HOW TO INSTALL THE TUW-TCP/IP PACKAGE 8. April 1992, updated January 12th, 1993 by pm. --- Please note: This package was intended to overcome the drawbacks of existing network packages for the ATARI: high price, low performance and missing compatibility between the software of different companies. Therefore we have introduced a packet driver interface similar to that used on IBM-PCs and developed a TCP/IP software compatible with the ATARI networking interface routines as well as some application programs to connect to our SUN workstations. This was done mainly to utilize our existing STs and TTs in our network and was never thougt of becoming available to the public. Hans Wieser who first started the project has left our group. I apologize for the bad support, nevertheless I hope you will find it useful. pm. --- Copy the following programs into the AUTO folder of your bootdisk: 1.) INETCUST.PRG (customization to your environment) 2.) PKTDRV.PRG (one of lancest.prg, lancett.prg, dlinkdrv.prg or your own packet driver) 3.) TUWTCP.PRG (TCP/IP) These programs must be executed in the given order at boot-time. PKTDRV.PRG and TUWTCP.PRG depend on the custom structure, which is loaded resident by INETCUST.PRG . INETCUST.PRG reads the file INETCUST.INF, which you should update for your site-customisation requirements. If you execute INETCUST.PRG and the custom-structure is already resident, the resident structure is updated. INETCUST.PRG searches INETCUST.INF in the root directory of the current drive.( This is the boot drive when executed from the AUTO folder. ) Provide all internet addresses and hostnames you want connect to in a file and enter the full pathname to this file at the HOSTS keyword in INETCUST.INF . The format of this file is: # This is a comment # internet addr firstname of host second name of host .... ddd.ddd.ddd.ddd hostname nickname_of_host Use only one line per host. The announced nameserver support will come soon. If you want to run FTPSERV.PRG or TNFTP.PRG as an accessory, simply rename it to *.ACC and copy it to the root-directory of your bootdisk. TNFTP - TELNET and FTP client ----------------------------- TNFTP.ACC needs all fontfiles (7 files) and the TN.RSC file in the root directory of your bootdrive. To become familiar with all shortcut-keys provided by TNFTP.PRG (TNFTP.ACC), run it as the normal .PRG and look at the menu. Any shortcuts are active, if a TNFTP-window is the active one. If you have a TNFTP.ACC-window open and you start another program, the TNFTP-window will be closed due to system requirements; simply click on the desk-menu entry of the TNFTP accessory and all TNFTP-windows will reopen, the connection to the host will remain established. Closing a window by clicking the close-box at the upper left corner of the window will close the connection too. You can run TNFTP.PRG (TNFTP.ACC) and FTPSERV.ACC concurrently to be able to ftp back to your ATARI. The environment variable FTPWIN specifies the FTP window and FTPTMP a filename for temporary data. FTPSERV - simple FTP server --------------------------- FTPSERV.PRG and FTPSERV.ACC cannot run concurrently since only one server can listen on the FTP-port. Only one FTP client can be serviced at the same time. To stop FTPSERV.PRG simply close the info-window. NETSTAT - status info about active connections ---------------------------------------------- NETSTAT.TOS gives you info about currently active TCP connections, UDP connections are not shown, this will be be done sometimes in the future. SETCLOCK - get time from time server ------------------------------------ SETCLOCK.PRG sets the local clock after retrieving the actual time from the first timeserver specified in INETCUST.INF. Time SETCLOCK.PRG is linked with the german version of PURE-C libraries, so the reported timezone name may be incorrect. Daylight savings time should be honoured be changing the TZOFFS entry in INETCUST.INF accordingly. ( The 'TZ' keyword is NOT currently used by this program ) LPR - line printer access ------------------------- LPR.TTP allows for printing of files on a remote printer. Options are: -Sprinthost -Pprinter file. Defaults can be specified in the environment variables for the printer in PRINTER, the username in USER and the print host in PRINTHOST. SPOOLD - routes files with extension .PCO to remote printer ----------------------------------------------------------- SPOOLD.ACC automatically prints a file with extension .PCO on the remote printer as soon as it gets closed after it was opened, then the file is deleted!. Defaults can be specified in the environment variables for the printer in PRINTER, the username in USER and the print host in PRINTHOST. Since this package in part needs the multitasking capabilities of the AES, any .TOS or .TTP program not using the GEMDOS calls of the package will suspend the network services. 8-( For any suggestions, enhancements and bugreports send a mail to Peter Mayer , pm@fortec.tuwien.ac.at