Windows 3.1 and SLIrP
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To use SLIrP and Windows 3.1, you need to have a software package that
will allow you to dial into DelTech manually..the following instructions
are for how to set-up and use Trumpet winsock..a shareware PPP dialer
that you can obtain almost anywhere on the internet. Winsock will allow
you to manually dial Deltech...then "exec" the slirp program..Winsock
works really well using a script language of its own..and all the
commands can be entered into the script...ie: changing HOPI to binary
mode..the dialing..and logging in..all of it. Well..here goes..
1. Obtain a copy of Winsock...use archie..or whatever to locate a
copy of the file.
2. Download it to your PC..uncompress it if necessary..or just
run it in a temporary directory.
3. Get everything situated..setup the basics of winsock..it will
install for you. Run it and set all the settings in the setup
option off the toolbar. (for help on this..see
http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/slirp/)
4. Once all these settings are done..use the 'dialler'
option off the toolbar to run the 'setup.cmd' script. It will
be listed on the bottom of the option subwindow...just click
on it. Answer it's questions..the answers are saved in a setup
file on your pc..and can be referred to as variables in the
script files.
5. BTW: the settings I use for the inital setup..(under
'file' then 'setup') are as follows:
5a)IP address: 10.0.2.15; netmask:255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 138.123.84.1 NOTE! The version
of winsock that I have..would not allow you to change
the gateway from the setup screen..so to change it..I
had to find the .ini file for winsock..and edit the
gateway there.
Nameserver(for DNS lookups):138.123.84.240
DomainSuffix:dtcc.edu
5b)The remaining paramaters can be left at default..or..to
help speed up things..and make the connection more
efficient..you can 'tweak' them..my settings are:
MTU:1500; TCP RWIN:8192; TCP MSS:1460;
TCP RTO MAX:60; Load Timeout:5 (secs)
check the 'internal slip' box set the baudrate
at 38400(you may need to slow this down..if
your modem can't handle it..but try the higher
baudrate first.
check BOTH the CSLIP AND Hardware handshaking
boxes.And the DCD box for online status detection
6. For all these changes to be effective..you will
need to restart winsock.
7. Now comes the fun part..at this point..winsock is set
To call DTCC..and login..and that is it..as you know
We have to set our terminals..to whatever emulation..
and then login..and then drop back to the login
server to set our session into Binary mode..No problem
Right? Well it is for winsock..it is all done..as far
as it is concerned...using the script that exists
at this point.
8. I am not exactly sure what to tell you from
here..you are gonna need to change the script to do
all this stuff for you..you can either do it yourself..
or mail me..(w32@hopi.dtcc.edu) and I will mail you a
copy of my script..you will hafta change your terminal
type (if you use something different that VT100) and
you will probably need to change the modem
initaliziation string, a cheezy init string will work
if all else fails..something like:atdt ...
what I did here was use the init string from another
communications package..and just copied it into the
script.
9. Remember to exit and re-run winsock..to let all
the changes take effect.
10. Run Winsock..and watch the results on the screen
You should see it call..connect..login..password..
then terminal type..then drop the the login server
set the session to binary mode..then resume the
session..and it will "exec slirp" (the safe way).
Exec'ing slirp..will keep you from trashing your
account..plus it will lower the load on the server.
If all goes well..you are set..all you need to do is..start looking
all over the internet for applications for winsock..there are
TONS..Netscape..and telnet clients..the list is endless..and thay
are all relatively easy to install..and pretty small too. Good luck!
Last page update: 10 Feb 1997
Source Document: None
Official URL for this page:
http://www.stanton.dtcc.edu/stanton/cs/slirp/trumpet.html
Page maintained by: George
Imburgia