Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!axion!delluk!tim From: tim@delluk.uucp (Tim Wright) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: TCP/IP under ISC Keywords: update, TCP/IP Message-ID: Date: 20 Nov 90 09:15:05 GMT References: <1990Nov18.173628.21839@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> <12431@uudell.dell.com> Sender: usenet@delluk.uucp (Usenet posting login) Organization: Dell Computer Corp., Bracknell, UK Lines: 23 In <12431@uudell.dell.com> mjhammel@Kepler.dell.com (Michael J. Hammel) writes: >The TCP/IP I have for 2.0.2 is TCP/IP 1.1.2. The latest version is >TCP/IP 1.2 (I think). 1.2 works fairly well, but its not completely >compatible with other TCP/IP implementations. Specifically, it doesn't >seem too happy with System V.4 TCP/IP or SunOS 4.0. Telnet's from the >V.4 to a 1.2 system won't complete (they hang). Rlogin's require the -8 >option in order to not get things confused when using vi. There are >some other things. Basically, I've decided 1.1.2 is more compatible in >a heterogenous network. Subsequent investigation on this side of the pond shows that the telnetd in 1.2.0 confuses many other telnets. The manual explains that ISC added some extra negotiation parameters (e.g. WINSIZE). To disable them, edit /etc/inetd.conf and add some parameters on the telnetd line (I don't have them to hand, sorry. Maybe later ... :-) Tim -- Tim Wright, Dell Computer Corp. (UK) | Email address Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 1RW | Domain: tim@dell.co.uk Tel: +44-344-860456 | Uucp: ...!ukc!delluk!tim "What's the problem? You've got an IQ of six thousand, haven't you?"