Subj : [--- Fnos Ftp Tcp/Ip ---
To   : Howard Eisenberger
From : Charles Angelich
Date : Sat Sep 09 2000 06:24 am

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Hello Howard - 

HE>> In any case, while Pony's Corral *recommends* FTP, X/Y/Zmodem
HE>> are still available. I downloaded a file (200k) in DOS (epppd +
HE>> tcpport +conex) over ppp. It was a bit slow, but it worked. 

The combination of `epppd + tcpport + conex' seems to only work well
with a fast enough processor. Michel Samson had extremely mixed
results when using his slower 8088 system but much better results on
his `386SX. 

HE>> tried FTP, but my password was not accepted, perhaps because I
HE>> have not been validated yet (I left a message with the sysop). 

HE>> I'm not sure why he uses port 22. 

One BBBS used "8080" as the port number. Confusing eh? 

HE> Password still not accepted by ftp server. No response yet from
HE> sysop. 

HE>> The next thing I should try, is to use conex (my DOS terminal
HE>> program) to dialup my local FreeNet and see if I can do zmodem
HE>> over telnet from there. That seems to be the option that may
HE>> work in your case. I'll let you know. 

When a working kermit protocol is available it will usually upload
and download to the same BBS while zmodem seems to download but only
occasionally upload properly. Even people in the Linux echo complain
that they have problems uploading with zmodem via telnet. 

There is no obvious reason _why_ zmodem should not work better than
it does other than the range of possible settings and a misconfigured
zmodem at the BBS side of the transfer. 

Since FTP seems to be a `canned' protocol for the owner of the BBS to
setup as an FTP server (they can't mess it up) I am of the opinion
that BBS should use FTP transfers when the software is available and
users of BBS via telnet will just have to accept that the more
difficult to setup protocols won't always work. FTP transfers are
close enough to zmodem speed that with newer faster connect rates few
will miss the old direct dialup protocols and all will be as before.
8) 

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