702WFG@SCRVMSYS.BITNET (bill gunshannon) (07/19/90)
>Thanks for all responses. It has become a moot point. NCSA's tcp/ip >for MS-DOS requires (inexplicably) that the VAX PING the PC in order >to get communications to work after both machines have rebooted. We >are now using FTP Software's tcp/ip for MS-DOS, which has not exhibited >this strange behavior. I would sure like to see an explanation of this. We use NCSA here on all our connected PCs and we DO NOT have ping enabled on the VAX.NCSA doesn't do anything different here than any other host on the network. I can't imagine why ping would be necessary on the VAX. Can you elucidate??? bill gunshannon bill gunshannon 702WFG@SCRVMSYS.BITNET