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From: bschmidt@bnr.ca (Ben Schmidt)
Subject: Re: Problems installing MacTCP
Message-ID: <1990Dec3.133355.4729@bwdls61.bnr.ca>
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Organization: Bell-Northern Research
References: <1990Dec2.205013.1200@urz.unibas.ch>
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 90 13:33:55 GMT

In article <1990Dec2.205013.1200@urz.unibas.ch> grimm@urz.unibas.ch writes:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm having problems configuring MacTCP. I used to use NCSA 
> Telnet (i.e. the version with the built in TCP stack) 
> without any problems. But when I install MacTCP and try to 
> run the MacTCP Version of Telnet, I can't even start the 
> program, i.e. the program loads, but then it immediately 
> quits. I entered the internet addres manually and I am 
> using a GatorBox to get to a Sparcstation 1. 
> Can anybody give me some hints, what I am doing wrong ?

Stefan, when a MacTCP-based application fires up quickly and then immediately 
closes, that's often a sign that MacTCP is not properly installed.  

You could try a 2nd MacTCP-based application to verify this.  One I use, is 
Mahboud Zabetian's excellent "GetMyAddress" utility.  It can be found on 
sumex-aim.stanford.edu, as well as on AppleLink.  (A more powerful version 
comes with the avant garde group's EtherPeek s/w.) You can run 
"GetMyAddress" to see if it returns an IP address or instead tells you 
that MacTCP is not installed.  If MacTCP is not installed, there could be 
any number of reasons for this:

  - you're on LocalTalk but you're DDP/IP gateway isn't NBP registering 
    itself as an " IPGATEWAY" ( You could verify this with Apple's 
    InterPoll s/w), or there's a break in your LocalTalk network such that
    you can't reliably see the DDP/IP (in your case, GatorBox) gateway.

  - your copy of MacTCP is damaged (You could install a fresh copy from
    your original disk.  The current version is MacTCP 1.01)

  - your copy of MacTCP is misconfigured (You could check the
    documentation and/or review your configuration with a co-worker or 
    with the net)

Hope this helps, 

Ben Schmidt     Bell-Northern Research, Ltd.   Ph: (613) 763-3906
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