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Help! TCP/IP 2.0 for OS/2
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew Twyman)
Wed Nov 9 02:22:42 1994
To: os2partners@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 1994 02:22:03 EST
From: Andrew Twyman <kurgan@MIT.EDU>
I've just installed IBM TCP/IP 2.0 for OS/2, and am finding it almost
impossible to get it to work with dialup. Other net features seem to be
working (I can ftp to various places, ping, etc.) However, of the multiplicity
of telnet programs, only one (the least useful) works with dialup. Here's
a rundown of what they do:
TN5250 (PM) - for any host, it says "Could not switch to transparent mode,
this program works only with hosts that use the 5250 protocol."
TN3270 (text) - same as TN5270, except it just says "Could not switch to
transparent mode." This is really weird, since the DOS telnet I have
been using is also TN3270 (it's the one that MIT gave me).
telnetpm (PM) - Works for outside hosts. For dialup it says "Host do not do
environment negotiations. Continue? (y/n)" (their grammar, not mine).
If I say no, it quits. If I say yes it freezes.
telnet (text) - Exactly the same as telnetpm.
telneto (text) - This one actually seems to work, but it has the worst
terminal emulation.
This is rather annoying, as I currently have no working telnet program
which is any better than the DOS one (and in many ways the DOS one was better).
I wondered if anyone out there is using TCP/IP 2.0 and knows what the problem
is, and how to fix it. Do I need one of the other packages? (seems silly) Do
I need a CSD? (I downloaded the TCP/IP CSD, but haven't installed it yet)
It seems pretty dumb that the telnet programs wouldn't work with MIT's network.
I don't think that MIT does anything too weird with it. Any help appreciated.
Andrew Twyman
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