Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!ucbvax!ASYLUM.SF.CA.US!romkey From: romkey@ASYLUM.SF.CA.US (John Romkey) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Subject: Questions about PCIP Message-ID: <9103220835.AA01350@asylum.sf.ca.us> Date: 22 Mar 91 16:35:26 GMT References: <1991Mar21.023034.2452@avatar.com> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: romkey@asylum.sf.ca.us Organization: The Internet Lines: 43 Date: 21 Mar 91 02:30:34 GMT From: Kory Hamzeh 1. It doesn't seem to be able to resolve host names and domain names. I have a Sun Sparcstation 1+ running SunOS 4.1 acting as a name server. This used to work back at MIT but the code is many years old. 2. Lpr thinks it sent the file to the print server, but nothing gets printed. Ditto. 4. I noticed that the programs and libraries are all built using the small memory model. I need to use the large model. Has anyone tried to convert it over to the large model. Any hints or pointers would be very helpful. It's a hassle. The problems are two-fold. First, the code's not very clean. Second, and more importantly, converting the tasking package to large memory model will be a real pain, especially if you use Microsoft C, which requires that all the stacks be in one segment. 5. Are there any other bugs that I should know about? PC/IP is not actively maintained, and is probably quite out of sync in many ways with today's ideal TCP/IP stack. I'm one of the original authors and I don't recommend using it. Use a supported commercial package, or NCSA Telnet or KA9Q if you must (KA9Q only for non-commercial applications unless you have Phil Karn's permission). When using FTP's PC/TCP on the same PC and network, all of the above functions work fine. This leads to believe that the network/Sun is all setup correctly. PC/TCP is a descendant of PC/IP, by the way; most every line of code rewritten but then most of the descendants have done that by now. - john romkey Epilogue Technology USENET/UUCP/Internet: romkey@asylum.sf.ca.us voice/fax: 415 594-1141