Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!sunee!erick
From: erick@sunee.waterloo.edu (Erick Engelke)
Subject: Re: MS-kermit using ethernet instead of COM ports?
Message-ID: <1991Apr17.144801.21888@sunee.waterloo.edu>
Organization: University of Waterloo
References: <1991Apr16.233112.7422@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1991 14:48:01 GMT
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In article <1991Apr16.233112.7422@ccu.umanitoba.ca> (Andrew Chan) writes:
>I hear that with some software from FTP it can be done, but what about
>if I cannot afford buying a copy?
>
>Is there any way at all that MS-kermit can utilize the ethernet?

There is a free program called TCPPORT which does exactly as you ask, its
part of the Waterloo TCP package.  Anonymous ftp to 129.97.128.196 
and pick up pub/wattcp/beta/apps.arc.  (The version in pub/wattcp/apps.arc
does not convert carriage returns to linefeeds, so you would have to type
^J rather than just hitting return).

Programs such as NCSA or CUTCP TELNET will be much faster since the COM port
adds a *lot* of software overhead for each single character.

If you have trouble getting MS-KERMIT to work over TCPPORT, send me E-mail.
 
Erick
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Erick Engelke                                       Watstar Computer Network
Watstar Network Guy                                   University of Waterloo
Erick@Development.Watstar.UWaterloo.ca              (519) 885-1211 Ext. 2965