austin@cs.widener.edu (Jeff Austin) (12/05/90)
This may be totally off the wall, but does anyone know of a TCP/IP
product (Public Domain or Proprietary) that will allow TCP to be
run over dialed lines between a VMS host and a PC? I'd like my PC
to appear as a remote IP host to the VAX in order to support FTP,
TELNET, SMTP, and FINGER.
For example, the product should do for TCP what DEC's DDCMP through
DECnet-DOS does for DECnet. I've checked Wollongong's "DBRIDGE"
option and the FTP software for the IBM-PC, but nothing really seems
to do what I want. Any ideas? Is this even possible? Thanks!
Jeff
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| austinj@pgate.boeing.com | (===) eat a harmonica" |dzoey@TERMINUS.UMD.EDU (12/05/90)
> This may be totally off the wall, but does anyone know of a TCP/IP > product (Public Domain or Proprietary) that will allow TCP to be > run over dialed lines between a VMS host and a PC? I'd like my PC > to appear as a remote IP host to the VAX in order to support FTP, > TELNET, SMTP, and FINGER. Actually it's not off the wall at all. The protocol you are looking for is called SLIP (Serial Line IP). Most (all?) commercial packages have a slip driver including our own (DOSIP). Of the PD PC packages, I know that KA9Q has a slip driver. I believe most VMS TCP/IP packages also contain SLIP, but I'm not as certain. There is a replacement to slip for point to point communications (such as serial lines) called PPP. However it is not nearly as widely implemented at this point int time as slip is. It solves a number of technical and administrative shortcomings in slip. For now though, you're probably better off using slip and changing to PPP later. Joe Herman U. of Md DOSIP Project. dzoey@terminus.umd.edu
mra@srchtec.UUCP (Michael Almond) (12/06/90)
In article <1990Dec04.215433.3007@cs.widener.edu> austin@cs.widener.edu (Jeff Austin) writes: > This may be totally off the wall, but does anyone know of a TCP/IP > product (Public Domain or Proprietary) that will allow TCP to be > run over dialed lines between a VMS host and a PC? I'd like my PC > to appear as a remote IP host to the VAX in order to support FTP, > TELNET, SMTP, and FINGER. What you are looking for is SLIP. There is a public domain version NCSA which runs on top of the packet drivers. There is a packet driver for the PC which supports SLIP. I'm sure you can find a PD version of SLIP for your VMS also. --- Michael R. Almond (Georgia Tech Alumnus) mra@srchtec.uucp (registered) search technology, inc. emory!stiatl!srchtec!mra Atlanta, Georgia (404) 441-1457 (office) [search]: Systems Engineering Approaches to Research and Development
manager@cai.com (12/07/90)
In article <358@srchtec.UUCP>, mra@srchtec.UUCP (Michael Almond) writes: > In article <1990Dec04.215433.3007@cs.widener.edu> austin@cs.widener.edu (Jeff Austin) writes: >> This may be totally off the wall, but does anyone know of a TCP/IP >> product (Public Domain or Proprietary) that will allow TCP to be >> run over dialed lines between a VMS host and a PC? I'd like my PC >> to appear as a remote IP host to the VAX in order to support FTP, >> TELNET, SMTP, and FINGER. > > What you are looking for is SLIP. There is a public domain version NCSA > which runs on top of the packet drivers. There is a packet driver for the > PC which supports SLIP. I'm sure you can find a PD version of SLIP for > your VMS also. > Carnegie Mellon's CMU-TEK TCP/IP for VAX/VMS systems supports SLIP, X.25, and DECnet in addition to standard Ethernet. I have no affiliation to Carnegie Mellon except as a satisfied hacker of CMU-TEK. -- Todd Aven Manager, Mid-range Computer Services Computer Associates International Internet: manager@cai.com UUCP: uupsi!usgcdh!manager