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Subj : [--- Fnos Ftp Tcp/Ip ---]
To   : WINSTON SMITH
From : CHARLES ANGELICH
Date : Sat Sep 09 2000 09:19 pm

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Hello Winston - 

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WS> Actually, I think PPP is failing/hanging/crashing. Even though I
WS> address a unit called PP0, I think that TIP runs the modem script
WS> just fine, I form a modem handshake just fine, and when the
WS> actual protocols start, FNOS then hangs with a "limbo" process. 

How would you have gotten the information about FTP'g to port 22 if
you haven't been able to get past the login? 

CA>> If this is correct then I would recommend getting a copy of
CA>> NetTamer at this point since it is capable of doing what you
CA>> require... 

WS> That seems to be the next logical step. I hope that NETTAMER has
WS> better error diagnostics than FNOS. 

Nothing has `error diagnostics' that I have used but NetTamer does
try to show error messages at the bottom of the screen but they
sometimes flash by a bit too quickly for me to read. 8\ 

CA>> Something in what you say is missing because you said earlier
CA>> that the BBS had a display telling you to use port 22 for FTP.
CA>> If you dialed directly to your Boston Library Consortium and it
CA>> was your BBS there would be no way for you to FTP to port 22
CA>> from within a telnet session AFAIK. 

WS> Ergo, we deduce that the Boston Library Consortium node is
WS> --NOT--, in fact, a BBS, 

When you said "I am bouncing off of the Boston Library Consortium
modem gateway. My ISP --IS-- my FidoNET BBS. That is my only e-mail
address." it seemed that you had said that it _was_ your BBS? 

WS> but --IS-, in fact, a modem gateway server on the Internet that
WS> connects one to other destinations, i.e. a modem gateway. 

What you are referring to as a `modem gateway' others refer to as
their ISP. I know, you don't get any `service' but the service is the
transfer to the Internet, not the software/setup etc. 8) 

ws>> I am my own ISP. That is the problem! 

CA>> An ISP pays fees to other computer systems to be allowed to
CA>> access the Internet for you. 

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CA>> I don't think that is what you are doing. 9) 

WS> No. It's not. Since I am forced to FTP instead of a local
WS> mainframe, I am providing my own Internet Services to my machine.
WS> Therefore, I was being facetious, with tongue planted firmly in
WS> cheek. 

OK, I misunderstood. Possibly a smiley such as :) would help me to
know which information is which? 

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