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NEW OS/2 NETWORKING UTILITY: Slip-Home-Work
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bruce@pulp2.ucs.ualberta.ca)
Fri Nov 10 17:08:30 1995
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 03:16:46 GMT
From: bruce@pulp2.ucs.ualberta.ca
Reply-To: Bruce.Clarke@UAlberta.CA
Submitted by: Bruce Clarke (bruce.clarke@ualberta.ca)
Source: Bruce Clarke (bruce.clarke@ualberta.ca)
Date received: 1995 November 9
Date posted: 1995 November 9
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Slip-Home-Work (first release) Not copyrighted.
SLIPHW.ZIP on hobbes.nmsu.edu (should eventually be in ./network/tcpip).
Connects home PC to Internet two ways:
(1) Makes work PC (on Internet) a SLIP server. Dial in and connect from home.
(2) Makes home PC a SLIP server. Phone home from work.
Package consists of Rexx scripts which can be copied to \TCPIP\BIN and
used directly. Several SLIP *.CFG files should be copied to \TCPIP\ETC.
WorkServ.cmd - run on work machine to start all server processes
HomeServ.cmd - run on home machine to start all server processes
Work2Hom.cmd - run on work machine to connect to home machine
Home2Wrk.cmd - run on home machine to connect to work machine
AutoNetH.cmd - Run on home PC to log onto Internet, do jobs and disconnect.
AutoNetW.cmd - Run on work PC to log onto Internet, do jobs and disconnect.
SLIPHW assumes work PC is on Ethernet and home PC is not on a TCP/IP network.
All configuration information goes in Rexx variables at the start of each
script. You must put all IP addresses, the MAC address of Ethernet card, the
phone numbers, users names and passwords, and other data there. This package
handles dialing in, logging on to server, configuring SLIP, doing routing and
proxy arp. On the server machine it starts all necessary server processes such
as ftpd, goserv, etc. The server processes must be configured.
SLIPHW should allow users to turn their work PC into an Internet Service
Provider and connect from home without worrying about routing and other
details.
AutoNetH and AutoNetW run a list of jobs on the Internet. Each job can be a
Rexx script or program with parameters. Schedule internet jobs by running
AutoNet* with CRON. Complex internet jobs can be created with Surf'nRexx.
Software and hardware requirements:
Work PC: OS/2 2.1 with TCP/IP 2.0 and CDS's, or Warp Connect
Ethernet connection to Internet, serial port, modem.
In addition to the work machines IP address, a second IP address
and machine name for the home PC is required. This must be
on the same subnetwork as the work machine and must be
registered with the DNS. A third IP address is needed for the
serial port of the work PC. This can be any usused IP and
need not be registered with the DNS.
Home PC: Warp with IAK works fine.
