARexx scripts used to connect to a host with
- dynamic slip IP assignment and initialize the AmiTCP stack.
-
- Requirements
- ----------------
- ARexx (obviously)
- AmiTCP ver 3.0b+
- rexxserdev.library ver 5.02+ (see Aminet - util/rexx/rxser502.lha)
- by Joseph M. Stivaletta
- ( I would have included rexxserdev in this archive but it
- can already be found on Aminet so I decided not to. )
-
- Installation
- ----------------
- There are three ARexx scripts provided. Place them in REXX: or with
- your other ARexx scripts after making the necessary modifications
- detailed in the comments inside each script.
-
- After making the changes to the ARexx scripts, only one other file
- requires changes. AmiTCP includes a DOS script in AmiTCP:bin/ called
- 'startnet' which should be made similar to the one provided in
- this archive. Either make the necessary changes to AmiTCP:bin/startnet
- or replace it entirely with the example one provided. The necessary
- changes are described in comments in the 'startnet' script itself.
-
- One final comment, if you replace the old startnet script with the
- example one, be sure to set the 's' bit on the file so that AmigaDOS
- will recognize it as a script file.
-
- Usage
- ----------------
- From a cli, type one of the following depending on your condition:
-
- rx slipstart
- rx slipstop
- rx slipresume
-
- Warning
- ----------------
- You WILL need to modify the scripts in several places to suit your
- host dialup terminal. Follow the comments in each script for
- assistance. The example scripts supplied work with my university's
- Xylogics terminal server but can easily be modified.
-
- Purpose
- ----------------
- The purpose of these scripts was to allow me to have more control over
- my SLIP connection (although other connection protocols could be
- supported as well). I got tired of running Terminus every time just to
- make a simple connection and I wanted to be able to resume a connection
- after reboot (modem still connected) and be able to break connection
- without turning the modem off by hand.
-
- Other
- ----------------
- These scripts are intended only as an example and a guideline requiring
- modifications by the user to be fully functional.
-
- I make no guarantee as to the suitability of these scripts to any
- specific application. The user accepts all responsibility.
-
- History
- ----------------
-
- ver. 1.3 - Changed parse command in SLIPStart.rexx so that it is more
- Feb. 3-95 general purpose, now works when variable length IP addresses
- are returned by the provider.
-
- ver. 1.2 - Improved documentation. Supplied sample aminet:bin/startnet
- Feb. 1-95 script showing where to use the $ip environment variable.
-
- ver. 1.1 - First AmiNET release.
- Dec. 18-94
-
- ver. 1.0 - Not released.
- Dec. 1-94
-