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- From: jrd@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
- Subject: Re: MS-Kermit 3.12 + TCP + PKTMUX-12 ???
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.185959.61149@cc.usu.edu>
- Date: 21 Nov 92 18:59:59 MDT
- References: <1992Nov21.181645.8204@nsscmail.att.com>
- Organization: Utah State University
- Lines: 45
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- In article <1992Nov21.181645.8204@nsscmail.att.com>, rick@nsscmail.att.com (Rick Calder) writes:
- > Has anyone gotten mskermit 3.12 to work with pktmux 12 when other
- > TCP software is also active ??
- > When I run kermit via TCP as the 1st pktmux user, there is no problem.
- > If something else has the 1st pktdrv, like PCTCP ethdrv, then the kermit
- > session over TCP will lockup on the UNIX host side. Kermit is still active,
- > the UNIX side still has its shell running, but nothing can be entered to
- > UNIX via kermit. Kermit does still respond, as I can do a normal hangup.
- >
- > setup that works : setup that doesn't work :
- > autoexec.bat : autoexec.bat :
- > pktmux pktmux
- > pktdrv pktdrv
- > pktdrv pktdrv
- > run kermit via tcp ethdrv
- > run kermit via tcp
- >
- > Thanks in advance,
- >
- > Rick Calder
- > [att!]rick!rick rick@rick.att.com
- > attmail!rcalder
- > --
- > Rick Calder, NCR Systems Support Center - New Jersey
- > [att!]rick!rick rick@rick.att.com
- > attmail!rcalder
- -------------------
- Of course, it's not Kermit as such, but any TCP/IP Telnet application
- which would produce this result. A packet monitor and a quiet day is needed
- to sort out the changes pktmux probably made to the Telnet traffic from Kermit
- (all legit stuff, nothing wierd). So, once again we need to remind people that
- as clever as pktmux is, and it is clever, it cannot solve many fundamental
- conflicts because there are no solutions. I hope that nothing important was
- lost in these tests.
- You might notice something useful about the way Kermit employs
- Telnet. It attaches to the Packet Driver when Telnet service is required, and
- then it frees that attachment at the end of the Telnet session, all while
- remaining active.
- Folks will chuckle at the following suggestion, but it is consider
- purchasing a second lan adapter. Today's prices of $100-$200 make it realistic.
- And yes, the laughter is at the irony of coming full circle. Alternatively,
- you could run Kermit over FTP's tnglass Int 14h hooker, or over a handy
- NetBios link to the Unix box (if convenient), etc. Kermit supports most of
- the communication methods associated with PCs.
- Joe D.
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