Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watserv1!watdragon!bmacintyre
From: bmacintyre@watdragon.waterloo.edu (Blair MacIntyre)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: DNET woes ...
Message-ID: <19339@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
Date: 16 Dec 89 15:45:56 GMT
References: <19234@watdragon.waterloo.edu> <5887@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
Reply-To: bmacintyre@watdragon.waterloo.edu (Blair MacIntyre)
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akl@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Rob Tillotson) writes:
>In article <19234@watdragon.waterloo.edu> bmacintyre@watdragon.waterloo.edu (Blair MacIntyre) writes:
>>So, now I had the entire newest version installed.  
>>And now nothing works ... 
>>- when I run the newest version, the Vax kicks me out!  No core file,
>>  no nothing.
>
>     You know, this sounds very familiar.  When the first 7-bit version, it
>worked fine for me, but of course the nfs-handler was not there.  Then, I
>picked up the new version and installed the new dnet binary.  Much to my
>surprise, as soon as it started up, it opened the fterm window, exchanged some
>data, then disconnected me.  

Ok, the problem for me was this:

	For some reason, starting dnet on the Amiga with 
		"run dnet"  No args!
	worked.  When the new version fixed some bugs, I am now required
	to explicitely specify the protocol and parity

		"run dnet -P0 -Z2"  

	Works!

>I put back the old dnet executable and tried
>nfs-handler... upon mounting NF0: and cd'ing to it, a bunch of data is
>exchanged (and a few things written to the NFS log file; I recompiled the
>server with the DEBUG option on) but the Amiga end just hangs forever until
>dnet is killed, at which time I get a typical "NF0: not found" message from cd.

Hamish (my officemate) describes the solution to this problem in another
article.  In a nutshell, byte ordering differences between the Vax and
the 68000 are the root of the problem.  He fixed it.  I'm too lazy. :-)

>     By the way, I am running dnet on a Sequent Symmetry running Dynix
>(pretty much 4.3bsd), and am connected by a dialup connection through an
>AT&T Information Systems Network which gives a 7-bit even parity link with
>XON/XOFF flow control...

Definately specify -P0 and -Z2 then ...

Blair, procrastinating from doing that essay!
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