SLIP connection to ANNEX.MATH.UTAH.EDU via MS-DOS kermit and SLIP8250. Last edit: Sept 24, 1996 ====================================================================== Hardware required: PC with 2mb memory, 80286 or better. Infotel 14400 modem or equivalent. Software: MS-DOS kermit, version 3.14 or later slip8250.com (provided with MS-DOS kermit 3.14) DOS 5.0 or greater. ====================================================================== Kermit and slip8250.com are available at site kermit.columbia.edu via anonymous ftp. Free. Get it from kermit/archives/msvibm.zip (apr 95). The WWW access is from URL http://www.cc.columbia.edu/kermit/ After clicking on kermit, look for MS-DOS kermit, ftp access. It will be downloaded to disk automatically (768k). This includes slip8250.com. A minimal working set for PC kermit is kermit.exe, kermit.ini, kermit.bat, slpi8250.com, kermit.hlp. The rest can be trashed. Locally, the kermit distibution is mirrored (Apr 1995) at FTP site ftp://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/ibmpc/kermit/ in file "msvibm.zip" ====================================================================== To make a SLIP (Serial Line IP) connection to the math ANNEX, follow these steps, valid for a setup with bootp parameters and nameserver services: 1. Start kermit. Use the same settings that work for a normal modem connection to the ANNEX terminal server. Normal connection is 14400 baud or less. 2. At the kermit prompt: ==> SET FLOW RTS/CTS or SET FLOW NONE ==> CONNECT ==> ATDT5818105 ==> username ==> password WAIT FOR THE ANNEX PROMPT. THEN ==> slip WAIT FOR TWO ADDRESSES TO APPEAR. USUALLY, GET 128.110.198.130 FOR ANNEX and 128.110.198.135 FOR MY IP ADDRESS ON THE PC. IGNORE THESE ADDRESSES! 3. Escape back to the MS-Kermit prompt and EXIT from MS-DOS Kermit. The connection is left open. ==> alt-X ==> EXIT 4. Start the SLIP8250 driver at the MSDOS prompt: ==> slip8250 0x60 -h slip 4 0x3f8 14400 NOTE: This applies to DOS only. If you are using Windows 3.1 or Win95, then read the Netscape document and in particular remarks about Winsock, which replaces slip8250.com in the windows environment. See the NetScape notes below. 5. Start MS-DOS Kermit again. ==> kermit ==> set speed 14400 ==> set tcp primary 128.110.198.2 ==> set tcp gateway 128.110.198.126 ==> set tcp subnet 255.255.255.0 ==> set tcp/ip address bootp ==> set port tcp solitude.math.utah.edu ==> connect ==> username ==> password ===================================================================== BARE BONES CONNECTION -- FOR TESTING ===================================================================== To make a SLIP (Serial Line IP) connection to the math ANNEX, follow these steps, valid for a bare-bones setup without bootp parameters or nameserver services: 1. Start kermit. Use the same settings that work for a normal modem connection to the ANNEX terminal server. ==> kermit 2. At the kermit prompt: ==> SET FLOW RTS/CTS or SET FLOW NONE ==> CONNECT ==> ATDT5818105 ==> username ==> password WAIT FOR THE ANNEX PROMPT. THEN ==> slip WAIT FOR TWO ADDRESSES TO APPEAR. USUALLY, GET 128.110.198.130 FOR ANNEX and 128.110.198.135 FOR MY IP ADDRESS ON THE PC. WARNING: 128.110.198.135 could be 128.110.198.134 or 128.110.198.136! The address 128.110.198.130 is useless, it is the address of annex.math.utah.edu, not something you can log in on. 3. Escape back to the MS-Kermit prompt and EXIT from MS-DOS Kermit. The connection is left open. ==> alt-X ==> exit 4. Start the SLIP8250 driver at the MSDOS prompt: ==> slip8250 0x60 -h slip 4 0x3f8 14400 NOTE: This applies to DOS only. If you are using Windows 3.1 or Win95, then read the Netscape document and in particular remarks about Winsock, which replaces slip8250.com in the windows environment. See the NetScape notes below. 5. Start MS-DOS Kermit again. ==> SET TCP ADDRESS 128.110.198.135 [PC address given by annex display] ==> SET PORT TCP 128.110.198.33 [solitude.math.utah.edu] ==> CONNECT ==> username ==> password ===================================================================== DOSLYNX connection via SLIP ===================================================================== The application DOSLYNX is a LYNX Web Reader for WWW produced in Kansas, especially for the DOS interface. It seems to require 4mb memory and DOS 5.0 or better to run. Also, VGA is recommended and a fast modem, 14400 or better. Help is available: lynx-help@ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu Advantages: Works on most any DOS machine with minimum video and memory. Does all file loads to the local disk for speedy navigation on the WWW. Downloads of files are seamless to the local disk. Go anywhere on the internet with minimum effort. Uses the mouse on the PC for navigation and the usual PC user interface standards. No unix to learn. Has an internal GIF reader/display for viewing images which incidentally downloads the GIF file to disk. Obtaining DosLynx DosLynx v0.8a is available via binary anonymous FTP at ftp2.cc.ukans.edu in the pub/WWW/DosLynx directory. DosLynx version 0.8 alpha will be the file named DLX0_8A.EXE which is a self-extracting archive. URL notation is ftp://ftp2.cc.ukans.edu/pub/WWW/DosLynx/DLX0_8A.EXE URL notation for the directory is ftp://ftp2.cc.ukans.edu/pub/WWW/DosLynx/ Installing DOSLYNX Make a subdirectory c:\doslynx. Put the archive DLX0_8A.EXE there and run it. That deposits the files. You should create a new "index.htm" and edit the configuration file "doslynx.cfg" (details below). SLIP configuration for DOSLYNX ==> cd \doslynx connect to hard disk directory ==> edit index.htm make a new home page with these contents: DosLynx

DosLynx Ver 8



DosLynx loaded.

Press L here to load http://www.math.utah.edu/

==> edit doslynx.cfg add these lines to the end of the file: my_ip=BOOTP netmask=255.255.255.255 gateway=128.110.198.126 nameserver=128.110.198.2 domainslist="math.utah.edu" tempdir=c:\temp\ home=file:///index.htm graphicsmode=NONE hotlistfile=HOTLIST.HTM errorhtml=ERROR.HTM networked=YES ems=NO xms=NO SLIP setup for DOSLYNX ==> To set up for doslynx at annex.math.utah.edu, do the SLIP setup for kermit and just to make sure its working, login at solitude and then logout, exit kermit. Then: ==> cd \doslynx ==> doslynx [to exit use alt-X, ESC exits a bad URL load] ========================================================================