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From: josevela@mtecv2.mty.itesm.mx (Jose Angel Vela Avila)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: NCSA - Telnet and FTP - BOOTP/rarp
Message-ID: <3335@mtecv2.mty.itesm.mx>
Date: 9 May 91 17:04:22 GMT
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mcr@Sandelman.OCUnix.on.ca (Michael Richardson) writes:

>In article <200882.28215371@uctvax.uct.ac.za> hartr@uctvax.uct.ac.za (Dave Roberts) writes:
>>3) I have myip=BOOTP with a IPX and IPXPKT.  FTP will not work, error is
>>   "Error initializing network".  When I use FTP with myip=MYIPNUMBER
>>   it works.  Is there something I am missing to make FTP work with
>>   myip=BOOTP?

>  I experienced a similar thing with Telnet 2.2D.
>  When using a packet driver (3c501.com at int 0x60) I couldn't an IP
>address via RAPR. (I don't recall if I got the same error though -- I
>believe that it may have just timed out)
>  When switching to the internal 3c501 driver, I had no problem at
>all (with both Telnet and ftp). Could this be a limitation of the
>packet driver??


  I have used BOOTP sucesfully with packet drivers ( 3c503, 3c523 and ibmtoken)


 May be the problem is with your card, did you check if it work with an 
  IPaddress (myip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) ???


 Bye

Jose A. Vela A.
josevela@mtecv2.mty.itesm.mx