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FAQ Posting, 4/1/94

****************  Legalese ************

This document is Copyright (C) 1994 by Bernard Aboba, except where the
copyright is retained by the original author. No part of this
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including correctness or fitness for any particular purpose. The
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data contained herein; however, slip-ups can and do happen.  If you use
this data, you do so at your own risk. While we make every effort to
keep this FAQ up to date, we cannot guarantee that it is, and we will
not be responsible for any damages resulting from the use of the information
or software referred to herein.

Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed herein are my own.  Last
time I looked, I had not been appointed official spokesperson of any
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    The Planet Earth
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    The University of California, Berkeley
    The City of Berkeley (bringing you Riot of the Week)
    Any major or minor breakfast cereal (not even oatmeal!)

This FAQ will be posted monthly. In between it will be
available as:
file://ftp.netcom.com/pub/mailcom/IBMTCP/ibmtcp.zip

*********** Citation entry  ***********

This FAQ may be cited as:

  Aboba, Bernard D.(1994) "comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Frequently
  Asked Questions (FAQ)" Usenet news.answers, available via
  file://ftp.netcom.com/pub/mailcom/IBMTCP/ibmtcp.zip,
  41 pages.


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*********** Change History  ***********

Changes from 3/1/93 posting:
Too many changes to mention. Enjoy!

*********** Related FAQs ***************************

There is a FAQ available on features of TCP/IP
Packages for DOS and Windows. This is available at:
file://ftp.cac.psu.edu/pub/dos/info/tcpip.packages.

The Windows Sockets Faq is posted to alt.winsock, and
is available at:
file://SunSite.UNC.EDU/pub/micro/pc-stuff/ms-windows/winsock/FAQ

The PC-NFS FAQ is available at:
file://seagull.rtd.com/pub/tcpip/pcnfs.FAQ.v1.4.Z or pcnfsfaq.zip
file://ftp.york.ac.uk/pub/FAQ/pcnfs.FAQ

The SNMP FAQ is regularly posted to comp.protocols.snmp

*********** EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION FILES  ***********

Many thanks to Dave Fetrow ([e-mail])
for creating an archive of setup files. The archive is
particularly oriented toward sets of applications that
are somewhat tricky, such as combinations involving
different driver sets, mixtures of Novell, TCP/IP,
and W4WG, etc.

Please include not only the setup and configuration files
but some directions. Comments included with the setup files
are highly desirable. The files can include your name if you
desire.

Please mail submissions to [e-mail].

The archive itself is located at:
file://ftp.biostat.washington.edu/ftp/pub/msdos/network.setups

*********** QUICKIE Guide to Useful Stuff ************

Drivers

Packet drivers: file://oak.oakland.edu/pub/msdos/pktdrvr/pktd11.zip
                file://oak.oakland.edu/pub/msdos/pktdrvr/pktd11c.zip
Packet specs:   file://vax.ftp.com/pub/packet-d.ascii
NDIS specs:     file://vax.ftp.com/pub/ndis-mac.v101.txt
                file://vax.ftp.com/pub/ndis-mac.v201.txt
ODI driver info:
                file://sjf-lwp.novell.com/anonymous/dev_docs/lan_drv/*,
ODI Protocol stack info:
                file://sjf-lwp.novell.com/anonymous/dev_docs/pstacks/*
Slipper:        file://ftp.utas.edu.au/pc/trumpet/slipper/slipper.zip
PKTMUX:         file://dorm.rutgers.edu/pub/msdos/wattcp/pktmux12.exe
EtherPPP:       file://merit.edu/pub/ppp/etherppp.zip
ODIPKT:         file://hsdndev.harvard.edu/pub/odipkt/odipkt.com
Config file:    file://hsdndev.harvard.edu/pub/odipkt/net.cfg
Readme file:    file://hsdndev.harvard.edu/pub/odipkt/readme

Winsock Applications

Trumpet Winsock:
                file://biochemistry.bioc.cwru.edu/pub/trumpwsk/winsock.zip
                file://ftp.utas.edu.au/pc/trumpet/winsock/winsock.zip
                file://biochemistry.bioc.cwru.edu/pub/trumpwsk/winapps.zip
                file://ftp.utas.edu.au/pc/trumpet/winsock/winapps.zip
Trumpet Newsreader:
                file://biochemistry.bioc.cwru.edu/pub/wintrumpet/wtwsk10z.zip
HGopher:        file://lister.cc.ic.ac.uk/pub/wingopher/hgopher2.4.zip
PCEudora        file://ftp.qualcomm.com/pceudora/windows/eudora14.exe
FTP client:     file://ftp.usma.edu/pub/msdos/winsock.files/ws_ftp.zip
EINet WAIS:     file://ftp.einet.net/einet/pc/EWAIS155.ZIP
Finger:         file://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/winsock/finger31.zip
Dialer:         file://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/util/dialexe.zip
WinQVTNet:      file://biochemistry.cwru.edu/pub/qvtnet/
Mosaic:         file://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/PC/Mosaic/wmos20a1.zip, readme.now
WinTelnet:      file://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Telnet/windows/executables/wtel1b1.zip
MPEG Viewer:    file://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/PC/Mosaic/viewers/mpegw32c.zip
Windows Quicktime:
                file://lister.cc.ic.ac.uk/pub/wingopher/viewers/movies/qtwplay.zip
Windows sound player:
                file://lister.cc.ic.ac.uk/pub/wingopher/viewers/audio/wnplny09b.zip
Cello:          file://ftp.law.cornell.edu/pub/LII/Cello/cello.zip, cellofaq.zip
Viewers:        file://ftp.law.cornell.edu/pub/LII/Cello/viewers.zip
Windows W3 server:
                file://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/micro/pc-stuff/ms-windows/winsock/apps/serweb03.zip
JPEG Viewer:    file://ftp.law.cornell.edu/pub/LII/Cello/lview31.zip
GIF Viewer:     file://ftp.law.cornell.edu/pub/LII/Cello/wingif14.zip
Wham viewer:    file://ftp.law.cornell.edu/pub/LII/Cello/wham131.zip
Ghostscript:    file://ftp.law.cornell.edu/pub/LII/Cello/gswin.zip

Windows NT servers

W3 server:      file://emwac.ed.ac.uk/pub/https/HSI386.ZIP
FTP server:     file://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/micro/pc-stuff/ms-windows/winsock/apps/nt-ftpd.zip

DOS Applications

Minuet:         file://boombox.micro.umn.edu/pub/pc/minuet/latest/minuarc.exe, install.txt
PC-Pine:        file://ftp.cac.washington.edu/mail/PC-PINE/pcpine_p.zip
NCSA Telnet:    file://merit.edu/pub/ppp/pc/ncsappp.zip
KA9Q:           file://biochemistry.bioc.cwru.edu/pub/nos/nos10b.exe, nos10b.txt, nos192.txt
NOS View:       file://ucsd.edu/hamradio/packet/tcpip/nosview/nosvw304.zip
NUPOP:          file://ftp.acns.nwu.edu/pub/nupop/nupop201
Minuet:         file://boombox.micro.umn.edu/pub/pc/minuet/minuarc.exe
PC Pine:        file://ftp.cac.washington.edu/mail/pcpine_p.zip
NCSA Telnet:    file://mer.edu/pub/ppp/ncsappp.zip

******************************************************


TABLE OF CONTENTS

A. Components of a TCP/IP solution

A-1. What do I need to run TCP/IP on the PC?
A-2. What are packet drivers?  Where do I get them?
A-3. What is Winsock?  Where can I get it? How do I set up Trumpet
Winsock?
A-4. What publicly distributable TCP/IP applications are there
     for DOS?  Windows?
A-5. What software is available for doing SLIP?  Compressed SLIP?
     PPP?  For DOS?  For Windows?
A-6. Where can I get ping?  traceroute?
A-7. How do I install packet drivers for Windows applications?
A-8. When do I need to install  WINPKT?
A-9. How to do I run both WinQVT and ODI?
A-10. Is it possible to use BOOTP over SLIP?
A-11. How do SLIP drivers work?
A-12. When do I need to install PKTMUX?
A-13. Can NDIS be used underneath multiple protocol stacks of the same type?
A-14. Is there an NDIS over packet driver shim?
A-15. How do I run NetBIOS over TCP/IP?
A-16. How do I get my BBS to run over TCP/IP?
A-17. Sample Stick Diagrams
A-18. Strange and wonderful configuration files submitted by readers
A-19. How do I get hold of the packet driver CD?
A-20. Does Windows NT support SLIP? PPP?
A-21. Where can I take a peak at the WFW v3.11 VxD beta?

B. Hints for particular packages

B-1. What do I need to know before setting up SLIP or PPP?
B-2. How do I configure SLIPDISK?
B-3. What version of KA9Q should I use and where do I get it?
B-4. How do I configure KA9Q as a SLIP connection?
B-5. How do I configure KA9Q as a router?
B-6  How do I get KA9Q to support BOOTP?
B-7. How do I get DesQView X to run over the network?
B-8. Why is NFS so slow compared with FTP?
B-9.  How do I get KA9Q to support PPP?
B-10. How do I get KA9Q to support SLIP dialin?
B-11. Where can I get information on running Novell and TCP/IP
      concurrently?
B-12. What Novell TCP/IP NLMs are out there and how do I get them
      to work?
B-13. How do I get a telecom package supporting Int 14h redirection
      to work?
B-14. How do I run SLIP with Windows For Workgroups TCP/IP?
B-15. How do I get Windows For Workgroups to work alongside Novell?
B-16. NCSA Telnet doesn't reassemble fragments. What should I do?
B-17. How come I package X doesn't support the AppleTalk packet driver?
B-18. How do I get Trumpet Winsock's TCPMAN to dial?


C. Information for developers

C-1. What publicly distributable TCP/IP stacks are there that I can
     use to develop my own applications?
C-2. Where can I get a copy of the Windows Sockets FAQ?


--------------------- FAQ Begins Here ---------------------------

A. Components of a TCP/IP solution

A-1. What do I need to run TCP/IP on the PC?

To run TCP/IP on the PC you will need:

* Appropriate hardware, such as:

    Ethernet card
    Token Ring card
    AppleTalk card
    Serial Port


  Any other network card with a packet driver or NDIS or ODI driver,
  (such as Arcnet), will also work.  If your card supports NetBIOS,
  this is also acceptable, since you can run a packet-driver-over-
  NetBIOS shim.

* Drivers for your hardware.

  Your card probably came with one or more of the following drivers:

    Network Device Interface Specification (NDIS) drivers
      [spec. by 3Com & Microsoft, used by LAN Manager, Windows
      for Workgroups, and Windows NT. LAN Manager uses NDIS 2.0,
      Windows NT uses 3.0, and WFW supports 2.0 and will support
      3.0]
    ODI Drivers [spec. by Novell, abbreviation for Open DataLink
      Interface]
    Packet Drivers [spec. by FTP Software]

  TCP/IP stacks have been written for each of these driver interfaces,
  so the important thing is whether your chosen stack is compatible
  with the interface available for your card.

  A shim is software that runs on top of one set of drivers to
  provide an interface equivalent to another set. This is useful,
  for example,if you are looking to run software requiring an
  NDIS driver(such as Chameleon NFS) alongside software
  requiring a packet driver interface (such as KA9Q, Gopher, Popmail,
  NCSA Telnet, etc.), or run software intended for, say, a packet
  driver over an NDIS driver instead.

  Shims are available to run packet drivers over NetBIOS, ODI,
  or NDIS, in order to run software expecting a packet driver over
  NDIS, ODI, or NetBIOS instead. There are also shims to run NDIS
  over ODI (ODINSUP), and ODI over Packet Drivers (PDETHER).


* A TCP/IP protocol stack.

  The TCP/IP protocol stack runs on top of the driver software, and
  uses it to access your hardware. If you are running a TCP/IP
  protocol stack that requires drivers that aren't available for your
  hardware, you're in trouble. Check into this before purchasing!


* If running Windows applications that require it, WINSOCK.DLL.


  Windows Sockets is a sockets interface which was created as a
  Windows DLL. Each  TCP/IP implementation requires its own version
  of Windows Sockets. There is not yet a freely available Windows
  Sockets implementation released yet, although Trumpet WinSock is
  currently in Alpha test. WINSOCK.DLL provides 16-bit support;
  WSOCK32.DLL provides 32-bit support.


* Applications software.

  Although most of us in this newsgroup seem to spend our time
  looking for working combinations of applications,WINSOCK.DLL
  Windows Sockets compliant TCP/IP implementations, shims,
  drivers, and hardware, ultimately your goal is eventually to
  run an application successfully. If and when that ever happens,
  please send me a note, so I can add it to this FAQ.


A-2. What are packet drivers?  Where do I get them?

Packet drivers provide a software interface that is independent of the
interface card you are using, but NOT independent of the particular
network technology. As Frances K. Selkirk ([e-mail]) notes:

"That's one reason they're easier to write than ODI drivers! If you
write a class three (802.5 Token Ring) driver, you will need to use
software that expects a class three driver, not software that expects
a class 1 (DIX ethernet) driver. There are a few drivers that fake class 1.

I believe only class 1 and class 6 (SLIP) drivers are supported by
freeware packages."

The chances are fair that your Ethernet card came with a packet
driver, and if so, you should try that first. If not, then you
can try one of the drivers from the Crynwr collection (formerly
called the Clarkson Drivers). See the Resource listing for info.

For 3COM drivers, try ftp ftp.3com.com. For technical information,
try [e-mail]. For marketing and product info, try
[e-mail] packet driver specification is available
from vax.ftp.com in packet-d.ascii

The following vendors have packet drivers with source available for
their pocket lan adaptors:

D-Link - [phone]
Solectek - [phone]
Accton - [phone]
Compulan - [phone]
(soon Kodiak's Noteport - [phone])


A-3. What is Windows Sockets?  Where can I get it?

  The idea for Windows Sockets was born at Fall Interop '91, during a
  Birds of a Feather session.

  From the Windows Sockets specification:
  [courtesy of Mark Towfiq, [e-mail]]:


    The Windows Sockets Specification is intended to provide a
    single API to which application developers can program and
    multiple network software vendors can conform. Furthermore, in
    the context of a particular version of Microsoft Windows, it
    defines a binary interface (ABI) such that an application
    written to the Windows Sockets API can work with a conformant
    protocol implementation from any network software vendor.

Windows Sockets will be supported by Windows, Windows for Workgroups,
Win32s, and Windows NT. It will also support protocols other than TCP/IP.
Under Windows NT, Microsoft will provides Windows Sockets support over
TCP/IP and IPX/SPX. DEC will be implementing DECNet. Windows NT will
include mechanisms for multiple protocol support in Windows Sockets,
both 32-bit and 16-bit.

Mark Towfiq writes:

    "Files and information related to the Windows Sockets API are
     available via file://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/micro/pc-stuff/ms-windows/winsock,
     which is a mirror of /pub/winsock on Microdyne.COM (SunSite has a much
     faster connection to the Internet, so you are advised to use
     that).

     If you do not have FTP access to the Internet, send a message
     with the word "help" in the body to either
     [e-mail], or [e-mail], to obtain
     information about the FTP to Mail service there."

  Alternative sources for the Windows Sockets specification include
  rhino.microsoft.com (an FTP server running NT), as well as the
  Microsoft forum on CompuServe (go msl).

  Currently NetManage (NEWT), Distinct, FTP and Frontier are shipping
  Winsock TCP/IP stacks, as is Microsoft (Windows NT and TCP/IP for
  WFW), Beame & Whiteside Software (v1.1 compliant), and Sun PC-NFS.
  If you are looking for a Winsock.dll, you should first contact your TCP/IP
  stack vendor. Novell has one in beta for their Lan Workplace for DOS.

  Peter Tattam is alpha-testing a shareware Windows Sockets compliant
  TCP/IP stack. If you're interested in helping with the testing, you
  can obtain it via file://ftp.utas.edu.au/pc/trumpet/winsock/winsock.zip,
  winpkt.com.

The first thing to do after you download WINSOCK.ZIP is to create
a directory for Trumpet Winsock, such as C:/TRUMPWSK, and put it
in your DOS PATH statement.

Trumpet Winsock operates over packet drivers, or over a serial port
using its own built-in SLIP or CSLIP. If you are using a network
adapter, this means that you will have to locate a packet driver
for your adapter, and load it. Trumpet Winsock also comes with
WINPKT, and this is loaded next, via the command
WINPKT.COM 0x60 [or whatever the software interrupt for your packet driver]

You will then enter Windows, and create a group in the Program Manager
for all the files that come with Trumpet Winsock. The stack itself is loaded
by executing TCPMAN. Applications that come with it include WinCHAT,
a chatting program; PINGW, a ping utility; FTPW for FTP, WINARCH for Archie.

When you first execute TCPMAN, you will be asked to fill out the setup
information for the stack. Select whether you will be using a network
adapter or SLIP; you cannot use both.

Note that if you are using SLIP, you must dial the connection yourself;
Trumpet Winsock currently does not include a scripting language, although
this is on the way.

Any comm program will do for this, as long as you don't drop DTR. Particularly
recommended is the following dialer program:

file://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/util/dialexe.zip.

A-4. What publicly distributable TCP/IP applications are there for
     DOS?  Windows?

Right now there are a wealth of publicly distributable TCP/IP
applications running under DOS.  Windows also has a wealth of
programs available, including implementations of Gopher, Mail
(POP3/SMTP), FSP, Mosaic, Telnet/FTP, and WAIS.

See the Resource listings for information.


A-5. What software is available for doing SLIP?  Compressed SLIP?
     PPP?  For DOS?  For Windows?  For OS/2?

For SLIP or CSLIP I recommend using SLIPPER or CSLIPPER. These are
packet drivers that can be used along with a dialer. For PPP, I recommend
the EtherPPP packet driver, which while taking up too much RAM
(121K), works just fine, and includes a built-in dialer.

If you are running Windows Sockets, I recommend the Trumpet Winsock,
which comes with its implementation of SLIP/CSLIP. The latest release
works fine with EtherPPP.

KA9Q supports SLIP/CSLIP/PPP, but unfortunately can not be used as a
TCP/IP protocol stack to run other apps.

There is a special version of NCSA Telnet for PPP, available from
merit.edu, /pub/ppp directory.

IBM is reportedly shipping TCP/IP for OS/2.  Please
see the FAQ from comp.os.os2.networking for details.

IBM, FTP Software, Beame & Whiteside, Frontier, Netmanage, and Trumpet
Winsock also offer SLIP support in their products. See the resource
listings for details.


A-6. What diagnostic utilities are available to find problems with
my connection?  Where can I get them?

Frequently used diagnostic utilities include ifconfig (checks the
configuration of the network interfaces), ping (tests IP layer
connectivity), traceroute (traces the route that a packet takes
between two sites), netstat (checks the routing table), tcpdump
(protocol analyzer), arp (looks at the IP to Ethernet address
mappings).

KA9Q includes ifconfig, ping and traceroute functions.  In KA9Q hop
check is the equivalent of traceroute.  The Trumpet TCP/IP stack also
has a hopchk2 command that is a traceroute equivalent.

The DNPAP tools (check the resource guide for listings) include
Ethernet packet catchers, networking monitors and a network host
profiler.

Trumpet Winsock comes with Windows implementations of Ping and Traceroute.

A-7. How do I install packet drivers for Windows applications?

The secret is to load the packet driver, then run Windows. If you
are running Trumpet Winsock, you will also have to load WINPKT
before running Windows, as follows:

winpkt 0x60

If you are running DOS applications within a virtual DOS session
under Windows, you should load PKTMUX after your packet driver, as
follows:

PKTMUX 4 [or however many sessions you want]
WIN [load windows]

Then within each DOS session, load PKTDRV, the virtual packet driver.

A-8. When do I need to install WINPKT?

PKTMUX and WINPKT both accomplish the same thing: allowing you to
connect to a DOS packet driver running in real mode from a virtual
DOS session under Windows. PKTMUX is useful when you are running
more than one TCP/IP stack, and since it takes up more RAM and is
slower than WINPKT, you should only use it when you want to run more
than one stack at a time. If you are running only one DOS app,
or are using Trumpet Winsock, stick with WINPKT.

James Harvey ([e-mail]) notes:
Winpkt is only useful running DOS applications with built-in TCP/IP
stacks under Windows, and for some Windows-based stacks (like the
Trumpet winsock.dll).  When an application registers with a packet
driver TSR to receive packets of a specified protocol type, one of the
things it hasto pass as a parameter to the packet driver in the call
is the address of a routine in the application that the packet driver
is to call when it has a packet to pass back to the application.  In
the case of an application running in 386 enhanced mode in a DOS shell
under Windows that is using a packet driver loaded in real mode before
Windows was loaded, the packet driver must ensure that Windows has the
application in memory when it does the callback, otherwise the callback
jumps off into space and your system locks up.  Winpkt does a Windows
system call to force the app into memory before the callback is done.

Erick Engelke ([e-mail]) notes:
Windows in enhanced mode uses the protected mode of the
386 CPU to create multiple virtual machines.  Winpkt tells
Windows to switch to the correct virtual machine before
trying to pass up the packet.  This reduces the chances of
Windows crashing.

A-9. How do I run both WinQVT/Net and ODI?

My advice is to use the Windows Sockets version of WinQVT/Net, Trumpet
Winsock, and ODIPKT. ODIPKT will allow you to run packet driver software
over ODI. You will also need to load WINPKT for Trumpet Winsock.

The loading sequence is:

LSL [Link support layer]
NE2000.COM [or other ODI driver]
IPXODI [IPX version supporting ODI]
NETX
ODIPKT 1 96
WINPKT 0x60
WIN [run windows]

Then run Trumpet Winsock, and load WinQVT/Net.

A-10. Is it possible to use BOOTP over SLIP?

Yes, but it is easier to use dynamic address assignment to get your IP address.
This is where the SLIP server outputs your IP address before switching
to SLIP.

If you need BOOTP, then you should run a BOOTP server on the SLIP
server so that it can tell which SLIP connection originated the
request. Of course, the BOOTP server will ignore the hardware address
of the request originator, but instead will keep track of the SLIP
interface the request came in on. See the question on adding BOOTP to
KA9Q for info on how to handle this on the PC. Under UNIX, you may
have to add BOOTP capability to your slip driver, and rebuild the
kernel. (Not recommended for the squimish).


A-11. How do SLIP and PPP drivers work?

Some TCP/IP applications are written to only support Class 1 (Ethernet)
packet drivers, but do not support Class 6 (SLIP). For these applications, you
need software to make the application think it is dealing with a class 1
interface. This is done by adding fake ethernet headers to incoming
SLIP or PPP packets and stripping the headers off outgoing packets.


A-12. When do I need to use PKTMUX?

PKTMUX is needed to allow you to use more than one TCP/IP stack at the same
time. This is useful if you have applications that require different stacks.
Note that you do not need PKTMUX to run different protocols, since packet
drivers only look at packets in the protocol they're designed to handle,
and therefore you can use more than one of these at a time without conflict.
You also don't need PKTMUX if all your applications use the same TCP/IP stack.

PKTMUX works by looking at outgoing datagrams, and caching information on
source and destination ports and addresses. Using this information, PKTMUX
tries to sort incoming datagrams by TCP/IP stack. If it can't figure out
which stack to send a datagram to (as might be the case if you were running
a server application on a well-known port, and had not sent any outgoing
packets yet), PKTMUX will send the datagram to all stacks. If all stacks
do not complain about the datagram, PKTMUX will throw away the ensuing outgoing
ICMP error message, assuming that one of the stacks correctly received
the datagram. If all stacks complain, it will send a single ICMP message
and throw the rest away.

While PKTMUX does its job very well, there are some situations that it cannot
handle, such as port conflicts. If two applications open the same TCP port,
chaos is inevitable, and there is little that PKTMUX can do to help.

A-13. Can NDIS be used underneath multiple protocol stacks of the same type?
No. There is no equivalent to PKTMUX for NDIS.

A-14. Is there an NDIS over Packet Driver Shim?
Joe Doupnik writes:

"No. Packet Drivers work by having an application register
for a particular packet TYPE, such as 0800 for IP. NDIS works much
differently, by offering a peekahead of every packet to applications in turn,
a polling operation. The only way NDIS could gracefully sit on a PD would
be to run the Packet Driver in all-types mode and let NDIS see all pkts
not used by other clients. Needless to say, that's an undesirable situation.
The quick solution, costing about US$100 (at least at my place,
more at yours) is a second Ethernet board in the client together with a
second IP address (most important, please)."

A-15. How do I run NetBIOS over TCP/IP?

NetBIOS over TCP/IP is discussed in RFCs 1001 and 1002, which defines
three types of NetBIOS nodes:

* B nodes, which use UDP broadcast packets to distribute datagrams and
resolve names.
* P nodes, which use point-to-point communications and which
require NetBIOS Datagram Distribution (NBDD) and NetBIOS Name
Servers (NBNS). P nodes do not listen to or use broadcast
services, so they cannot be used alongside B nodes. Unfortunately NBNS,
and NBDD servers were not widely implemented, and those
that do exist (such as an implementation from Network Telesystems)
are not inexpensive.
* M nodes, which use both point-to-point and broadcast.

B node technology cannot be used on an IP internet without extensions,
since UDP broadcast packets are not forwarded through routers. This
is not a problem with use of NetBIOS over IPX/SPX, since in IPX/SPX
broadcast packets are forwarded.

However, M and P node technology is not supported by popular
TCP/IP implementations such as WFW TCP/IP or FTP's PC/TCP. PC/TCP supports
B node technology with extensions such as a broadcast file, host file,
or DNS resolution of NetBIOS names. Windows NT uses an LMHOSTS file
for resolving names. I  have heard that Windows Internet Name Service
(WINS) will support P nodes, but have no time frame for this.

According to Chip Sparling of FTP Software:

"From what I remember from our discussions of a few years ago, P
nodes were only implemented by Ungermann Bass and 3COM (and they
required you to use a NetBIOS name resolver which was non-rfc 1001, 1002 compliant),
nobody did M nodes (as far as I remember) and PC-LAN, Lantastic and
LanManager used B node.  Also, if you did a P or M node it wouldn't be
compatible with a B node NetBIOS.  We decided that we could give the
compatibility and functionality (routability) with a B node plus
extensions implementation.  So, that's what we did."

Without implementation of M and P node technology, the only way
to run over an IP internet is to to implement B node technology
with extensions, as FTP Software does in PC/TCP. According to Chip,
"one way to handle large numbers of hosts on multiple networks is
to use the broadcast file extenstion.  Instead of putting specific
ip addresses in the broadcast file, use a subnet broadcast address
like nnn.nnn.nnn.255. which will cover an entire subnet."

Assuming you don't need any of the extensions to RFC NetBIOS
Microsoft created to make NetBIOS work smoothly in a routed environment
(available only in their IP stack), you can choose from a wide variety of
commercial vendors. For example, FTP Software's PC/TCP includes RFC NetBIOS
support; Performance Technologies has a NetBIOS that runs over packet drivers,
as does Accton (LANSoft).

If any other vendors are reading this, I'd love to have information
on how *you* implement NetBIOS over TCP/IP, and whether you can
operate on an IP internet.

A-16. How do I get my BBS to run over TCP/IP?

First off, let's clarify what we mean by "over TCP/IP." Usually
this means "accessible via Telnet." Be aware that doing this will
not necessarily work well, since few BBSes have been tested running
over TCP/IP. As a result you may experience frequent crashes, or
abominable transfer rates. For example, I have seen
transfer rates as low as 100 characters/second over a 14.4 Kbps
PPP connection which routinely supports 1600 cps transfers with
FTP.

This situation might be improved by running an FTP server instead.
This could be accomplished for example by running KA9Q in another
window under DesQView, or by putting the files on an NFS-mounted
drive, then using another machine as the FTP server.

One way to hook up a multi-line BBS is to use a terminal server,
and hook up the BBS's serial ports to that. The disadvantage of this is that
if your BBS is really big you will need multiple terminal servers
which will each have their own domain names and TCP/IP addresses.
Confusing.

Brian Clements of Murkworks has a better solution, called BBSnet.
It provides a Telnet interface that looks like a FOSSIL driver.  The first
version runs partly as an NLM; some of the code resides on the server.
For info, contact

BBSnet,MurkWorks, Inc., P.O. Box 631,Potsdam, NY 13676,
[phone], [e-mail]

A-17. Stick diagrams

It has been proposed that we begin to collect some diagrams of working
combinations of hardware, drivers, shims, stacks, and applications. I'm
game, and have made a start below. If you've got some other exotic
configuration that works (or if you've tried one of the configurations below
and discovered it doesn't work, drop me a line).

   Running an individual DOS application under Windows

    NCSA telnet / DOS Trumpet / POPmail/ PC Gopher III
                 |
             DOS Session
                 |
             Windows 3.1
                 |
               WinPKT
                 |
            Packet driver or Shim
                 |
                DOS
         |
           Network Adapter


DOS Trumpet, NCSA Telnet, and WinQVT/Net over Ethernet under Windows

                                                QVT/NET
                                                   |
     TRUMPET                    NCSA telbin        |
       |                             |             |
     PKTDRV1                     PKTDRVn           |
       |                             |             |
     DOS Session                DOS Session    Windows Session
       +-----------+-----------------+             |
                   |                               |
                   +                               |
             WINDOWS 3.1 .............        WINDOWS 3.1
                   |                               |
                   |                      PKTINT(QVT/NET own)
                   |                               |
                   |                           PKTDRVx
                   +-------------------------------+
               PKTMUX n
                   |
          Packet Driver or SHIM
                   |
                  DOS
           |
            Network Adapter

PC Gopher III, NCSA Telnet over CSLIP under Windows




  PC Gopher III                 NCSA telbin
       |                             |
     PKTDRV1                     PKTDRVn
       |                             |
     DOS Session                DOS Session
       +-----------+-----------------+
                   |
                   +
             WINDOWS 3.1
                   |
                   |
                   |
                   |
                   +
                PKTMUX n
                   |
               CSLIPPER
                   |
                  DOS
           |
          Serial Port

PC Gopher II and Novell on a LAN - Alternative I
[Didn't work for me, but it's supposed to be OK]

               NOVELL
PC Gopher        |
  III            |
   |             |
DOS Session    NETX
   |             |
 Windows 3.1     |
   |           PDIPX
  WINPKT        /
     \         /
      \       /
       \     /
        \   /
     Packet Driver
          |
     DOS
          |
     Network Adapter


PC Gopher III and Novell on a LAN - Alternative II

                                  PC-Gopher III
                      |
                  DOS Session
                      |
                      Windows 3.1
                                      |
                                      |
                    Novell            |
                        \            /
                      NETX         WINPKT
                          \        /
                        IPXODI   ODIPKT
                             \   /
                              \ /
                   |
            Link Support Layer
                               |
                            ODI driver
                   |
                  DOS
                               |
                          Network Adapter

WinQVT/Net and PC Gopher II and Novell over a LAN - Alternative I

PC Gopher
  III
   |             Win QVT/Net
 PKTDRV1            |
   |                |
DOS session      Windows 3.1
   |                |
Windows 3.1      PKTINT (QVT/NET own)
   |                |
   |             PKTDRVn
 WinPKT             |
   |                |          NOVELL
   +----------------+            |
   |                             |
   |                             |
 PKTMUX n                      NETX
   |                             |
    \                          PDIPX
     \                           |
      \                          |
       \                         |
        \                        |
     Packet Driver --------------+
          |
     DOS
          |
     Network Adapter

WinQVT/Net, PC Gopher III and Novell over a LAN - Alternative II

                                             QVT/Net
  PC Gopher III                 NCSA telbin        |
       |                             |             |
     PKTDRV1        .....        PKTDRVn           |
       |           |                 |             |
     DOS Session                DOS Session    Windows Session
       +-----------+-----------------+             |
                   |                               |
           |                               |
             WINDOWS 3.1 .......................WINDOWS 3.1
                   |                               |
                   |                      PKTINT(QVT/NET own)
                   |                               |
                   |                           PKTDRVx
                     |                               |
           |                           |
           |                           |
           |                           |
           +------------------+------------+
                      |
                    Novell            |
                        \            /
                      NETX         PKTMUX n (use if >1 TCP/IP app)
                          \        /
                        IPXODI   ODIPKT
                             \   /
                              \ /
                   |
                Link Support Layer
                               |
                           ODI driver
                               |
              Network Adapter



PC Eudora and Windows Trumpet over CSLIP under Windows using Trumpet Winsock


 PC Eudora    Windows Trumpet
     \         /
      \       /
       \     /
        \   /
       TCPMAN
          |
     Windows 3.1
      |
     WINPKT 0x60
          |
         DOS
          |
      Serial Port

PC Eudora and Windows Trumpet supporting Ethernet and CSLIP under Windows
using NDIS supporting stack [Chameleon]

[Please note: this is not possible under Trumpet Winsock, since it can
only handle a single interface; it requires a stack that routes]

 PC Eudora    Windows Trumpet
     \         /
      \       /
       \     /
        \   /
      Chameleon NEWT
          |
      Windows v3.1
          |
      +------------------+
      |                  |
    Protocol Manager         |
          |                  |
      NDIS Mac Driver     Serial Port
          |
         DOS
          |
     Ethernet card



PC Eudora, Windows Trumpet, and KA9Q under Windows

       WinTrump   PC Eudora
            \     /
             \   /
 KA9Q         \ /
   |           |
 PKTDRV      TCPMAN
     \         |
      \       /
       \     /
        \   /
     \ /
        Windows
          |
        PKTDRV 0x62
      |
        PKTMUX 2
          |
     Packet Driver
          |
         DOS
          |
     Ethernet Card

HGopher, PC Eudora, and WinTrumpet Under Windows
(Whether the TCP/IP stack is loaded before or
after Windows depends on the stack)

       HGopher
         |
         |
   PC    |
 Eudora  |  WinTrumpet
     \   |   /
      \  |  /
       \ | /
        \|/
       TCPMAN
         |
     Windows 3.1
         |
      WINPKT
         |
  Packet Driver
         |
        DOS
         |
   Ethernet Card

A-18. Strange and wonderful configuration files

Robert Clift ([e-mail]) writes:

"I have WinQVT/Net 3.4, PC Gopher III (including NCSA DOS Telnet), KA9Q
(gopher and FTP server), and POPMail all running together under Windows
over PKTMUX on a 3C503 packet driver (and ehternet card)."

Here is the stick diagram (yikes!):

Win/QVTNet 3.7     KA9Q Gopher      PC POPMail 3.2     PC Gopher III 1.01
on interrupt 65    & FTP Server           \                    /
    \                  |                    \                /
      \                |                      \            /
        \              |                        \        /
          \          PKTDRV                       PKTDRV
            \          |                            /
              \      DOS Session               DOS Session
                \      |                        /
                  \    |    -------------------
                    \  |  /
                  Windows 3.1
                       |
                     PKINT
                       |
         PKTDRV on Int 65 no listeners set
                       |
           PKTMUX 1.2 with 3 channels
                       |
          Clarkson 3C503 Packet Driver
                   |
                  DOS
                       |
           3Com Etherlink II/16 TP
                       |
                    Ethernet

NOTES:

Win/QVTNet must be loaded as the very first Windows application and must be
kept operating as long as your are in Windows.  It appears that its TCP/IP
stack does some strange things when it disconnects and kills access to the
actual packet driver.

I run PC gopher and POPMail alternatively, so they share one channel which
is allocated via PKTDRV before running the application and deallocated
after the application is finished (I usually throw in a reset command to
PMTMUX as well just to be safe).

To explain what is happening (as best I can since a lot of this came from
experimentation):

1.  The packet driver is loaded
2.  PKTMUX is run over the packet driver in order to multiplex it (in this
    case three channels).
3.  A virtual packet driver is loaded for Win/QVTNet on interrupt 65 and
    the packet driver is told that it is not to listen for any server
    requests.
4.  PKINT is loaded over top of the virtual packet driver
5.  Start Windows and run Win/QVTNet as the first application, it must be
    kept running throughout the Windows session.
6.  Load a virtual packet driver from a DOS session and start KA9Q.  I use
    the following batch file to do this:

         c:\network\pktdrv 63 /l
         h:
         cd \
         net091b
         c:\network\pktdrv 63 /uu
         c:\network\pktmux /r

7.  Load a virtual packet driver and run PC Gopher or POPMail as needed.  I
    use the following batch files for PC Gopher and POPMail respectively:

         c:\network\pktdrv 63
         h:\goph-cli\gopher /T=h:\goph-cli\text /X=h:\goph-cli\binary
         c:\network\pktdrv 63 /uu


         c:\network\pktdrv 66 /c
         h:\popmail\popmail /noems
         c:\network\pktdrv 66 /uu

8.  The only problem seems to be that the NNTP module in Win/QVTNet will
    not operate correctly if POPMail is operating.  Otheriwse it seems to
    work okay without too many problems.

A-19. How do I get hold of the Packet Driver CD-ROM?

The Packet Driver, WinSock & TCP/IP CD-ROM is available from
CDPublishing for $29.95.

CDPublishing, [phone], [phone], fax: [phone],
email: [e-mail], FTP archive: ftp.CDPublishing.com,
Gopher site: gopher.CDPublishing.com, WWW: http://www.CDPublishing.com

A-20. Does Windows NT support PPP? SLIP?

The "Daytona" release of Windows NT will include support for
PPP (client and server) and SLIP (client), both including
support for Van Jacobson header compression.

A-21. Where can I take a peak at the WFW v3.11 VxD beta?

This is a beta release of the forthcoming 32 bit-TCP/IP stack for
Windows for Workgroups v3.11. This is looking *very* good.
It supports DHCP automatic configuration,  and Windows Sockets v1.1.
Available via:
file://ftp.microsoft.com/PerOpSys/WFW/tcpip/vxdbeta, README.1st

B. Hints for particular packages

B-1. What do I need to know before setting up SLIP or PPP?

Before setting up your SLIP or PPP connection, you should
have available the following information:

* The domain name and TCP/IP address of your host.
* Whether your TCP/IP address will be assigned statically,
  dynamically, or from the server.
* The domain name and TCP/IP address of your machine (if you are not
  configuring the address dynamically or via BOOTP)
* The domain name and TCP/IP address of the primary and secondary
  Domain Name Server.
* The subnet mask.
* The domain name and TCP/IP address of an NNTP server.
* Whether your host supports POP, and if so, what version.
* Whether the host supports compressed or uncompressed SLIP, or PPP.
* The size of the Maximum Receivable Unit (MRU).


Do not attempt to connect to your host before you have this
information, since it will just waste your time and money, and may
cause problems for the network.  In particular, do not attempt to
initiate a connection using a made up TCP/IP address! It is possible
that your made-up address may conflict with an existing address.

This is probably the quickest way to get people very angry at you.

Static addressing means that your TCP/IP address will always
be the same.  This makes it easy to configure your setup files.
Dynamic addressing means that the host will send you a message
containing your TCP/IP address when you log on. This can be
problematic if your software doesn't support grabbing the address
and inserting it into the setup files. If not, then you may have
to edit your setup files every time you log on. Yuck!

Chameleon NFS includes a version of SLIP which can handle dynamic
addressing. The most recent version of Novell's Lan Workplace for
DOS does as well.

If your software supports Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP), then you can
also determine your address by retrieving it from the BOOTP server.
PPP also supports server assignment of TCP/IP addresses.


B-2. How do I configure SLIPDIAL?

From Ashok Aiyar, [e-mail]:

PHONE Script Files:

PHONE comes with several scripts (for various modems) and for the
University of Minnesota Terminal server built into it.  The command
PHONE WRITE writes these scripts to an ASCII file called PHONE.CMD,
which can be edited to your needs (modem and slip server)

The documentation that accompanies PHONE, provides good instructions on
writing script files to get PHONE to dial SLIP servers other than
the University of Minnesota server.  For example here is a script
that I use to dial a CISCO server at the University that I attend.

Background:  To start a SLIP connection, I dial our terminal server,
and login with a username and password.  After doing so, I start a SLIP
session with the following command "slip username-slip.dialin.cwru.edu",
followed by my password -- again.

Here then is the relevant portion of the PHONE.CMD script file -
#
# CWRU-TS2 SLIP login script by Ashok Aiyar 3/26/93
# Last revised 3/28/93
Procedure    Host.CWRU.Login
TimeOut 60      'CWRU-TS2 terminal server is not responding'
Message         "CWRU-TS2 SLIP login script -- Version 1.1"
Message         'Waiting for SLIP server to respond'
Quiet ON
Expect 'Verification'
Message         'Request for User Verification Received from CWRU-TS2'
Message         'Sending your user name and password'
Quiet OFF
Expect   'Username:'
Send '%u<'
Expect   'Password:'
Private
Send '%p<'
Reject    'Access denied'   'Your user name or password was not accepted'
TimeOut 30    'SLIP server did not respond to your validation request'
Expect 'CWRU-TS2>'
Send 'SLIP<'
TimeOut 10    'SLIP server did not respond to SLIP command'
Expect 'IP hostname or address:'
Send '%u-slip.dialin.cwru.edu<'
TimeOut 10 'SLIP server did not respond to hostname'
Reject    'Bad IP address'   'Incorrect Hostname'
Expect 'Password:'
Send '%p<'
Reject    'Access denied'    'Password not accepted.'
TimeOut 10
Expect 'Header Compression will match your system'
Message 'Login to CWRU SLIP server successful'
Wait 1.0
EndProcedure   Host.CWRU.Login
#
#
Procedure      Host.CWRU.LogOut
# Nothing special needs to be done to logout
EndProcedure   Host.CWRU.LogOut
#
#   End of Script file
#
----------------------------------------------------------------------
How to use packet drivers other than UMSLIP with PHONE?

The quick answer -- there is no "clean" way.  Below is a batch file
hack that I wrote to use PHONE with other packet drivers.  In this
example, the packet driver is Peter Tattam's CSLIPPER.  To use a
batch file like this, you must know the parameters with which you
plan to use the packet driver -- i.e interrupt vector, baud rate,
port address, and IRQ.  This batch file requires UMSLIP.COM,
CSLIPPER.EXE, and TERMIN.COM to be in the same directory
or in your path ...

All that the BATCH file does is to let you dial the SLIP connection
using PHONE, load the appropriate packet driver, hangup the
connection, and unload the driver when you are done ...

-- being CWRUSLIP.BAT --
@echo off
rem   this batch file is an ugly hack of U. of Minn. "SLIP.BAT"
rem   awaiting a version of C/SLIPPER that can directly interact
rem   with PHONE
rem   CWRUSLIP.BAT file is used with PHONE.EXE to start a SLIP
rem   connection on CWRU-TS2
rem   last modified 3/28/93 -- Ashok Aiyar

@echo off
cls
goto start

:start
if %1. == ?.         goto help
if %1. == help.      goto help
if %1. == setup.     goto setup
if %1. == dial.      goto forceD
if %1. == hangup.    goto forceH
if %1. == quit.      goto forceH
if %1. == HELP.      goto help
if %1. == SETUP.     goto setup
if %1. == DIAL.      goto forceD
if %1. == QUIT.      goto forceH
goto bogus
goto unload

:forceH
termin 0x60
umslip >nul
phone force hangup
goto unload

:slipper
termin 0x60
REM  the following line must be changed to reflect the COM port,
REM  IRQ, baud rate, and software interrupt
lh c:\packet\cslipper com1 vec=60 baud=57600 ether
goto end

:forceD
termin 0x60
umslip >nul
phone force dial
goto slipper

:setup
termin 0x60
umslip >nul
phone setup
goto help

:unload
termin 0x60
goto end

:bogus
echo %1 is not a valid command.
echo Try "cwruslip help" for a list of valid commands
echo.

:help
echo --------------------------------------------------------------
echo           Case Western Reserve University SLIP Setup
echo                  using Univ. of Minnesota PHONE
echo --------------------------------------------------------------
echo cwruslip setup     modem settings, phone number, username etc.
echo.
echo cwruslip dial      DIAL and establish the SLIP connection
echo cwruslip quit      HANGUP the phone and unload the driver
echo cwruslip help      this screen
echo.

:end
-- end CWRUSLIP.BAT --


B-3. What version of KA9Q should I use and where do I
get it?

Version 1.0b is the latest and greatest, being based on the N1BEE 0.85-beta
which is based on PA9GRI 2.0m NOS. Version 10b includes support for NTP, CSO,
gopher, FTP, and SMTP/POP2/POP3 servers, plus VT102 and packet filtering
support. Base code is by Ashok Aiyar ([e-mail]).

Available as:

file://biochemistry.bioc.cwru.edu/pub/nos/nos10b.exe, nos10b.txt,
nos10b.map, nos192.txt, nos_1229.man, vt102.zip, filter.txt, autoexec.nos

From [e-mail] (Michael Bernardi):

"Demon Internet Services have a dialin Internet service in the UK.
They also support a customised version of KA9Q optimised for
dialup, they also support the PCElm mailer, SNEWS news reader and
a customised front end. There is also a combined NEWS and MAIL
program called CPPNEWS and an alternative MAIL program called
VIEW, these last are unsupported by [e-mail] but other
DIS users do support them. All these programs can be found on
ftp.demon.co.uk in the pub/ibmpc/ directory, and are written to
work with KA9Q (specifically the DIS version)."

Anthony McCarthy has added a multi-windowing system to KA9Q that
supports the mouse, which has been recommended. See Resource
listings for info.


B-4. What do I need to run KA9Q? Why won't it do VT-100 emulation?

KA9Q is usually run from a startup script, such as my script
startnos.bat:

\nos\drivers\8003pkdr
\nos\net -d \nos

Here I first load the packet drivers for my 8003 Ethernet card, then
run KA9Q (known as net.exe).

The KA9Q package then reads commands from a configuration file, called
AUTOEXEC.NOS.

For VT100 emulation with KA9Q, try using Giles Todd's VT102.COM,
available via ftp from ftp.demon.co.uk, cd /pub/ibmpc/DIS.


B-5. How do I configure KA9Q as a SLIP connection?  a router?

Here is a sample CSLIP only configuration file:

# Set the host name
#
hostname aboba.slip.netcom.com
ip address [192.187.134.3]
#
#
#
# Configure COM3 on Interrupt 5, at 38400 bps with
# RTS/CTS (c) and Van Jacobson Compression (v) and MTU = 1008
#
attach asy 0x3e8 5 VJSLIP sl0 8092 1008 38400 cv
ifconfig sl0 netmask 255.255.255.252
#
#
#
route add default sl0
# route all packets over sl0 by default (sl0 is the route to
# the Internet)
#
# Time To Live is the maximum number of hops a packet can take
# before it is thrown away.  This command prevents an inadvertent
# infinite loop from occuring with packets in the network.
#
ip ttl 400
#
#-------------------------------------------------
#
# The Maximum Segment Size is the largest single transmission that
# you care to receive.  An mss of 216 will force folks to send you
# packets of 256 characters or less (counting the overhead).
#
tcp mss 1048
#
#-------------------------------------------------
#
# The Window parameter establishes the maximum number of bytes that
# may be outstanding before your system expects an ack.  If window is
# twice as big as mss, for example, there will be two active packets
# on the channel at any given time.  Large values of window provide
# improved throughput on full-duplex links, but are a problem on the
# air.  Keep mss <= window <= 2*mss if you're on the air.
#
#
tcp window 6888
#
#-------------------------------------------------
#
# This entry will open net.log in the \spool directory and will
# record the server activity of your system.  If you don't want a log,
# comment out this line; if you do, make sure you have a \spool
# directory!
#
log \spool\net.log
#
#-------------------------------------------------
#
# Each of the servers (services you will provide) must be turned
# on before they will be active.  The following entries turn all
# of them on.  To turn any function off use the command 'stop' after
# NET gets fired up, or just comment out the line here.
#
start ftp
start echo
start discard
#start telnet
start smtp
#
isat on
#
domain addserver 192.100.81.101
domain addserver 192.100.81.105
smtp gateway 140.174.7.1
#
#
#  Display Name and IP Address
#
hostname
ip address
#
# Just for yucks, lets try calling the other end.
comm sl0 atdt14082411528
# THE END

After executing this setup file, you should hear the modem dial out
to your SLIP host. Enter TIP sl0 at the prompt to be connected to the
SLIP interface. You will then see your hosts's login prompt. Give
the login name and password, and when you go into SLIP mode, hit
F10 to get back to the prompt. Note that newer versions of KA9Q
may not be compatible with the comm command, since they support
more sophisticated dialing scripts.

Type RESET 1 at the prompt. This moves session 1 from tip mode into
SLIP mode. Type another RESET to kill any residual processes that
may be operating.

At this point you should have a functioning connection. You might
try to ping your host via the command:
PING <host adddress>
If this works, you will then see the round trip time to your host,
in milliseconds.

Other possible diagnostic commands:

ASYSTAT <interface>    Gives statistics on packets received, sent, etc.
TRACE <interface> 1011    Shows incoming characters
RIP TRACE 1        Traces RIP packets
HOPCHK <address>    Traces the route to the designated system. Useful
            for figuring out routing problems.

Routing

The KA9Q configuration that follows uses two interfaces, one a CSLIP
interface to an annex terminal server (sl0), the other an Ethernet
interface (lan) with another machine (a NeXT) attached.

Note the use of Van Jacobson compression (v) on the slip line, as well
as the strange interrupt settings (Interrupt 5, port is COM3).  One of
the nice things about KA9Q is that it is flexible enough to deal with
such situations.

Here is a sample router configuration file:

# Set the host name
#
hostname gate.slip.holonet.net
#
#
# Configure COM3 on Interrupt 5, at 38400 bps with
# RTS/CTS (c) and Van Jacobson Compression (v)
#
attach asy 0x3e8 5 VJSLIP sl0 8092 576 38400 cv
ifconfig sl0 ipaddress [157.151.0.253] netmask 255.255.255.0
#
# FTP, Inc., compatible packet driver installed at software interrupt number
# 0x60; probably an Ethernet card of some kind.
#
attach packet 0x60 lan 2 1500
ifconfig lan ipaddress [157.151.64.1] netmask 255.255.255.0
#
route add default sl0
# The local Ethernet has a Class C network address so
# route all IP addresses beginning with 157.151.64 to it.
route add 157.151.64/24 lan
#
#
# Time To Live is the maximum number of hops a packet can take
# before it is thrown away.  This command prevents an inadvertent
# infinite loop from occuring with packets in the network.
#
ip ttl 400
#
#-------------------------------------------------
#
# The Maximum Segment Size is the largest single transmission that
# you care to receive.  An mss of 216 will force folks to send you
# packets of 256 characters or less (counting the overhead).
#
tcp mss 576
#
#-------------------------------------------------
#
# The Window parameter establishes the maximum number of bytes
# that may be outstanding before your system expects an ack.
# If window is twice as big as mss, for example, there will be two
# active packets on the channel at any given time.  Large values of
# window provide improved throughput on full-duplex links, but are a
# problem on the air.  Keep  mss <= window <= 2*mss if you're on the air.
#
#
tcp window 6888
#
#-------------------------------------------------
#
# This entry will open net.log in the \spool directory and will
# record the server activity of your system.  If you don't want a log,
# comment out this line; if you do, make sure you have a \spool
# directory!
#
log \spool\net.log
#
#-------------------------------------------------
#
# Each of the servers (services you will provide) must be turned
# on before they will be active.  The following entries turn all
# of them on.  To turn any function off use the command 'stop' after
# NET gets fired up, or just comment out the line here.
#
start ftp
start echo
start discard
#start telnet
start smtp
#
isat on
#
domain addserver 157.151.0.2
domain addserver 157.151.0.1
smtp gateway 157.151.0.2
#
#
# Use Router Information Protocol (RIP) to inform the router at
# 157.151.0.253 about the existence of the local network. Send
# RIP packets every 240 seconds.
rip add 157.151.0.253 240
#
#
# Just for yucks, lets try calling the other end...
#
comm sl0 atdt7041063
#
# THE END

Here is another routing configuration file, using proxy arp:

# Set the host name
#
hostname gate.slip.holonet.net
#
#
# Configure COM3 on Interrupt 5, at 38400 bps with
# RTS/CTS (c) and Van Jacobson Compression (v)
#
attach asy 0x3e8 5 VJSLIP sl0 8092 576 38400 cv
ifconfig sl0 ipaddress [157.151.0.253] netmask 255.255.255.0
#
# FTP, Inc., compatible packet driver installed at software interrupt number
# 0x60; probably an Ethernet card of some kind.
#
attach packet 0x60 lan 2 1500
ifconfig lan ipaddress [157.151.64.1] netmask 255.255.255.0
#
#  Set Routing Tables
#
#
route add default sl0
# The local Ethernet has a Class C network address so
# route all IP addresses beginning with 157.151.64 to it.
route add 157.151.64/24 lan
#
#  Use Proxy ARP
#
arp publish 157.151.64.1 ether 00:00:c0:33:f3:13
arp publish 157.151.64.254 ether 00:00:c0:33:f3:13
#
#  For PC AT
#
isat on
#
# Add Domain Name Servers
#
domain addserver 157.151.0.2
domain addserver 157.151.0.1
smtp gateway 157.151.0.2
#
#
# Time To Live is the maximum number of hops a packet can take
# before it is thrown away.  This command prevents an inadvertent
# infinite loop from occuring with packets in the network.
#
ip ttl 400
#
#-------------------------------------------------
#
# The Maximum Segment Size is the largest single transmission that
# you care to receive.  An mss of 216 will force folks to send you
# packets of 256 characters or less (counting the overhead).
#
tcp mss 576
#
#-------------------------------------------------
#
# The Window parameter establishes the maximum number of bytes
# that may be outstanding before your system expects an ack.
# If window is twice as big as mss, for example, there will be two
# active packets on the channel at any given time.  Large values of
# window provide improved throughput on full-duplex links, but are a
# problem on the air.  Keep  mss <= window <= 2*mss if you're on the air.
#
#
tcp window 6888
#
#-------------------------------------------------
#
# This entry will open net.log in the \spool directory and will
# record the server activity of your system.  If you don't want a log,
# comment out this line; if you do, make sure you have a \spool
# directory!
#
log \spool\net.log
#
#-------------------------------------------------
#
# Each of the servers (services you will provide) must be turned
# on before they will be active.  The following entries turn all
# of them on.  To turn any function off use the command 'stop' after
# NET gets fired up, or just comment out the line here.
#
start ftp
start echo
start discard
#start telnet
start smtp
#
#  Display Name and IP Address
#
hostname
ip address
#
# Just for yucks, lets try calling the other end.
comm sl0 atdt7041063
# THE END



B-6  How do I get KA9Q to support BOOTP?

Steven L. Johnson ([e-mail]) notes:

  KA9Q does have a bootp client but it is not compiled in by default.
  It has a bug that truncates the returned ip address to 16 bits
  which must be corrected before it will work.  It also complains
  about bootp servers that only support RFC 951 bootp without RFC
  1084 (or 1048) vendor extensions.  Other than that it seems to work
  for me.

  To enable the bootp client, add the following line to config.h:

    #define BOOTP 1

  To correct the ip address truncation problem, in bootp.c change:

                Ip_addr = (int) reply.yiaddr.s_addr;    /* yiaddr */
                          ^^^^^problem
  at line 188 to:

                Ip_addr = (int32) reply.yiaddr.s_addr;    /* yiaddr */
                          ^^^^^^^solution

  And of course, recompile.

  This worked on the src1229 (1991) version and may work on the
  most recent version.  I did check to make sure that the bug still
  exists, but I haven't rechecked whether there are additional
  problems in the new version.


B-7  How do I get DesQView X to run over the network?

V1.0 of DesQView X did not include a TCP/IP protocol stack.
Surprise! It required a TCP/IP implementation such as Beame & Whiteside,
PC-NFS, FTP's PC/TCP, or Novell LWP. They've corrected the situation
in subsequent revisions. Contact QuarterDeck for assistance.

[pricing and availability, anyone?]

B-8. Why is NFS so slow compared with FTP?

NFS usually runs over RPC via UDP, rather than utilizing TCP. NFS only
acknowledges a write request when the disk completes; there
are no sliding windows as in TCP. This makes NFS fairly inefficient.

Frances K. Selkirk ([e-mail] ) notes:

"There are NFS implementations that use TCP. They are only
faster over WANs. UDP is faster over most normally functioning LANs.
The lockstep paradigm is inherent to NFS, but some implementations
provide the ability to violate it - a speed win when the net is
reliable, a loss when it is not.

Whatever the transport, NFS will have more overhead than TCP, because
it is trying to transparently imitate an OS, and has to do a lot of
shuffling and translating."

B-9  How do I get KA9Q to support PPP?

Here is a sample ppp configuration file:

# Set the host name
#
hostname aboba.slip.netcom.com
ip address [192.187.134.3]
#
#
#
# Configure COM3 on Interrupt 5, at 38400 bps with
# MTU = 1008
#
attach asy 0x3e8 5 ppp pp0 8092 1008 38400
dialer pp0 dialer.ppp
ifconfig pp0 netmask 255.255.255.252
ppp pp0 trace 2
ppp pp0 quick
ppp pp0 lcp open
ppp pp0 ipcp open
#
#
#
route add default pp0
# route all packets over pp0 by default (pp0 is the route to
# the Internet)
#
# Time To Live is the maximum number of hops a packet can take
# before it is thrown away.  This command prevents an inadvertent
# infinite loop from occuring with packets in the network.
#
ip ttl 400
#
#-------------------------------------------------
#
# The Maximum Segment Size is the largest single transmission that
# you care to receive.  An mss of 216 will force folks to send you
# packets of 256 characters or less (counting the overhead).
#
tcp mss 1048
#
#-------------------------------------------------
#
# The Window parameter establishes the maximum number of bytes that
# may be outstanding before your system expects an ack.  If window is
# twice as big as mss, for example, there will be two active packets
# on the channel at any given time.  Large values of window provide
# improved throughput on full-duplex links, but are a problem on the
# air.  Keep mss <= window <= 2*mss if you're on the air.
#
#
tcp window 6888
#
#-------------------------------------------------
#
# This entry will open net.log in the \spool directory and will
# record the server activity of your system.  If you don't want a log,
# comment out this line; if you do, make sure you have a \spool
# directory!
#
log \spool\net.log
#
#-------------------------------------------------
#
# Each of the servers (services you will provide) must be turned
# on before they will be active.  The following entries turn all
# of them on.  To turn any function off use the command "stop" after
# NET gets fired up, or just comment out the line here.
#
start ftp
start echo
start discard
#start telnet
start smtp
#
isat on
#
domain addserver 192.100.81.101
domain addserver 192.100.81.105
smtp gateway 140.174.7.1
#
#
#  Display Name and IP Address
#
hostname
ip address
#
# THE END

In file dialer.ppp:

control down
wait 1000
control up
wait 1000
wait 2000
send "at\r"
wait 3000 "OK"
send "atdt8659004\r"
wait 60000 "login: "
send "<userID>\r"
wait 5000 "word:"
wait 1000
send "<password>\r"


B-10. How do I get KA9Q to support SLIP dialin?

If you are willing to settle for little or no security, there is not
much you have to change to allow a KA9Q system to receive calls, as
opposed to originating them. These should include:

1. Setting the system to autoanswer, via use of the ATS0=1 command to
the modem.

2. Setting up a trace on the router end, to figure out if it's working,
via the command:
TRACE <interface> 1011, where <interface> = sl0 for SLIP, or another
value such as LAN or ether0 for the Ethernet interface. It's probably
a good idea to put a trace on all interfaces until the system is
shaken down.

Note that without addition of a special dialing script, this setup
is completely insecure!

B-11. Where can I get information on running Novell and TCP/IP
      concurrently?

The bit.listserv.novell group (NOVELL@SUVM) regularly posts a FAQ
which includes information on concurrent use of TCP/IP and Novell
IPX.

B-12. What Novell TCP/IP NLMs are out there and how do I get them to
work?

There are publicly distributable FTP daemon and BOOTP NLMs for
NetWare v3.11. Some have noted that these NLMs tend to crash the
server after a few hours. [Anyone with better success?] See
the Resource Listings for info.

B-13. How do I get a telecommunications package supporting Int 14h
to work?

INT 14 is the BIOS serial port interrupt. "Int 14h redirection" means
that Interrupt 14 is redirected to a Telnet connection to a
particular host. This is useful because it allows a communications
application to readily support telnet. Int 14h support is becoming
increasing common, with vendors such as Mustang (QMODEM Pro) and
Procomm Plus for networks having included this feature.

Aside from commercial stacks (such as FTP's PC/TCP),
try the TCPPORT program in WATTCP, available via ftp
dorm.rutgers.edu, get /pub/msdos/wattcp/apps.zip. However, I have
tried to get this to run with QMODEM Pro and found that I didn't
have enough RAM.

FTP's PC/TCP includes a program called tnglass that supports Int 14h
redirection.

B-14. How do I get SLIP working with NDIS products such as
Windows For Workgroup TCP/IP?

Rumour has it that there is a serial NDIS driver available called
NBR11. This is available via ftp complab.gtri.gatech.edu,
cd /pub/lanman/ndis.

B-15. How do I get Windows For Workgroups to work alongside Novell?

ODINSUP from Novell is an NDIS over ODI shim. This allows you to run
software requiring ODI drivers, as well as software requiring NDIS
drivers. Since IPX and TCP/IP are different protocols, you will not
need to run PKTMUX.

Available via ftp.novell.com,
cd /netwire/novfiles/client.kit/doswin/files/WSDOS1.EXE.

B-16. NCSA Telnet doesn't reassemble fragments. What should I do?

Yell at the folks at NCSA to fix the problem, and to notify all
the people who are using the same TCP/IP code to insert the fix in
their software as well. This problem is really common, and
very annoying, and affects NCSA Telnet as well as PC Gopher III,
and POPmail. One possible workaround is to set the MTU to 576,
but this will not always work.

B-17. How come I package X doesn't support the AppleTalk packet driver?

An AppleTalk driver is available as appletlk.com as part of the Crynwr
driver set. NCSA Telnet 2.3.03 and NuPOP support it, but very few other
applications do, including Trumpet Winsock. This is because AppleTalk
corresponds to packet driver class 5, while most applications only
support Class 1 (Ethernet).

Vendors with Windows Sockets implementations that support AppleTalk include
FTP Software's PC/TCP. WinQVT/Net's built-in TCP/IP stack version is also
rumored to be due to support AppleTalk in a future release.

B-18. How do I get Trumpet Winsock's TCPMAN to dial?

Trumpet Winsock now offers a built-in scripting language. The default dialout
script is LOGIN.CMD. A sample LOGIN.CMD file from Geoff Cox ([e-mail]):

#
# initialize modem
#
output atzm0\13
input 10 OK
#
# set modem to indicate DCD
#
output at&d2&c1\13
input 10 OK\n
#
# send phone number
#
output atdt0813434848\r
#
# my other number
#
#output atdt241644\13
#
# now we are connected.
#
#input 30 CONNECT
#
#  wait till it's safe to send because some modem's hang up
#  if you transmit during the connection phase
#
#wait 30 dcd
#
# now prod the terminal server
#
#output \13
#
#  wait for the username prompt
#
input 30 ogin:
username Enter your username
output \satro\r
#
# and the password
#
input 30 assword:
password Enter your password
output \my password\r
#
# we are now logged in
#
input 30 otocol:
#
# see who on for informational reasons.
#
output SLIP\r
input 30 HELLO


C. Information for developers

C-1. What publicly distributable TCP/IP stacks are there that I can
     use to develop my own applications?

In writing an application, you can use device drivers provided by
particular vendors, or you can opt for an Application Binary Interface (ABI)
that supports multiple TCP/IP protocol stacks, such as Winsock. For a given
version of Windows, Winsock is an ABI for both Windows 3.x and Windows NT
(via the NT Win16 subsystem).

Device drivers are included with PC-NFS and Beame & Whiteside's
BW-TCP.  Free examples of ABIs are the WATTCP API, the NCSA API
(public domain), the Trumpet ABI from Peter Tattum, and the NuPOP ABI.

All major TCP/IP vendors have by now implemented Windows Sockets.

C-2. Where can I get a copy of the Windows Sockets FAQ?

A separate developer-oriented FAQ file about Windows Sockets created
by Mark Towfiq is available on
SunSite.UNC.EDU:/pub/micro/pc-stuff/ms-windows/winsock/FAQ
and Microdyne.COM:/pub/winsock/FAQ

An alternative source for the FAQ is rhino.microsoft.com.


RESOURCE LISTING

Key

Downright speculation = I have not used this product personally, nor
has anyone I know.  However, the specifications sounded interesting,
so it's included.

Suggestion = I have not used this enough to pass judgement, but it
has come to me recommended by someone I respect.

Recommendation = I use this package regularly, and like it.

BOOKS

Downright speculation
NOSIntro - An Introduction to the KA9Q Network Operating System
Price: 11.50 Pounds sterling, plus postage and handling.
U.S. price, including shipping:  17.34 pounds sterling

This book by Ian Wade (author of NOSView) thoroughly covers
KA9Q. Publisher is Dowermain, 356 pages, 35 chapters, 6 appendices,
illustrated. ISBN 1-897649-00-2.

Dowermain, Ltd., 7 Daubeney Close, Harlington, DUNSTABLE, Bedfordshire,

LU5 6NF, United Kingdom, email  [e-mail]. Written orders only,
no U.S. distributor yet.

Recommendation
InfoPOP - Guide to Internet Resources    Free

InfoPOP/Windows is a smallish guide to the Internet in the form of a
Windows Help application. InfoPOP/DOS is a TSR with the same content.

Available via ftp gmuvax2.gmu.edu, or the fenwick.gmu.edu gopher
 Computers/Info-Technology/Software
  |___under Software available on this  Gopher



MAILING LISTS

Windows Sockets

[e-mail]
[e-mail]

W3 for Windows

mail [e-mail], with

         sub cello-l your full name

in the body of the message.

Firewalls

mail [e-mail], with
        sub firewalls-digest

in the body of the message. Back issues
are available at ftp.greatcircle.com:/pub/firewalls.digest/vNN.nMMM.Z
where NN is the volume number and MMM is the issue number.

SNMPv1 list

mail [e-mail], subject: subscribe, body: [e-mail]

SNMPv2 list

mail [e-mail], subject: subscribe, body: [e-mail]


Publicly Distributable Software

Key

Recommendation = I use, or have used this software or
equipment, and I like it.

Suggestion = I have not used this software, but it has been
recommended to me by people that I trust.

Downright Speculation = Neither myself nor anyone I know
has used this, but it claims to offer interesting
capabilities, so it╒s included.

If you don╒t have access to FTP, you can retrieve the
files via e-mail, using the following mail servers:

FTPmail

[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

BITFTP (available to BITNET users only)

[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

Drivers and Shims
Chapter 7: Drivers and Shims

Recommendation

Crynwr drivers    free
Support    Contact Crynwr for info

The Crynwr drivers, formerly known as the Clarkson University
CUTCP drivers, are created by Russ Nelson of Crynwr Software,
which sells packet and other driver support. The Crynwr
drivers support many Ethernet adapter boards, including
those from 3COM, Telesystems, AT&T, Digital, Mitel, HP,
BICC, NCR, Novell, Interlan, MICOM, Racal/Interlan, NTI,
Tiara, Ungermann-Bass, and Western Digital.

The Packet Driver Specification v1.09 is available via:
file://vax.ftp.com/pub/packet-d.ascii, packet-d.mss

Drivers available at:
file://ftp sun.soe.clarkson.edu/pub/packet-drivers/drivers.zip,
drivers1.zip, drivers2.zip

PC-NFS drivers available in
file://ftp.sun.soe.clarkson.edu/pub/packet-drivers/compat.zip
(requires Sun's PC-NFS).

The drivers, currently in release 11 are available at:
file://oak.oakland.edu/pub/msdos/pktdrvr/pktd11.zip (executables)
file://oak.oakland.edu/pub/msdos/pktdrvr/pktd11a.zip (sources)
file://oak.oakland.edu/pub/msdos/pktdrvr/pktdt11b.zip (sources)
file://oak.oakland.edu/pub/msdos/pktdrvr/pktd11c.zip (executables)
file://oak.oakland.edu/pub/msdos/pktdrvr/pktd11.zip (additional executables and sources)

Crynwr Software, 11 Grant St., Potsdam, NY 13676,
[phone], fax: [phone], email: [e-mail]

Recommendation
NDIS Drivers    free

Libraries of free NDIS drivers for DOS and OS/2 are
available at FTP Software, Inc. at
file://vax.ftp.com/ndis/ndis.txt. Another source of
NDIS drivers is the Windows for Workgroups package.
New drivers are available for download from Microsoft
Product Support Services, available at (206)936-MSDL,
or on CompuServe or GEnie. The Windows Driver LIbrary (WDL),
which includes printer, display and network drivers is also
available on disk from Microsoft by calling [phone].

The NDIS spec is available as:
file://vax.ftp.com/pub/ndis-mac.v101.txt, ndis-mac.v201.txt

Suggestion
SLIPPER v1.3    Free
CSLIPPER    Free

SLIPPER and CSLIPPER get rave reviews for being less
obtrusive than some other SLIP/CSLIP drivers so that
the machine loses fewer clock ticks. The result is
that the clock stays more accurate. SLIP/CSLIP operation
is supported at up to 57.6 Kbps on a 486. CSLIPPER is a
version which supports Van Jacobson header compression.
Supports PKTMUX.

SLIPPER is available from:
file://ftp.utas.edu.au/pc/trumpet/slipper/slipper.zip
file://biochemistry.cwru.edu/pub/slipper/slippr13.zip

CSLIPPER is available from:
file://biochemistry.cwru.edu/pub/slipper/cslipper.exe

P. Tattam, Programmer; Psychology Department, University of
Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 61-02-202346; email:
[e-mail]

Recommendation
ETHERPPP    Free

Glenn McGregor, formerly of Merit Network, has released
ETHERPPP, a PPP packet driver that simulates a class
1 (Ethernet) packet driver. It works well enough, is
simple to configure, but takes up too much RAM (121K).
Available as: file://merit.edu/pub/ppp/etherppp.zip

Recommendation
PKTMUX v1.2    Free

This program allows multiple TCP/IP protocol stacks to
use a single packet driver. It can also run over shims
such as DIS_PKT; I have used it with four or more
simultaneous DOS-based applications. Works great. However,
if you are only using a single DOS TCP/IP application
under Windows, use WINPKT instead, since it takes less
memory and is faster.

Available via file://ftp-ns.rutgers.edu/pub/msdos/wattcp/pktmux12.exe,
or file://biochemistry.bioc.cwru.edu/pub/dos/pktmux12.exe, pktmux12.txt

Downright speculation
ODITRPKT v2.0

Supports packet drivers over ODI and token ring.
Available as file://datacomm.ucc.okstate.edu/pub/oditrpkt/BETA12.ZIP

Recommendation
WINPKT    free

WINPKT is needed for running DOS applications with
built-in TCP/IP stacks under Windows, as well as for
some Windows-based TCP/IP stacks (suck as Trumpet
Winsock). Compatible with ODIPKT.
Available at file://biochemistry.bioc.cwru.edu/pub/slip/dos/winpkt.com

Downright speculation
PKTINT

PKTINT is included with the non-Winsock-compatible version
of WinQVT/Net to communicate with the real mode packet driver.
Available at file://biochemistry.micro.umn.edu/pub/qvtnet/qvtne397.zip

Recommendation
DIS_PKT    free

Provides a packet driver over an NDIS driver. This is useful
when you need to run both packet driver software (such as
KA9Q or NCSA Telnet) and NDIS-based software (such as Chameleon NFS).

Available at file://vax.ftp.com/pub/packet.driver/pubdom/ndis/dis_pkt.asm,
dis_pkt.dos, protman.sys, readme, also:
file://biochemistry.bioc.cwru.edu/pub/qvtnet/dis_pkt9.zip

Also as file://netlab.usu.edu/novell/dis_pkt.zip
file://hsdndev.harvard.edu,/pub/dis_pkt/dis_pktx.asm (experimental)
file://hsdndev.harvard.edu/pub/dis_pkt/dis_pktx.dos (experimental)

Suggestion
PDEther v1.03

Supports ODI over packet drivers. Although I haven╒t had much
success with it, others have used it on thousands of machines
and found it better than ODIPKT, especially under Windows.
Available as:
file://sjf-lwp.novell.com/odi/pdether/getpde103.zip

Recommendation
Odipkt v2.4

Supports packet drivers over ODI. This is the recommended
method of getting Novell to coexist with a packet-driver
based TCP/IP stack. Compatible with WINPKT.

Available as file://hsdndev.harvard.edu/pub/odipkt/odipkt.com,
net.cfg, odipkt.8, odipkt.asm. Available as
file://biochemistry.cwru.edu/pub/qvtnet/odipkt21.zip

Recommendation
CIRA RARP server    Free

This is a RARP server that runs under DOS, and can give
out an IP address from a pool.

Available as file://pine.circa.ufl.edu/pc/rarp/rarp.zip.

Recommendation
RARP client    Free

This is a RARP client that can store the retrieved IP
address in a DOS environmental variable, for later
substitution into a file.

Available as file://pine.circa.ufl.edu/pc/rarpset.zip.

Recommendation
BOOTPQ v1.2    Free

BOOTPQ is a BOOTP client that can take an IP address
extracted via BOOTP and put it into a DOS environmental
variable.

Available as file://biochemistry.cwru.edu/pub/dos/bootpq12.zip

Recommendation
BOOTP    Free

A bootp server available via
file://biochemistry.cwru.edu/pub/dos/bootp.zip or
file://ftp-ns.rutgers.edu/pub/msdos/wattcp/bootp.zip

Windows Sockets implementations

Recommendation
Trumpet WinSock

A shareware version of Windows Sockets that runs over packet
drivers and requires WINPKT. Available as:
file://ftp.utas.edu.au/pc/trumpet/winsock/winsock.zip,
winapps.zip, or
file://biochemistry.bioc.cwru.edu/pub/trumpwsk/winsock.zip, winapps.zip

P. Tattam, Programmer; Psychology Department, University of
Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 61-02-202346; email:
[e-mail]

Recommendation
Dialer

DIALER is a Windows program that will dial up a host and then
run a series of WIndows applications. It isn╒t needed with
Trumpet Winsock anymore, since this now has its own built-in
scripting language. Available at:
file://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/util/dialexe.zip


Recommendation
Chameleon Demo       Free

This is a a demonstration version of the NetManage Chameleon
TCP/IP stack. Quoting from the install instructions:
╥To install the software, copy each .zip file onto a
separate floppy. Insert diskette #1 into drive A:
type win a:setup (assuming you have the installation
floppy in the A drive).  You will be prompted for all
the other relevant information (i.e. adapter type, IP
address, subnetmask, etc.).  You can use Custom to
configure some optional information (i.e. default
gateway, DNS server, etc.). During the installation
you will be prompted for a serial number. The valid
serial number is DEMO_520045343970001, and the Key is F39B.
The included software is only valid for 30 days from
March 3, 1994.  So, some time in April you'll get a
license violation message, at which time you are
supposed to run out and purchase a legal copy (we
will not object to purchases prior to the expiration day).
The winsock.dll provided in this release is compatible
with the Windows Sockets version 1.1 specification.
If you find any problems, please send your e-mail to
[e-mail].  Actually, we want to hear
from you even if you don't have any problems. ╥

Available at: file://ftp.netmanage.com/pub/winsock/chameln1.zip,
chameln2.zip, chameln3.zip,chameln4.zip, readme.txt

Downright Speculation
VxDTCP

A shareware version of Windows Sockets, running over NDIS,
and implemented as a VxD driver. Available at:
file://biochemistry.bioc.cwru.edu/pub/wintcp/vxdtcpa2.zip

Downright Speculation
Microsoft TCP/IP for WFW 3.11

Adds TCP/IP to WFW 3.11. Available as:
file://ftp.microsoft.com/Advsys/MSclient/WFW/WFWTCP.EXE, README.TXT


Windows Sockets Compatible Applications

Insanely great
Windows Mosaic v2.0a    free

The Internet╒s Swiss army knife: supports hypertext links,
font styles, embedded pictures, sounds, and movies. An amazing
application. Compatible with Windows Sockets. Version 2.0
supports forms, clickable regions within pictures. Make
sure you get the viewers for sounds, JPEG, and MPEG.
Available at:
file://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/PC/Mosaic/wmos20a.zip (Windows Mosaic),

GIF viewer:
file://lister.cc.ic.ac.uk/pub/wingopher/viewers/image/wingif14.zip
file://lister.cc.ic.ac.uk/pub/wingopher/viewers/image/gv.zip

JPEG viewer:
file://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/PC/Mosaic/viewers/lview31.zip
file://lister.cc.ic.ac.uk/pub/wingopher/viewers/image/lview31.zip
file://lister.cc.ic.ac.uk/pub/wingopher/viewers/image/jview090.zip

MPEG viewer:
file://biochemistry.cwru.edu/pub/dos/mpeg2.zip
file://lister.cc.ic.ac.uk/pub/wingopher/viewers/movies/mpeg2.zip

Windows Quicktime:
file://lister.cc.ic.ac.uk/pub/wingopher/viewers/movies/qtwplay.zip

Sound player:
file://lister.cc.ic.ac.uk/pub/wingopher/viewers/audio/wnplny09b.zip

Downright Speculation
WinIRX    free

A Windows Sockets program that makes it easier to search
or retrieve from the National Center for Biotechnology
Information (NCBI) Retrieve Email server. Available via:
file://biochemistry.cwru.edu/pub/dos/win-irx.zip, win-irx.txt.

Insanely great
PCEudora v1.4    Free

The Windows version of Eudora, now compatible with Windows Sockets.
Handles SMTP, POP3. This is the nicest TCP/IP mail client
available anywhere.  To be able to send and receive file
enclosures, make sure to obtain BINHEX.EXE. Available at:
file://ftp.qualcomm.com/pceudora/windows/eudora14.exe (PC Eudora)
file://boombox.micro.umn.edu/pub/pc/binhex/binhex.exe (BINHEX)

Suggestion
Trumpet Telnet v0.5

A Windows Sockets compatible Telnet implementation. Available at:
file:/petros.psychol.utas.edu.au/pub/trumpet/trmptel/trmptel.exe

Downright speculation
WinTimeSync

A Windows Sockets-compatible implementation of NTP. Available at:
file://ftphost.cac.washington.edu/pub/winsock/tsync1_4.zip

Downright speculation
WinTalk v1.1

A Windows Sockets-compatible implementation of Ntalk and Talk. Available at:
file://elf.com/pub/wintalk/wtalk11.zip

Downright speculation
Windows Telnet beta 3    free

An unsupported Telnet implemenation for Windows. Windows Sockets compatible.
Available at:
file://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/PC/Telnet/windows/wintelb3.zip

Recommendation
WS-FTP client    free

This is a graphical FTP implementation by John A. Junod. Available at:
file://ftp.usma.edu/pub/msdos/winsock.files/ws_ftp.zip (executable)
file://ftp.usma.edu/pub/msdos/winsock.files/ws_ftp_s.zip (source code)
file://microdyne.com/pub/incoming/ws_ftp.zip
file://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/micro/pc-stuff/ms-windows/winsock/apps/ws_ftp.zip

John Junod; [e-mail]; [e-mail]
NCOIC, Technology Integration Branch, Computer Science School,
FT Gordon, GA 30905; [phone]  AV:780-3245

Downright Speculation
USGS WAIS Client

A Windows WAIS client, available at:
file://ridgisd.er.usgs.gov/software/wais/wwais23.zip.

Downright Speculation
WAIS Manager

A Windows WAIS client, now compatible with Windows
Sockets, available at:
file://ftp.cnidr.org/pub/NIDR.tools/wais/pc/windows/waisman3.zip

Jim Fullton, UNC Office of Information Technology, Computing
Systems Development Group, [phone]; email: [e-mail].

Recommendation
EINet winWAIS v1.55    shareware, $35

The most mature Windows WAIS client,  Windows Sockets-compatible. Available at:
file://ftp.einet.net/einet/pc/EWAIS155.ZIP or
file://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/winsock/ewais155.zip

EINet Windows Shareware, MCC, 3500 West Balcones Center Drive,
Austin, TX 78759-6509

Recommendation
Windows IRC

This is a Windows IRC client, available as:
file://ftp-ns.rutgers.edu/pub/msdos/trumpet/irc/winirc.exe, winirc.doc

Recommendation
Windows Trumpet v1.0a

WinTrumpet is a Windows-Sockets compatible NNTP client
from P. Tattam that supports the Trumpet ABI, packet
drivers, Novell Lan Workplace for DOS and WinSock v1.1.
It is the nicest shareware NNTP newsreader for Windows
Sockets. Available at:
file://ftp.utas.edu.au/pc/trumpet/wintrump/*
file://biochemistry.cwru.edu/pub/wintrump/wtwsk10a.zip
(Windows Sockets version), wtpkt10a.zip, wtabi10a.zip,
winpkt.com, wtlwp10a.zip (Lan Workplace for DOS)

Recommendation
HGopher v2.4    Free

This is a Windows-sockets compatible version of Gopher. Looks good.
Be sure to get the viewers, too.
Available at:
file://lister.cc.ic.ac.uk/pub/wingopher/hgopher2.4.zip

Downright Speculation
WLPRSPL v4.0    Shareware

This is a windows sockets-compatible lpr implementation that
offers support for multiple queues. Be aware that LPQ doesn╒t
run with LAN Workplace for DOS, since it doesn╒t fully
implement Windows Sockets. It also runs with wslpd╒s new
"raw spooler," provided that you get lpd up and running
prior to printing, since it will timeout quickly. Also,
remember to name the spool files correctly and once you set
the default spool directory, don╒t specify a full path in
defining a spool file.

Contact: [e-mail] Available as:
file://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/micro/pc-stuff/ms-windows/winsock/apps/wlprsp40.zip.

Recommendation
WinLPR v1.0    Shareware

This is an implementation of lpr, lpq, and lprm that allows
you to print to a machine running lpd. It works fine for me.
Contact: [e-mail]. Available at:
file://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/micro/pc-stuff/ms-windows/winsock/apps/winlpr10.zip

Recommendation
Winfsp v1.2    Free

A Windows Sockets-compatible implementation of the
File Slurping Protocol.  I got it working with no
problem. Be aware that the ╥protocol search╙ option
can take quite a while; you may have be asking the
client to individually test hundreds of ports, at
a second per port. Available at:
file://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/winsock/winfsp12.zip

Recommendation
WinQVT/Net v3.97
Shareware    $40
Students    $20

QVTNet is a Windows v3.1 application that supports FTP
client and server (not fully graphical; commands are
entered at the bottom of the window), telnet (up to
15 simultaneous sessions), mail (SMTP and POP3),
NNTP (up to 30 newsgroups) and lpr.  It is written
as a DLL, and comes in several versions: a Windows
Sockets-compatible version (recommended); a Windows
NT version;  and a version with it╒s own built-in
TCP/IP stack. The version with the built-in stack
requires that you load PKTINT in DOS before running
it, and also requires you to supply your own packet
drivers, and is compatible with AppleTalk as well as
class 6 SLIP drivers.

Available at:
file://biochemistry.bioc.cwru.edu/gopher/pub/qvtnet/qvtne397.zip
(packet driver version with built-in TCP/IP stack),
file://biochemistry.bioc.cwru.edu/gopher/pub/qvtnet/qvtnt397.zip
(Windows NT version),
file://biochemistry.bioc.cwru.edu/gopher/pub/qvtnet/qvtws397.zip
(Windows Sockets version).

Contact: [e-mail]

Downright Speculation
WinVN v0.82

A semi-graphical Windows application for reading news
which supports NNTP over TCP/IP or serial line connections.
Compatible with Winsock v1.1; a version is also available
for Windows NT. Does not support LocalTalk. Current
version has been tested with:

NetManage's WINSOCK
FTP Inc.'s WINSOCK
Wollongong's WINSOCK
NT's WSOCK32
DEC's Pathworks
MS's Lan Man

Available at:
file://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/winsock/wnvn082s.zip

Sam Rushing, email: [e-mail],
hoggle!hoggle2![e-mail]

You╒ll find a bunch of zip files. Be sure to use binary mode.
Read the file announce-2.txt first.

Recommendation
WS-Finger    Free

A Windows Sockets compatible finger implementation. Available at:
file://sparky.umd.edu/pub/winsock/wsfngr11.zip


Recommendation
Finger v3.1    Free

The Windows version of Finger, which requires a Winsock DLL.
It works; try it out.
Available at:
file://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/winsock/finger31.zip

Recommendation
Cello WWW client v1.0    Free

Unlike Mosaic, Cello WWW does not support inline pictures,
although it does support viewing of sounds, pictures,
postscript and movies through external viewers. The
current version supports Windows Sockets.

Available at:
file://ftp fatty.law.cornell.edu/pub/LII/Cello/cello.zip,
viewers.zip, the graphics viewer and sound player;
gswin.zip, a Ghostscript Postscript viewer for Windows.

Suggestion
SMTP client v1.1    Free

A Windows Sockets-compatible SMTP client that is limited to
╥send only.╙ Not as functional as PCEudora (which also handles
POP3). Available at:
file://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/micro/pc-stuff/ms-windows/winsock/apps/smtp11.zip

Contact: [e-mail]

Suggestion
Windows TN3270 client    Free

A Windows Sockets-compatible TN3270 client. Available at:
file://ftp.ccs.queensu.ca/pub/msdos/tcpip/qws3270.zip

Suggestion
ECSmail    Commercial

ECSmail is a commercial product supporting IMAP with DOS,
Windows and Mac clients. this is a demo version. Available at:
file://info.asu.edu/pub/mail/ecs/ecsmail/MUASet/windows/mua2-3.exe

Suggestion
Hlook

This is a reverse lookup tool that gives you the DNS name
from an IP address. Available as:
file://petros.psychol.utas.edu.au/pub/trumpet/uploads/iwork.zip

Recommendation
WS-Archie

A windows sockets compatible Archie implementation: Looks very good.
file://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/ibmpc/winsock/apps/wsarchie/wsarchie.zip

Suggestion
X.500 implementation

A windows sockets compatible X.500 implementation:
file://naic.nasa.gov/software/windows-dua/pixie22b.zip, wdua12.zip

Suggestion
SWIX X.500 implementation

A windows sockets compatible X.500 implementation:
file://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/ibmpc/winsock/apps/swix/swixb1.exe

Suggestion
Starnet X-Window Server Demo       Free

This is a a demonstration version of the Starnet X-server.
The pricing is reasonable and the product is fast.
They have versions that work with Windows Sockets,
packet drivers under DOS, and some other brands under
DOS. It is available at:
file://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/uploads/xwindemo.zip

Downright speculation
HTML Assistant    Free

This an MS Windows-compatible text editor for use in
creation of HTML documents. It supports multiple documents.
Available at:
file://ftp.cs.dal.ca/htmlasst/htmlasst.zip, vbrun300.zip,readme.1st

Downright speculation
HTMTools    Free

This program is a DLL that allows you to go directly from
MS Word for Windows v2.0 to HTML. Written by Jorma
Hartikka, [e-mail]. Available as:
ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/msdos/windows/winword/htmtl050.zip

Downright speculation
Mr. Squiggle    Free

This a Windows-Sockets compatible whiteboard application
that allows two people to share the same drawing window
over the Internet.  It was implemented in Visual Basic V3, and
uses Brian Syme╒s VBWSK Visual Basic Winsock control.
Available at:
file://ftp.cs.dal.ca/htmlasst/htmlasst.zip, vbrun300.zip,readme.1st

Downright speculation
Mr. Squiggle    Free

This a Windows-Sockets compatible whiteboard application
that allows two people to share the same drawing window
over the Internet.  It was implemented in Visual Basic V3,
and uses Brian Syme╒s VBWSK Visual Basic Winsock control.
Available at:
file://commsun.its.csiro.au/csiro/win3/squiggle/squiggle.zip, squiggle.doc
Chapter 10: Running DOS applications
TCP/IP stacks
Suggestion
WATTCP    free

Development package for TCP/IP.  Available via:
file://ftp-ns.rutgers.edu/pub/msdos/wattcp/apps.zip, readme.1st, newwattcp.zip

Erick Engelke, WATTCP Architect; email [e-mail]

Suggestion
Trumpet TCP/IP stack

This TCP/IP stack comes in three versions: a TSR version; a
Windows Sockets version (discussed below); and a built-in
version. It includes a traceroute program called hopchk2.

Available as file://ftp.utas.edu.au/pc/trumpet/abi-version/
Available at file://biochemistry.bioc.cwru.edu/pub/trumpet/tcp201.zip

P. Tattam, Programmer; Psychology Department, University of
Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 61-02-202346; email:
[e-mail]

Downright Speculation
PC-IP    Free

This was the software that started it all. It has been worked
on at MIT, Carnegie Mellon, and Harvard and other places, but
by now is out of date. Its authors recommend looking at newer
alternatives such as NCSA, WATTCP, etc.

Harvard version: Source code:
file://ftp hsdndev.harvard.edu,/pub/pcip/pcip.tar.Z,
doc.tar.Z, readme, readme.cmu
Binaries: file://hsdndev.harvard.edu/pub/pcip/bin/packet/*.exe
file://hsdndev.harvard.edu/pub/pcip/bin/general/*.exe

Another version:
file://netlab.usu.edu/netwatch/pcip96.zip

Suggestion
IRC client    free

A client for Internet Relay Chat.

Available at file://ftp.utas.edu.au/pc/trumpet/irc/irc100.zip
Available at
file://biochemistry.bioc.cwru.edu/pub/trumpet/irc100.zip,
ircabi.zip, irclwp.zip

P. Tattam, Programmer; Psychology Department, University of
Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 61-02-202346; email:
[e-mail]

Recommendation
WAIS for DOS    free

A DOS WAIS client which uses the Clarkson drivers is
available at
file://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/packages/infosystems/wais/DOS/pcdist.zip.

A DOS WAIS client that requires the PC/TCP software from
FTP Software is available at
file://oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu/public/dos/misc/oacwais.exe.

For information, contact: Steven E. Newton, Office of Academic
Computing, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston,
email: [e-mail].

There is also a Novell LAN Workplace WAIS client available at
file://ftp.oit.unc.edu/pub/WAIS/UNC/nov-cli-visual.zip.

Suggestion
PDCLKSET    Free

Requiring a packet driver, this software sets your PC clock
via an Internet time server.It also offers several useful
network testing functions. Supports ping, and can build an arp
table of nodes on the subnet. Available at
file://oak.oakland.edu/pub/msdos/pkdrvr/pdclk207.zip

Suggestion
NCSA Telnet    Free

Available at file://zaphod.ncsa.uiuc.edu/PC/Telnet/msdos/tel2307b.zip,
tel2307s.zip.  Also available at
file://wsmr-simtel20.army.mil/PD1:<MSDOS.PKTDRVR>/tel2307b.zip

Compatible with LocalTalk.  A special version which supports
PPP is available at file://merit.edu/pub/ppp/ncsappp.zip,
ncsappp.txt. A PPP FAQ is available at file://merit.edu/pub/ppp/ppp.faq

Be aware that the current version does not reassemble fragments, even
though a fix is available for this (argghhh....)

Recommendation
MS-Kermit     Free

This version of Kermit supports telnet, VT320 and Tektronix
emulation, as well as SIXEL. It incorporates the WATTCP
stack, and also runn╒s over Novell╒s LWP/DOS+Telapi, FTP
Inc╒s PC/TCP+Tnglass, Beame & Whiteside╒s TCP/IP stack;
DEC Pathworks, as well as over NetBIOS. It supports Int
14h as well as Int 6Bh, and can run over packet drivers.

Available at file://kermit.cc.columbia.edu/kermit/bin/msvibm.zip,
msvibm.pif (Windows PIF file for MS-DOS Kermit)

Downright speculation
PCUCP    Free

This is a Windows v3.1 application that allows multiple open
text windows at the UNIX end. It is available at
file://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/modem/pcucp11a.zip.

Recommendation
CUTCP Telnet    Free

CUTCP is the premiere DOS telnet application. Aside from
VT100, and Tektronxi emulation, CUTCP also handles 3270
emulation. The latest release has added ping and ODI
support. Now supported by Rutgers University, having
been tranferred from Clarkson University and Brad
Clements. This directory contains the source and
binary distributions, both in zip archives. For
information contact [e-mail].

Available at
file://ftp-ns.rutgers.edu/pub/msdos/cutcp/current/cutcp-b.zip
(Documentation and binaries), cutcp-s.zip
(Source, documentation, and binaries).

Downright speculation
Clarkson Archie    Free

Available at file://omnigate.clarkson.edu/pub/cutcp/archie.zip

Downright speculation
GIGO Free

This has nothing to do with TCP/IP, but rather is a UUCP
packet to FidoNet *.PKT translator. For info, contact:
[e-mail]. Available at
file://ftp.netcom.com/pub/jfesler/gigo.zip

Suggestion
Princeton Telnet Free

The Princeton version of Telnet supports localtalk cards
and also does tn3270 access. Works on all localtalk cards
(Sitka, Daystar, Farallon, ... )

Available at file://pusun3.princeton.edu/pub/PU2-2TN/pu2-2tn.zip

Recommendation
Clarkson Charon IPX/TCP email and printer gateway v4.0

Charon is a gateway widely used with Pegasus mail.
Available at file://omnigate.clarkson.edu/pub/cutcp/charon40.zip,
file://sun.soe.clarkson.edu/pub/cutcp/charon.zip

Pegasus mail is available via: file://cyberdyne.ece.uiuc.edu/network/pegasus.

Recommendation
Phone package    Free

A phone dialer package for DOS that was written to run with
the UMSLIP driver. Be aware that UMSLIP does not work with PKTMUX.

Available at file://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/pub/pc/slip/sliparc.exe, phone.doc

Recommendation
Talk v1.2    Free

A DOS Talk client running over packet drivers. Available as:
file://oak.oakland.edu/pub/msdos/pktdrvr/talk-12.zip

Recommendation
PC Gopher III    Free

An MS-DOS client for the Gopher information server. Be aware
that you must load WINPKT.COM (or PKTMUX if you are running
multiple TCP/IP applications) to get this program to work
under Windows. The code for PC Gopher III has also been
incorporated into Minuet.

Available at file://boombox.micro.umn.edu/pub/gopher/PC_client/docs/pcgopher.txt
file://boombox.micro.umn.edu/pub/gopher/PC_client/00README, also:
file://biochemistry.cwru.edu/pub/dos/pcg3.zip, pcg3doc.zip

WINPKT is available at file://biochemistry.micro.umn.edu/pub/slip/dos/winpkt.com

Downright Speculation
Uwho    Free
Uwho is Stan Barber╒s interface to whois and ph e-mail
address servers that runs under MS-DOS. An alpha test
version is available at
file://punisher.caltech.edu/pub/dank/uwho/uwho218b.tar.Z,
uwho218b.zip, or unarchived in subdir uwho218b.
The archived text files are inUnix format.

Recommendation
DOS Trumpet v1.06b     Shareware, $10.

Trumpet is an NNTP newsreader for DOS that can be placed on a
Novell server, while storing news groups and configuration
files in each user's directory. It supports packet drivers,
LAN WorkPlace for DOS, and Trumpet ABI.

Available at file://ftp.utas.edu.au/pc/trumpet/dostrump/trmp106b.zip
Available at file://biochemistry.bioc.cwru.edu/pub/trumpet/trmp106b.zip,
newsabi.zip, newslwp.zip

Contact: [e-mail]

Multi-user site licenses

Trumpet will be charged by the total number of users who
have  access to Trumpet on  a  network. A site is designated
as  being one organization located within a radius of10 km.

The pricing structure is:

1-99 users    $10 US per user
100-999 users    $1000 US + $2 US per additional user above 100
1000-4999 users    $2800 US + $0.20 US per additional user over 1000
5000+    $3600 US

P. Tattam, Programmer; Psychology Department, University of
Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 61-02-202346; email:
[e-mail]

Downright Speculation
Broadcast    Free

This is a PC client for the Macintosh Broadcast program, by Kai Getrost.

Available at file://caisr2.caisr.cwru.edu/pub/net/bdcst11.zip

Suggestion
NuPOP/PC  free

In addition to a POP/SMTP mail client that supports MIME, NuPOP
contains an FTP client, a Ph (phonebook) client, a Gopher client,
a news reader, a Telnet client, and an LPR (print) client.
Version of NuPOP are also available that support Wollongong
TCP kernel, WATTCP kernel, and Trumpet ABI TCP kernel.
Can be gotten to support LocalTalk via the provided LocalTalk
driver. Do not use the Clarkson drivers for this. By the way,
NuPOP also supports serial access, as well as running over TCP/IP.

Available at file://ftp.acns.nwu.edu/pub/nupop/nupoprea.zip (real mode executable)
file://ftp.acns.nwu.edu/pub/nupop/nupoppro.zip (protected mode executable)
file://ftp.acns.nwu.edu/pub/nupop/nupopsup.zip (additional files required)

If you want the news reading and MIME support,  you must first
install the protected mode version described above, and then
install the following over it.
file://ftp.acns.nwu.edu/pub/nupop/nupop210_test_release/nupop210.zip
or if you get the real mode executable:
file://ftp.acns.nwu.edu/pub/nupop/nupop210_test_release/real210.zip

Suggestion
POPmail-PC v3.2.2

This is the package included with SLIPDISK.  Supports Ethernet,
AppleTalk, and SLIP. Use the AppleTalk driver that works with NuPOP.

Available at
file://boombox.micro.umn.edu/pub/pc/popmail/popmail-3.2.2/program/popmail.exe,
popmail.hlp

file://boombox.micro.umn.edu/pub/pc/popmail/popmail-3.2.2/manuals/manual.asc,
popmail.doc, popmail.sty

A POP3 server for VMS and MS-DOS client software is available at
file://logos.ucs.indiana.edu/INDEX.

Recommendation
Minuet

A smorgasbord of DOS TCP/IP applications, including gopher, mail,
ftp, news, and telnet, Minuet includes code from PC Gopher III,
and POPmail. It supports multiple windows, as well as Ethernet,
AppleTalk and SLIP packet drivers. Use the AppleTalk driver
that works with NuPOP.  Since Minuet does so much, and does
it well, you may not want to use anything else, unless you
don╒t have enough RAM for it.

Available at file://boombox.micro.umn.edu/pub/pc/minuet/minuarc.exe

Suggestion
PC-Pine v3.88    Free

This is a PC-compatible version of Pine, running under DOS.
There are versions written for FTP Software's PC/TCP, Novell's
Lan WorkPlace for DOS, and WATTCP.

Available at file://ftp.cac.washington.edu/mail/pcpine_p.zip
(WATTCP version), pcpine_n.zip (Novell LWP), pcpine_f.zip (FTP PC/TCP)
.
Note that PC Pine relys on the Interactive Mail Access Protocol
(IMAP2) rather than POP. You must have an IMAP server installed
in order to use it. IMAPd is available at
file://ftp.cac.washington.edu/mail/imap.tar.Z

For a listing of other IMAP-compatible clients, get
file://ftp.cac.washington.edu/mail/imap.software.

Downright speculation
Ph client

University of Illinois CCSO name server client.

Available at file://uxc.cso.uiuc.edu/net/ph/dos/pcph.com, pcph.README

Downright Speculation
FTPNuz    $10/shareware

Gene Mangum's shareware newsreader for DOS, which requires FTP
Software's PC/TCP kernel. Runs under MS-DOS, as well as in a
DOS window under MS Windows and OS/2. Features include support
for NNTP,pull-down menus, reading and posting of news, reply
by mail via SMTP.

Available at file://calvin.sfasu.edu/pub/dos/network/ftp-pctcp/ftpnuz10.zip

Gene Mangum; email: [e-mail]

Servers

DOS Servers

Recommendation
KA9Q
Educational Use    Free
Commercial Use    $50

There are several versions of KA9Q, each with different
capabilities. The current most capable versions are the
ones put together by the folks at Demon Internet Services
(DIS) in the UK, and the version put out by Ashok Aiyar at
CWRU. CWRU Version 1.0b is based on the N1BEE 0.85-beta
which in turn is based on PA0GRI 2.0m NOS, and includes
support for NTP, CSO, Gopher, FTP, and SMTP/POP2/POP3
servers, plus VT102 and packet filtering support. Base
code is by Ashok Aiyar, [e-mail].
The Textwin version from DIS does not include Gopher
support, but does support Domain Name Service and
can act as an NNTP server.

KA9Q can route TCP/IP packets over X.25, Ethernet,
LocalTalk (with a special version), and serial lines
(via SLIP/CSLIP/PPP). It supports connection to 56
Kbps leased lines via a CSU/DSU and an SCC card, and
supports up to 4 serial ports per machine. This means
you can purchase a 56 Kbps Internet link, then divide it
among 4 users, bringing the cost way down. KA9Q is a
useful tool for sysops looking to hook their systems
to the Internet, regardless of what kind of computer
the BBS runs on.

Available as:
file://biochemistry.cwru.edu/pub/nos/nos10b.exe, nos10b.txt,
nos10b.map, nos192.txt, nos_1229.man, vt102.zip, filter.txt,
autoexec.nos

Alternative sites:
file://ucsd.edu/hamradio/packet/tcpip/ka9q
file://boombox.micro.umn.edu/pub/gopher/PC_server/ka9q

A Macintosh port (NetMac) is available at
file://sumex-aim.stanford.edu/info-mac/comm/

Textwin (multiwindowing version with mouse support) package
is available in three versions: large, small and tiny. The
tiny package includes support for NNTP, SMTP and POP servers;
the small version adds support for FTP servers; and the
large version adds packet filtering, RIP and DNS support.
Available as:
file://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/ibmpc/textwin.

Contact: [e-mail], [e-mail],
[e-mail]

An access control program for SLIP gates, known as SLIPLOG,
is available via:
file://mvmpc9.ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de/public/nos/sliplog.zip
If you have trouble accessing this with the ws-ftp client,
set your servertype to ka9q.

Phil Karn, KA9Q; 7431 Teasdale Ave, San Diego, CA 92122;
[phone], fax: [phone]

Downright Speculation
NOSView v3.04

Written by Ian Wade, G3NRW, NOSView is online documentation
for KA9Q, which describes all the NOS commands. It also
contains a complete set of templates for use of KA9Q.

Available at file://ucsd.edu/hamradio/packet/tcpip/nosview/nosvw304.zip

Contact: Ian Wade, [e-mail]

Downright Speculation
Hamburg Gopher Server

Available at:
file://boombox.micro.umn.edu/pub/gopher/PC_server/hamburg/gophserv.zip (server package),
file://boombox.micro.umn.edu/pub/gopher/PC_server/hamburg/gophdoc.zip (documentation), file://boombox.micro.umn.edu/pub/gopher/PC_server/hamburg/engine.zip (database engine)
file://ftp.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/pub/infosystems/gopher/pc/go4ham/go4ham.zip

Downright Speculation
Stan's Own Server    Free

SOS is based on the now-outdated PC-IP, and as a result
is not used much anymore. However, there is no other
publicly distributable NFS server package out there,
so if you need one, you might as well try this.
Available at file://sun.soe.clarkson.edu/pub/packet-drivers/soss.zoo,
sossread.me.  Also available at file://spdcc.com/pub/sos/soss.zoo, sossexe.zoo

A version with a couple of bugs fixed is available at
file://hilbert.wharton.upenn.edu/pub/tcpip/soss.zip

For info, contact: Richard Bruan, [e-mail], or Seemong Tan,
[e-mail].

Downright Speculation
BOOTP and FTPD NLMs

Available via file://novell.felk.cvut.cs/pub/nw311/ftpd,
/pub/nw311/bootpd, /pub/nw311/resolv.

Downright Speculation
LPD    Free
FTP and BOOTP server  included

This software is a freeware line printer daemon as
well as an FTP and BOOTP server.  Available via
file://tacky.cs.olemiss.edu/pub/lpd/lpd.zip, lpdsrc.zip

Recommendation
TELNETD    Free

TELNETD is a simple, free and unsupported TELNET
server for PCs, by Erick Engelke. It works on top
of packet drivers and lets you run most DOS software.
However, it doesn╒t do everything; if you want a
commercial-quality implementation, get Everywhere Access.

Available at file://ftp-ns.rutgers.edu/pub/msdos/wattcp/telnetd.zip

Recommendation
COMD    Free

COMD by Erick Engelke allows you to share serial port
devices, including printers and modems with another
TCP/IP connected computer.

Available at file://ftp-ns.rutgers.edu/pub/msdos/wattcp/comd.zip

Downright Speculation
SMTP server    free

An SMTP server for DOS. Available at:
file://ftp-ns.rutgers.edu/pub/msdos/wattcp/smtpserv.zip

Windows Servers
Recommendation
WS-Gmail    Free

An SMTP and POP3 server implementation with a matching
mail client that supports multiple userIDs as well as
aliases. Written by y John A. Junod. Available as:
file://ftp.usma.edu/pub/msdos/winsock.files/ws_gmail.zip (Mail implementation)

John A. Junod; 267 Hillwood Street, Martinez, GA 30907;
email: [e-mail]; [phone]  AV:780-3245

Recommendation
Fingerd    Free

A Windows Sockets compatible finger server:
file://sparky.umd.edu/pub/winsock/wfngrd10.zip

Downright Speculation
Web4Ham v0.14    Free

A Windows Sockets compatible HTTP server, by Gunter Hille,
[e-mail]. Available as:
file://cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/uploads/web4ham.zip
ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/pub/net/winsock/web4ham.zip

Recommendation
SerWeb v0.3    Free

A fully functional HTTPd implementation for Windows.
For info, contact: [e-mail]. Available as:
file://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/micro/pc-stuff/ms-windows/winsock/apps/serweb03.zip

Downright speculation
Cookie server    Free

This is a Windows-Sockets compatible fortune cookie server
(RFC 865) that runs on port 17. Available at:
file://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/winsock/cooksock.zip.

Contact: [e-mail]

Suggestion
Windows Sockets for PC/NFS    free

An implementation of Windows Sockets for PC/NFS.

Available at:
file://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/winsock/wsck-nfs.zip

Suggestion
WinFTPd    $15 (shareware)

An FTP daemon for Windows by Alun Jones ([e-mail]).

Available at:
file://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/winsock/wftpd18b.zip

Downright Speculation
WinLPD    Free

An lpd implementation for Windows.  Contact: [e-mail]

Available at:
file://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/micro/pc-stuff/ms-windows/winsock/apps/wslpd-11.exe

Downright speculation
Text server

This is an extended finger client, which can also serve text
files. Available at
file://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/winsock/txtsrv.zip

Recommendation
SMTP daemon v1.6    free

A Windows-Sockets SMTP daemon, complete with source code.
Works fine. Available at:
file://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/winsock/wsmtpd16.zip.

contact: [e-mail]

Windows NT Servers

Recommendation
Windows NT FTP daemon    Free

This is a Windows NT version of ftpd. Quite fast.
Available at:
file://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/micro/pc-stuff/ms-windows/winsock/apps/nt-ftpd.zip

Suggestion
HTTPS v0.2    Free

HTTPS is a Windows NT HTTP v1.0 server for Windows NT
produced as part of the European Microsoft Windows NT
Academic Centre (EMWAC).  Binaries are available for
Intel and DEC Alpha architectures. HTTPS is
multi-threaded, understands HEAD and GET methods,
and runs as a Windows NT service. It can be
configured via the control panel, and logs HTTP
transactions in the event logger. Available at:
file://emwac.ed.ac.uk/pub/https/HSI386.ZIP (Intel version),
HSALPHA.ZIP (DEC Alpha version), HHTPS.TXT
(description of the server)

Downright speculation
Gopher server    Free

This is a Windows NT Gopher server for Windows NT
produced as part of the European Microsoft Windows
NT Academic Centre (EMWAC).  Binaries are available
for Intel and DEC Alpha architectures. This gopher
server is multi-threaded, and runs as a Windows NT
service. It can be configured via the control panel.
Available at:
file://emwac.ed.ac.uk/pub/gophers/GSI386.ZIP (Intel version),
GSALPHA.ZIP (DEC Alpha version), MESSAGE.TXT
(description of the server)

Downright speculation
WAIS server    Free

This is a Windows NT WAIS server for Windows NT produced as
part of the European Microsoft Windows NT Academic Centre
(EMWAC). Binaries are available for Intel and DEC Alpha
architectures. This WAIS server is multi-threaded, and
runs as a Windows NT service. It can be configured via
the control panel. Available at:
file://emwac.ed.ac.uk/pub/waistool

Downright speculation
NT-Perl    Free

This is a Windows NT implementation of Perl v4.036, ported by Intergraph.

Available at:
file://emwac.ed.ac.uk/pub/ntperl.zip.

UNIX Servers

Recommendation
SMBServer v1.6    Free

SMBServer includes a UNIX-based SMB file and print server,
as well as a UNIX SMB client and a NetBIOS nameserver (NBNS).
It can be used with clients such as Windows for Workgroups,
Windows NT, OS/2, Pathworks, and LanManager for DOS. This
means that it can attach to Windows NT and WFW servers or
mount portions of the UNIX file system on these machines.
You can also print from UNIX to an SMB printer by adding
an entry in /etc/printcap. It supports username/password
security, umask support, guest connections and system
attribute mapping. SMBServer is being run under Linux,
SunOS, Solaris, SVR4, Ultrix, OSF1, AIX, BSDI, NetBSD,
Sequent, HP-UX, SGI, FreeBSD, and NeXT.

Available at:
file://nimbus.anu.edu.au/pub/tridge/server/tarred/smbserver-1.6.03.tar.gz

WAN Connections

Suggestion
Niwot synchronous board

This Niwot synchronous adapter comes with a packet driver
that works with PCROUTE or KA9Q, and can handle speeds up to T1.

Niwot Networks, [phone]

Suggestion
RISCom N1 single port card    $495
H2 dual port card

This board is supported by BSD/386, and supports HDLC at
56 Kbps for connection to Cisco routers running PPP.

SDL Communications, Inc.; [phone]

Suggestion
Livingston Portmaster IRX-114 terminal servers

Livingston Enterprises; [phone], fax: [phone],
email: [e-mail]

Suggestion
Morning Star Routers

Morning Star Technologies, Inc; [phone], [phone],
fax: [phone], email: [e-mail],
[e-mail], ftp archive: ftp.morningstar.com,
WWW server: http://www.morningstar.com

Suggestion
Tylink ONS-150 CSU/DSU

This is a reasonably priced T1 CSU/DSU.

Capella Networking; [phone], [phone], email: [e-mail]

Routers and Bridges

Recommendation
KA9Q
Educational Use    Free
Commercial Use    $50

KA9Q includes routing and packet filtering capabilities, along
with a variety of other client and server capabilities. See
the listing under Servers.

Suggestion
PCRoute v2.24    Free

This package can convert a PC into a TCP/IP router. It doesn╒t
require more than 1 Mb of memory, and works fine on an 8088,
although faster machines are recommended. This is a fast and
reliable router and highly recommended for routing between Ethernets.

Available at file://ftp.acns.nwu.edu/pub/pcroute/readme.1st (Readme file)
file://ftp.acns.nwu.edu/pub/pcroute/readme.pcroute.doc (PCRoute documentation)
file://ftp.acns.nwu.edu/pub/pcroute/pcroute2.24.tar.Z (executables)
file://ftp.acns.nwu.edu/pub/pcroute/pcroute2.24.src.tar.Z (source code)

Vance Morrison, LANport, Inc.; 2040 Polk Street #340,
San Francisco, CA 94109; [phone], email: [e-mail]

Suggestion
PCBridge v2.77    Free

Originally by Vance Morrison of Northwestern, PCBridge has been taken
over by  Alessandro Fanelli and Luigi Rizzo. The latest version of
PCBridge is now ROMable. The
software is available at file://pical3.iet.unipi.it/pub/bridge/bdg277.tar.Z

Alessandro Fanelli, Luigi Rizzo ([e-mail]),
Universita` di Pisa - via Diotisalvi 2, 56126 Pisa, Italy ;
[phone], fax:  [phone]

Downright Speculation
Drawbridge v1.1

Drawbridge is a bridging filter that requires two ethernet cards.
It is comprised of three programs: Filter, Filter Compiler and Filter Manager.

It is available at
file://net.tamu.edu/pub/security/TAMU/drawbridge-1.1.tar.gz,
drawbridge.README,  drawbridge-1.1-des.tar.gz

Downright Speculation
KarlBridge v1.41

This software, which uses WATTCP, provides a two port
Ethernet to Ethernet bridge that can filter based on any
Ethernet protocol, including IP, XNS, DECNET, LAT,
EtherTalk, NetBEUI, Novell IPX, etc. It will also
act as an IP firewall by filtering IP packets based on
IP address/network/subnet combinations and socket numbers.
It can also filter DECNET and AppleTalk Phase 1 & 2 packets.
It now supports SNMP queries for remote management. Novell
SAP and NCR WaveLAN filtering are coming in a future release.
Available at file://128.146.1.7/pub/kbridge/kbridge141.zip

Troubleshooting

Downright Speculation
Windows Ping    free

Available at:
file://microdyne.com/pub/incoming/ws_ping.zip,
file://ftp.usma.edu/pub/msdos/winsock.files/ws_ping.zip

John Junod; [e-mail]; [e-mail]
NCOIC, Technology Integration Branch, Computer Science School,
FT Gordon, GA 30905; [phone]  AV:780-3245

Downright Speculation
DOS Ping    free

Available at:
file://ftp.usma.edu/pub/msdos/misc/ping.exe

Downright Speculation
Traceroute    free

A version of traceroute for DOS, available at:
file://biochemistry.bioc.cwru.edu/pub/trumpet/tcp201.zip

There are also versions of ping and traceroute included with Trumpet Winsock.

Downright Speculation
SNMP monitor    Free

An SNMP monitor for Sun, available at:
file://sun.soe.clarkson.edu/pub/packet-drivers/snmpsrc.zip.
Also available at file://enh.nist.gov/misc/snmpsrc.zip,
snmpsup.zip, snmpsun.tar_Z

Suggestion
Fergie    Free

Fergie is a packet monitoring and grabbing tool that supports SNMP
and supersedes The Beholder and Gobbler. Spectre is a network
host profiler. Tricklet is a set of SNMP utilities.

Fergie is available at file://dnpap.et.tudelft.nl/pub/Fergie/frgbin2.zip. The
source code is available at file://dnpap.et.tudelft.nl/pub/Fergie/frgsrc2.zip.

To get on the Fergie mailing list, send mail to: [e-mail]

Suggestion
Beholder - The Next Generation (BTNG)    Free

BTNG is an RMON compatible Ethernet monitor for OS/2,
SunOS and Ultrix. Tricklet is a set of SNMP utilities for
OS/2 and UNIX. To run these tools under OS/2, you will need
an Ethernet card with an NDIS driver for OS/2. Available at:
file://dnpap.et.tudelft.nl/pub/btng/README (Readme file)
file://dnpap.et.tudelft.nl/pub/btng/btng41exe.zip (OS/2 binaries)
file://dnpap.et.tudelft.nl/pub/btng/btng41src.zip  (OS/2 source)
file://dnpap.et.tudelft.nl/pub/btng/BTNG.FAQ  (Frequently Asked Questions)

Suggestion
NetProbe    Free
An unsupported utility from 3Com that can decode XNS,
TCP/IP, ICMP, AppleTalk, IPX/SPX, SMB, and other protocols,
but only supports the Etherlink, Etherlink II, EtherLink
Plus and Token Plus adapters. Available on CompuServe in
the 3Com forum as EPROBE.ZIP in lib 5, unsupported utilities.

Downright Speculation
Netwatch    Free

Essential network debugging tools for the PC.  Available at
file://netlab.usu.edu/netwatch.dir/netwatch.exe.

Downright Speculation
Ethload v1.04    Free

This is an Ethernet load monitor that will give you an idea when
collisions are getting out of hand and you need to install a bridge.

Available at file://oak.oakland.edu/pub/msdos/lan/ethld104.zip.
Also available at file://wsmr-simtel20.army.mil/<msdos.lan>/ethld104.zip.

Downright Speculation
Win SNMP    Free

A Windows Sockets compatible implementation of SNMP.
Available as: file://dnpap.et.tudelft.nl/pub/winsnmp

TCP/IP and NetWare

Downright speculation
BYU Netware shell drivers    free

Allows you to build an IPX.COM that runs over packet drivers.
Works by  providing .obj and .lan files for the Neware shell
generation program, shgen.exe. Running shgen.exe produces netX.com
as well as an ipx.com for your interface card. Again, I╒ve had
better results with ODIPKT than with this.

Available at:
file://vax.ftp.com/pub/packet.driver/pubdom/byu

Downright speculation
Intel PDIPX    free

Another way of building an IPX.COM that runs over packet drivers.

Available at:
file://ftp sun.soe.clarkson.edu/pub/packet-drivers/intel.pdipx.zip

Suggestion
PDEther v1.03

An ODI over packet driver shim. See entry under Drivers and Shims.

Recommendation
Odipkt v2.4

A packet driver over ODI shim. See entry under Drivers and Shims.


Commercial products


Downright Speculation
3Com TCP w/ DPA v2.0

3Com; [phone]


Downright Speculation
AIR for Windows

Spry Inc.; 1319 Dexter Ave North, Seattle WA 98109; [phone], email:
[e-mail]

Downright Speculation
Teemtalk for DOS
Teemtalk for Windows

Teemtalk supports connections over ARPA Services 2.0+ (HP), Beame & Whiteside,
CTerm (DEC), Int-6B (Novell NASI), Int-14, MS LanManager, Lan Workplace, LAT,
NetBIOS, Netmanage Chameleon, OSLAN (ICL), Pathway, PC-NFS, PCTCP,
TELAPI (Novell), and also support Windows Sockets, and regular or BIOS level
serial connections.

Emulations include  VT 52/100/220/240/320/340/640, Viewdata
40/80/Split, DG200, HP2392A, Tek4014, Regis and W2119. Protocol support
Kermit and Xmodem. It also supports DDE.

Pericom,  1-609-895-0404 (US) and 0908-265533 in the UK.

Suggestion
BW-NFS v3.0c

NFS is implemented as a TSR; the TCP stack is a device driver.
The package supports SLIP, NFS client, Telnet (VT220 and
3270 emulation), finger, talk, ftp, and SMTP mail.  It also can act as a
server for telnet, FTP, finger, and lp.  The 3270 emulation is reportedly
OK.

Beame & Whiteside Software Inc.; 706 Hillsborough St., Raleigh, NC 27603-1655
[phone], tech: [phone], fax: [phone], email: [e-mail]


Suggestion
Chameleon v3.15    $125 (upgrade price)
ChameleonNFS v3.15
$400

Chameleon is a Windows 3.x TCP/IP implementation that can handle FTP,
Telnet (3270, ANSI, VT-52, VT100 and VT220 emulation), ping, SMTP, POP2,
and NFS (client and server) all in multiple windows, simultaneously.  The
package also supports DNS via an implementation of BIND, as well as SNMP.
ChameleonNFS is compatible with the IPX/Link product for Netware from
NetManage. Most of the code resides in a DLL. Chameleon supports multiple
interfaces, and can route betweenthem. The newest release supports CSLIP,
PPP and NNTP.

NetManage, Inc.; 20823 Stevens Creek Blvd.,Cupertino, CA 95101;
[phone], fax: [phone], email: [e-mail]


Downright speculation
Distinct Network Applications v3.02    $395
Distinct Software Development Kit    $495
Network & Developer Combination            $695

Distinct TCP/IP for Windows - Network Applications v3 integrates several
Windows based TCP/IP utilities under a single interface.

These include: Distinct Telnet which allows multiple concurrent Telnet
sessions on different remote hosts, allowing you to cut and paste
information between these systems as well as between the systems and your
local host. Distinct FTP is a drag and drop FTP which allows you to drag a
local or remote file to a local printer. Distinct FTP has both a client and
a server; this means that files can be also transferred by selected users
from PC to PC (password protection is included). TFTP provides file
transfer services to  communications servers and routers that do not have
FTP. Network Monitor monitors host-to-host communication and data
transmission traffic and is able to capture network traffic to a file.


Distinct TCP/IP for Windows - Software Development Kit

This product is engineered as 100% DLL, and requires only 4 Kb DOS memory
for a driver. The product supports up to 64 concurrent sockets, and buffers
are allocated and deallocated as they open and close.

Includes three development kits:

Distinct TCP/IP for Windows - Berkeley-style Sockets (TCP, UDP, ICMP,
Telnet, FTP)

Distinct TCP/IP for Windows - Windows Sockets ver. 1.1

Distinct RPC - a complete ONC RPC/XDR toolkit for Windows (Client and
Server RPC over both TCP and UDP; includes RPCGEN)

Distinct Corporation;14395 Saratoga Avenue, Suite 120, Saratoga, CA 95070;
[phone], fax: [phone], email: [e-mail]

Distinct Corporation; P.O. Box 3410, Saratoga, CA 95070-1410;
[phone], email: [e-mail]

Suggestion
Everywhere Access

This is a remote access package for TCP/IP, including support for telnet
server, FTP and Kermit transfers, VT100, VT220, VT300 emulation, password
security. Includes versions working with WATTCP as well as other
implementations.

Supro Network Software Inc.; P.O. Box 18, Warsaw, Ontario, Canada K0L-3A0;
[phone], email: [e-mail]

Downright Speculation
Fusion

Pacific Software; [phone]


Downright Speculation
ICE/TCP

James River Group; 125 North First St., Minneapolis, MN 55401;
[phone], email: [e-mail]


Downright Speculation
Lanera TCPOpen/Standard v2.2

Lanera Corporation; 516 Valley Way, Milpitas CA 95035; [phone],
email: [e-mail]


Downright Speculation
Lantastic for TCP/IP

Artisoft, Inc.;  691 East River Road, Tucson, AZ 85704; [phone]

Suggestion
LAN Workplace for DOS v4.1r8

Novell, Inc.; 122 East 1700 South, Provo, UT 84606; (800)772-UNIX


Downright Speculation
NS & ARPA Services v2.5

Hewlett-Packard; 19420 Homestead Rd., Cupertino, CA  94014; [phone]


Downright Speculation
Wollongong PathWay Access v2.1.1
Access for DOS/WIndows    $350
Client NFS    $95
Access for Macintosh    $295
ClientNFS    $295
Access for OS/2    $350
API Developer's Kit (Mac/DOS/Windows) $200

Wollongong offers TCP/IP for DOS/Windows, Mac, OS/2, and Vax/Alpha; SNMP
Management products, and Electronic Messaging based on OSI/TCP X.400/X.500
Standards. Discounts are available for educational institutions and
multiple users.

Features of the API Developer's Kit include:

* DOS AND true Windows applications * VT100-220, VT320-330, VT340, IBM 3270
2-5, IBM 3179g, Tek 4105-4010 * High performance FTP * Scripting,
Remapping, Printing Services * Ethernet, Token-Ring, Async, X.25 support *
28K DOS/Windows (Most of which can be loaded high) Windows Sockets
Compliant * ODI, NDIS, PDS, ASI, ODI/NDIS, SLIP, PPP, IPX/NDIS, IP/IPX,
IP/NetBIOS support * Extensive 3rd Party Support

The Wollongong Group; 1129 San Antonio Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94303;
800-872-8649 (Outside Cal), 800-962-8649 (In Cal), [phone],
[phone], email: [e-mail]


Downright Speculation
PC-LINK for DOS
PC-LINKW for Windows

X LINK Technology; 741 Ames Avenue, Milpitas CA 95035; [phone], fax:
[phone], email: [e-mail]


Suggestion
PC-NFS v5.0    $395

PC-NFS from SunSelect (a Sun Microsystems business) includes a TCP/IP
stack, TCP/IP utilities under DOS and Windows, an NFS client, remote
printing support, SNMP, and Windows Sockets. Add-on packages support email
and advanced telnet. A Programmer's Toolkit is available which provides DOS
and Windows support for TCP/IP over sockets and XTI, as well as TIRPC, NIS
and supporting APIs.

SunSelect; 2 Elizabeth Drive, Chelmsford, MA 01824-4195;(800)24-SELECT or
[phone]; fax: [phone]


Recommendation
PC/TCP v2.2    $400
Kernel Only    $200

PC/TCP v2.2 offers a solid implementation of TCP/IP for DOS, with some
Windows applications.  It includes NFS for UDP or TCP, remote login
(telnet, rlogin, supdup) with a variety of terminal emulators, file
transfer (FTP, TFTP, rcp), electronic mail and news (pop2, pop3, pcmail,
mail, SMTP, NNTP), printing (LPR and print redirection) and informational
utilities (whois, ping, finger, host). Some kerberos support is available
to domestic customers. If used alongside ConcordCommunications Mapware
controllers, this product is capable of handling both OSI and TCP/IP
concurrently. 3270 support is OK.

It is available for Ethernet (DIX or 802.3), Token Ring, SLIP, PPP,
LocalTalk and X.25 interfaces, over packet drivers, ODI drivers, NDIS
drivers, banyan drivers, and ASI drivers.

This package does not route; you are therefore restricted to installing it
with PPP, SLIP or Ethernet, but not some combination of the above.


PC/TCP is incompatible with Stacker. As of version 2.2, the Windows
applications have been improved. New to Windows support is the ability to
mount and unmount NFS drives from within Windows, and to use PCNFSD printer
services from Windows.

The 2.2 manual includes a 6-page install guidelette, and now offers a
menu-driven installation and configuration program.

FTP Software, Inc.; 2 High St., North Andover, MA 01845; [phone],
Support: 1-800-382-4ftp, fax: [phone], email: [e-mail]


Downright Speculation
Piper/IP    $375
Developer's Kit    $375

Piper/IP runs under DOS protected mode, using less than 6K of lower DOS
memory. The company claims that FTP transfers take place at100K/second over
a LAN. They also claim the ability to run concurrrently with NetWare,
VINES, LAN Manager, LAN Server, and WFW. The package includes a FTP, Telnet
(client and server), and SMTP.


Ipswitch, Inc.; 580 Main St, Reading, MA 01867; [phone], email:
[e-mail]


Downright Speculation
Super-TCP v3.00r    $495
Super-NFS client v3.00r

SuperTCP supports telnet (3270, VT100, VT102, and VT220 emulation), talk,
SMTP, ftp, ping, and with Super-NFS, NFS client.  SuperTCP supports both
TCP/IP and Novell IPX protocols, as well as SNMP.

It is written as a DLL, although a TSR version of the protocol stack is
also available for those who want to use DOS as well. Network statistics
(arp, ICMP messages, etc.) are available.

Frontier Technologies;10201 North Port Washington Road, Mequon, WI 53092,
[phone], fax:[phone], email: [e-mail]


Downright Speculation
TCP/IP for DOS v2.10

IBM; Dept. E15, P.O. Box 12195, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709;
(800)IBM-CALL


Downright Speculation
TCP/IP Utilities for LanManager v1.0
Windows for Workgroups TCP/IP
Windows NT

Microsoft; One Microsoft Way, Redmond WA 95052-6399; [phone]

Downright Speculation
TCP/2 for DOS

Essex Systems; [phone]


Downright Speculation
TTCP v1.2r2

Turbosoft Pty Ltd; 248 Johnston St., Annandale, NSW Aus. 2038; +61 2 552
1266, email: [e-mail]


XWARE


Suggestion
PC-Xview

PC-Xview is available for DOS or Windows, supporting use of X over the
network.  It also supports NCD's Xremote protocol that allows X to run over
a modem much faster than could be achieved running a standard X package
over SLIP or PPP.

Network Computing Devices, Inc.; [phone]


Downright Speculation
MicroX for Windows

A demo of this product is available as:
file://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/uploads/xwindemo.zip

StarNet Communications, Corp.


Downright speculation
XVISION    $449

XVision allows X applications to run under Windows.  You have a choice of
running each X app in its own Window, or all X applications within one big
Window.

VisionWare, Ltd.; 57 Cardigan Lane, Leeds, England; 44-0-532-788858,
[phone], fax:[phone]

Downright Speculation
DesQView X

DesQView X integrates networks of DOS and UNIX machines using the X-Windows
protocol, allowing DOS machines to act as X-Windows clients and servers.


Quarterdeck Office Systems; 150 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA90405;
[phone], fax:[phone] Development Software Epilogue Technology:
Includes source code. [e-mail], fax: [phone]

Spider Systems Available for many architectures. [e-mail], fax:
44-31-555-0664

Marben Produit
TCP/IP Source

available, fax: [phone]

Network Research
FUSION
Source available, fax: [phone]

------------------------- FRAGMENTATION ADDENDUM ------------------------

How to get rid of the message:
"IP: fragmented packet received, frags not supported"
(assuming you have a C compiler and source code)
by Matthew T Kaufman ([e-mail])

Many people on the net have complained that NCSA Telnet
(among other useful PC TCP/IP programs) doesn't properly handle
fragmented IP packets. this problem becomes especially evident if
any of your packets are arriving over SLIP connections.
I figured that the fastest way to get it to work would be to go
ahead and do it myself rather than wait for it to get to the
top of the list of desired features.

MANY other programs have used the NCSA TCP/IP implementation, so
if you maintain a program which does, PLEASE add this fix.
I (and MANY OTHERS) are unable to use your software until you do.

I posted the basic form of this fix around the beginning of the year,
but it didn't seem to make it into several subsequent versions of
related software, so I am posting and mailing this once again, in
a revised form, with helpful hints at the end.

I request only the following in return:
    This software revision is in the public domain. It may be
    used anywhere without further permission from the author.
    Please credit the origin of the fix in your release notes
    or bug fix document. (I am "Matthew Kaufman, [e-mail]")
    If you are the official maintainer of a software package
    which you have added this fix to, please send me an
    email note letting me know that the fix made it in.
    (So I don't need to worry that, for instance, the next
    version of NCSA Telnet or WinQVT/Net isn't going to
    include this) And, please add this fix as soon as possible.

So here's my fix:

The following are the changes to the NCSA Telnet TCP/IP engine to add
support for IP fragment reassembly. I also know how to make telnet compile
properly under Borland C without running out of space in DGROUP (see the end of this)

if you have any questions, you can reach me at:
[e-mail]. I am willing to help, within the limits of my schedule.

changes follow:

file: engine\ip.c (the only file that needs to change)

delete the following:
>/*
>*  We cannot handle fragmented IP packets yet, return an error
>*/
>
>    if(p->i.frags &0x20) {           /* check for a fragmented packet */
>        netposterr(304);
>        return(1);
>      }

----------
after the line:
>    iplen-=hlen;

but before the lines:
> /*
> *  check to make sure that the packet is for me.


add this:

    /* check for fragment and handle. note that the &0x20 above is WRONG */
    if(p->i.frags)           /* NOW check for a fragmented packet - mtk add*/
    {
    ipfraghandle(p,iplen);    /* pass in computed iplen to save time */
        return(1);
      }

----------
and then, at the end of that file (ip.c) add this:

/*
* IP Fragment Reassembly Hack
* by Matthew T Kaufman ([e-mail])
* 1/1993, 8/1993
*/

typedef struct ipb {
        DLAYER d;
        IPLAYER i;
        uint8 data[4104];    /* "Big Enough" */
}FIPKT;

#define IPF_CHUNKS 513 /* 4104 / 8 */
#define IPF_BITWORDS 18  /* 513 / 32 round up + 1*/
#define IPF_BUFFERS 7  /* Max # of different fragmented pkts in transit */

typedef struct {
    FIPKT pkt;
    unsigned long bits[IPF_BITWORDS];
    int lastchunk;
    unsigned long lasttime;
    unsigned int iplen;
}FPBUF;

static FPBUF far Frag[IPF_BUFFERS];

ipfraghandle(IPKT *p, int iplen)
{

    uint16 fraginfo;
    uint16 foffset;
    uint16 iden;
    FPBUF far *buf;
    int i;

    fraginfo = intswap(p->i.frags);
    foffset = fraginfo & (0x1fff);
#define morefrags (fraginfo & (0x2000))

    iden = intswap(p->i.ident);

/* we already KNOW that this IS fragmented */
/* see if we can find any friends who've already arrived... */

    buf = (FPBUF *) 0L;
    for(i=0; i<IPF_BUFFERS; i++)
    {
        if(p->i.ident == Frag[i].pkt.i.ident)
        {
            buf = &(Frag[i]);
            goto foundfriend;
        }
    }
    /* otherwise, we must be the first one here */
    {
        long oldtime = 0x7fffffff;
        int oldest = 0;

        for(i=0; i<IPF_BUFFERS; i++)
        {
            if(Frag[i].lasttime == 0)    /* unused buffer? */
            {
                buf = &(Frag[i]);
                goto foundempty;
            }

            if(Frag[i].lasttime < oldtime)    /* track LRU */
            {
                oldtime = Frag[i].lasttime;
                oldest = i;
            }
        }

        /* if we're here, we need to reuse LRU */

        buf = &(Frag[oldest]);

foundempty:    ;
        /* initialize new buffer */
        /* time will be filled in later */

        for(i=0; i<IPF_BITWORDS; i++) buf->bits[i] = 0L; /* reset */
        buf->lastchunk = 0;    /* reset */
        /* fill in the header with the current header */
        movmem(p,&(buf->pkt), sizeof(DLAYER) + sizeof(IPLAYER) );
    }


foundfriend: ;

    /* now, deal with this specific fragment... */
    /* copy data */
    movmem(&(p->x.data),&(buf->pkt.data[8 * foffset]),iplen);
    /* update rx chunks information */
    for(i=foffset; i<= (foffset+(iplen / 8)); i++)
    {
        buf->bits[i/32] |= (unsigned long) (1L<<(i % 32));
    }

    if(!morefrags)
    {
        /* now we can tell how long the total thing is */
        buf->iplen = (8*foffset)+iplen;
        buf->lastchunk = foffset;
            /* actually, lastchunk is more than this, but it */
            /* IS true that we only need to check through    */
            /* this foffset value to make sure everything has */
            /* arrived  -mtk */
    }

    /* now touch the time field, for buffer LRU */
    buf->lasttime = clock();

    /* check to see if there are fragments missing */

    if(buf->lastchunk == 0)
    {
        /* we haven't even gotten a fragment with a cleared MORE */
        /* FRAGMENTS flag, so we're missing THAT piece, at least */
        return 1;
    }
    for(i=0; i<= buf->lastchunk; i++)
    {
        /* scanning to see if we have everything */
        if(0 == ((buf->bits[i/32]) & (unsigned long)(1L<<(i % 32))) )
        {
            return 1;    /* still waiting for more */
        }
    }

    /*  otherwise, done waiting... use the packet we've gathered */
    /* first clear stuff from fragment buffer: */
    buf->lasttime = 0L;    /* mark as free to take */
    buf->lastchunk = 0;    /* need to do this, because we use it as flag */
    buf->pkt.i.ident = 0;    /* so we don't find this later */
    buf->pkt.i.frags = 0;    /* in case anybody above us checks */
    /* then send it on its way... */

    if(!comparen(nnipnum,p->i.ipdest,4)) {     /* potential non-match */
        if(comparen(nnipnum,junk,4) && p->i.protocol==PROTUDP)
            return(udpinterpret((UDPKT *)p,iplen));
        return(1);              /* drop packet */
      } /* end if */

       switch (buf->pkt.i.protocol) {        /* which protocol */
            case PROTUDP:
                return(udpinterpret((UDPKT *)&(buf->pkt),buf->iplen));

            case PROTTCP:
                return(tcpinterpret((TCPKT *)&(buf->pkt),buf->iplen));

            case PROTICMP:
            return(icmpinterpret((ICMPKT *)&(buf->pkt),buf->iplen));

           default:
               netposterr(303);
               return(1);
      }

}

*** helpful hint:

if you run out of space in DGROUP, its because your compiler doesn't
place each 'far' data object in its own segment. To make things work,
you need to make the raw packet buffer be in its own segment.
Here's how:
in include/pcdefs.h search for:

-->  unsigned char far raw[17000];

 (the 17000 might be some other number... smaller, if someone tried to
  fix this before)
 and change to

-->  unsigned char far raw[17000]={0,0};    /* force into own segment */

------------------------------ END OF FAQ ------------------------

Please send comments to:

Bernard Aboba
Author of:
The Online User's Encyclopedia, Addison-Wesley, 1993
email: [e-mail]
WWW page: http://dri.cornell.edu/pub/davis/Internaut1/index.html