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Re: LWP and FTP to SGI Indigo problem

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From: Patrick Kehoe
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 16:41
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In article <C17o1v.A8v@jbecpor.demon.co.uk> terry@jbecpor.demon.co.uk (Terry Gauntlett) writes:
>pat@mousetrap.canton.mi.us (Patrick Kehoe) writes:
>: In article <C0o3ry.50J@mousetrap.canton.mi.us> pat@mousetrap.canton.mi.us writes
>: >
>: >I just got done installing LAN WorkPlace for DOS ver 4.1 for a client.
>: >They wanted the program to communicate to their SGI indigo, basically
>: >to FTP to it.  After configuring the dos side, and making sure that
>: >we had a user on the SGI, I pinged it, and every this was hunky-dory.
>: >Ok, great, then I try to ftp, and I enter the user name, and then
>: >it just hangs.  
>: >
>: 
>: After calling 1-800-net-ware and spending the $20 per incident, I got
>: tech support to verify that this is a problem with lwp 4.1 and SGI
>: workstations.  They have not been able to tell me what or provide a
>: work around, so any additional information would be most helpful.
>: 
>Hmm, known problem with 4.1? I had this problem with various SGs for ages
>when using 4.00! I upgraded to 4.01 and all problems were apparently fixed.
>Maybe they've reintroduced a buglet? I don't run version 4.1 yet but it's
>on the way. I'll have a good look when it arrives.
>
Actually they patched 4.01, but forgot to roll the corrections into 
4.1.  They gave me a patched tcpip.exe that corrected the problem, and
I hope they send the patch to ftp sites and compuspend.

Pat
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From: pkehoe@iunet.ann-arbor.mi.us (Patrick Kehoe)
Subject: Re: LWP and FTP to SGI Indigo problem
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