MAKING NOVELL SLIP_PPP ODI CONNECTIONS

Novell's SLIP_PPP ODI driver is a combined serial port SLIP and PPP module
which is part of the Lan WorkPlace for DOS (LWP) product.  Kermit requires
the line:

	Protocol	IP	0800	SLIP

to be included with the driver.	 Note that Kermit can temporarily steal the
serial port hardware from this driver to dial the telephone and log into a
host; SLIP/PPP communications should resume normally after Kermit is set to
the TCP/IP pathway.  Here is a STARTODI.BAT and NET.CFG example with SLIP_PPP
carrying the TCP/IP traffic.  File STARTODI.BAT:

@echo off
REM - Load LSL first
c:\lsl.com
REM - Then load your network board driver
c:\ne2000.com
REM - Then load the Novell SLIP_PPP driver
c:\slip_ppp.com
REM - Then the regular Novell IPX driver and network shell, for example:
set name=olga
c:\ipxodi /d
c:\bnetx.exe ps=name-of-novell-server
@echo on

File NET.CFG:

# File NET.CFG
PB buffers=6
show dots=on
signature level=0

protocol KERMIT
	bind SLIP_PPP
#	bind ne2000

Link Support
	Buffers	7 1500
	MemPool	2048

Link Driver NE2000
	Port  360
	Int   5
	Frame	Ethernet_II	 
	Protocol	IPX	8137	Ethernet_II	 
	Protocol	IP	0800	Ethernet_II
	Protocol	ARP	0806	Ethernet_II
	Protocol	RARP	8035	Ethernet_II

Link Driver SLIP_PPP
	DIRECT	YES
	BAUD	 9600
	OPEN	ACTIVE
#	TCPIPCOMP	VJ
	PCOMP	YES
	ACCOMP	YES
	PORT	3F8
	INT	4
	FRAME	SLIP
#	FRAME	PPP
	Protocol	IP	0800	SLIP

# Below is for Novell's Lan WorkPlace for DOS
Protocol TCPIP
	PATH SCRIPT	d:\lwp41\net\SCRIPT
	PATH PROFILE	d:\lwp41\net\PROFILE
	PATH LWP_CFG	d:\lwp41\net\HSTACC
	PATH TCP_CFG	d:\lwp41\net\TCP
	ip_router	129.123.100.254
	ip_netmask	255.255.255.0
	ip_address	129.123.100.5
	tcp_sockets	16
	udp_sockets	8
	raw_sockets	1
#	nb_sessions	4
#	nb_commands	8
#	nb_adapter	0
#	nb_domain	usu.edu
	Bind		slip_ppp

Kermit is told to bind to SLIP_PPP rather than to the active NE2000 board
because the indented minor clause Bind SLIP_PPP under the Protocol Kermit
major heading tells Kermit which MLID (board driver) to use.  Link Driver
SLIP_PPP has indented Kermit line "Protocol IP 0800 SLIP" so Kermit can use
the driver; ARP and RARP lines could have been added with no effect (no ARP on
a point-to-point link).	 LWP/DOS does not need this protocol line because it
tends to generate them itself.

Either SLIP or PPP can be used by setting the Frame Type and using the same
frame type in the indented protocol line below it.  No NetBios support was
wanted from LWP/DOS so that section was commented out.

STARTODI.BAT loads SLIP_PPP but nothing is sent out immediately as there is
not yet any connection.	 To make the connection, start Kermit, SET PORT COM1
(or whatever), set the desired speed and flow control (but not Xon/Xoff!),
dial the phone and log into the host or server, then start SLIP or PPP there
(Novell provides a DIALER program with SLIP_PPP which can set the port speed
and dial a phone number via rudimentary means; Kermit is much more flexible
about this).  In all this, Kermit is grabbing the serial port from SLIP_PPP,
using it, and then returning it when done.  Kermit's TELNET will find an ODI
driver, SLIP_PPP, adjust itself accordingly, and SLIP-style packets flow back
and forth.  (If Kermit doesn't find the ODI driver, tell it to SET TCP
PACKET-DRIVER ODI.)

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