🚀 go-pugleaf

Hi Pib and readers of the NUPop list!


Pib, at long last I have made the time to have a play with NUPop and [SLIP].
Prior to this, I (and a growing user base here in Western Australia) have
been very satisfied with NUPop in [SERIAL] mode. I have not had any direct
network connection experience with NUPop. So learning a bit about packet
drivers and such stuff has been fun... 


I'm testing NUPop 2.0.2 (protected mode) in SLIP mode, under DOS.
Our terminal server does not offer BOOTP.

I have managed to get NUPop working with your SLIP8250 driver and the
SLIPDIAL.SCR, with <READIP>. All the network checks out fine.

However, I am having problems with using the Uni. of Minnesota's UMSLIP.COM
and PHONE package.

I can SEND mail but I cannot receive mail ("Error while reading from
network" messages). If I finger my server (which is my POP and SMTP server),
the connection closes suddenly. And yet everything checks out fine when I
test the network under Options/Network.

Is there any problem with the UMSLIP driver? I can't figure that SERIAL
command in PHONE to get H/W H/S turned on but that shouldn't matter.

Here are my driver parameters:

SLIP8250 0x61 -h SLIP 0x3 0x2F8 9600 4096
UMSLIP -w 0x62 4096

(BTW, I don't have both drivers installed at the same time)

Now, I have this "grapMYIP" thingy enabled in my PHONE.CMD file. Should it
be enabled? Is that the same as your READIP command? I have copied the
provided temporary IP number into the network config.

(I have also posted this message to the Uni. of Minn. people:
 lip@boombox.micro.umn.edu. BTW you guys: I could see nothing in the docs.
on "grabMYIP")

Anyone out there managed to get UMSLIP / PHONE / NUPop running together?
I haven't got a Gateway IP number put into the network configs, but this
does not seem to affect the SLIPDIAL / SLIP8250 combination.

I have similar problems with MINUET and UMSLIP/PHONE so the hassle might be
with the UMSLIP/PHONE setup. I have yet to give CSLIPPER or SLIPPER a test.

And one last thing: When composing this message (under SLIPDIAL/SLIP8250),
my SLIP connection timed out (seemingly very quickly). On my nMac, I run a
Talk background app. which pulses the network every so often and keeps the
slip connection going. Any soloutions for the PC/DOS scene? (I can't recall
it happening too readily using Peter Tattam's SLIP WinSock under Windows,
but there, I would often have PING running in the background just in case).

I look forward to any responses.

Best wishes to all, from Western Australia.
Geoff R.

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And here is a bit of a TRACE that might help:

NUPop 2.0.2 (Protected mode)
Time/date                = Fri, 24 Jun 1994 03:05:54 +0700 (WAST)
DOS version              = 6.20
Win3 enhanced mode       = No
DesqView active          = No
OS2 active               = No
TCP driver type          = Built-in NUTCP
Heap space available     = 4312984

CW=0 0 80 23
DownloadPath=
EnclosurePath=C:\MAIL\ENCL\
IW=0 0 80 23
Language=English
LargeMessageSize=1073741824
MailPath=C:\MAIL\
PassWord=<Not shown>
PreferredName=Geoff Rehn 
ReplyToName=rehn@cleo.murdoch.edu.au

UseSerialAccess=No

MaxEMS=0
MaxSeg=1024
MaxXMS=0
MTU=1024
MyIPString=134.115.4.152
NameServer1=134.115.4.33
NameServer2=134.115.4.2
NameServer3=0.0.0.0
NameServer4=0.0.0.0
NetMask=255.255.252.0
NNTPServerName=
PHServerName=info.curtin.edu.au
POPServerName=cleo.murdoch.edu.au
ReTrans=1
SMTPServerName=cleo.murdoch.edu.au
Access=Direct
CharDelay=0
ComPort=2
Dial=ATDT%t|
EOLString=\r
Flow=C
HangUp=~~+++~~ATH0|
InBufSize=8192
LineDelay=0
ModemInit=ATS0=0E1B0&E1&K5L2&C1&D2$SC1|
OutBufSize=1024
Parity=N
PortBase=03F8 02F8 03E8 02E8 0000 0000 0000 0000
PortInt=000C 000B 000C 000B 000B 000B 000B 000B
PortIRQ=0004 0003 0004 0003 0004 0003 0004 0003
Speed=9600
Stopbits=1


03:05:56.057:  TCPNew: OK
03:05:58.011:  TCPLookup: Name=<cleo.murdoch.edu.au>; found <cleo.murdoch.edu.au> in cache.
03:05:58.011:  TCPConnect:  OK
03:05:58.049:  Leaving TCPConnect with PNum=0
Waiting for a line starting with a <+>
Error signalled if line starts with a <->
<--"+OK UCB Pop server (version 1.831beta) at cleo starting."
-->USER rehn
Waiting for a line starting with a <+OK>
Error signalled if line starts with a <-ERR>
<--"+OK Password required for rehn."
-->***********
-->
Waiting for a line starting with a <+OK>
Error signalled if line starts with a <-ERR>
<--"+OK rehn has 62 message(s) (126731 octets)."
-->STAT
Waiting for a line starting with a <+OK>
Error signalled if line starts with a <-ERR>
<--"+OK 62 126731"
-->LIST 1
Waiting for a line starting with a <+OK>
Error signalled if line starts with a <-ERR>
<--"+OK 1 1394"
-->TOP 1 1
Waiting for a line starting with a <+OK>
Error signalled if line starts with a <-ERR>
<--"+OK 1394 octets"
03:06:49.079:    In TCPReadChar  Timed out, network not responding
-->QUIT
Waiting for a line starting with a <+OK>
Error signalled if line starts with a <-ERR>
03:07:30.038:    In TCPReadString:ReadOneChar  Timed out, network not responding
03:07:30.038:  TCPReadString:ReadOneChar: InCount=0
03:07:30.038:    In TCPReadString  Timed out, network not responding
03:07:30.038:  TCPDisconnect:PNum=0;  OK.
03:07:32.036:  TCPDispose entered: 
03:07:32.036:  TCPDispose done.
03:07:32.036:  Error while reading from network
03:07:58.056:  TCPUnInit starts:  OK

03:07:58.056:  TCPUnInit finished.
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Geoff Rehn
Academic Services Unit   Murdoch University
rehnpc@cleo.murdoch.edu.au