NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/comp/os/os2/networki/2947

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking
Path: sparky!uunet!nih-csl!lhc!dabl2
From: [e-mail] (Don A.B. Lindbergh)
Subject: TCP/IP from PDK and applying CSD's
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Organization: National Library of Medicine
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 13:43:17 GMT
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I have gotten the base product up and
basically working, using the code from the latest PDK CD ROM.  I tried
applying the CSD for the base product (latest from hobbes), but get a
message saying that I must be using a 'refreshed' version of TCP/IP to apply
the fix.  I'm guessing that I can't apply CSD's to a beta version?
(an older CSD TCP2274.ZIP also mentions that it should only be applied to the
'refreshed' product)

I'm also wondering then if I'm wasting my time with the beta version since
there have been so many fixes and since I am experiencing irregular operation
of telnet etc.  It would really help if anyone can confirm that the version
from the PDK works AT ALL because I'm trying to convince my boss to go to
OS/2.  One compelling reason would be so that we can run both the Novell
requester and do telnet simultaneously.  This is in a hospital with 200+
workstations on a Netware 3.11 LAN.  So, after ordering (and waiting) for
the PDK CD ROM so we can try out TCP/IP, and spending a good amount of time
getting both the requester and tcp/ip stuff to even load correctly,
experiencing flakey behavior with TCP/IP AND (apparently) not being able
to apply fixes, I'm wodering if I'm wasting my time (ie I have to tell my
boss we now must order the 'real' product to actually see if it works).

Any help/hints greatly appreciated.  Obviously if we go with the product,
we'd order 200+ copies or a site license etc.


thanks

--Don Lindbergh
[e-mail]