Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.wais
Subject: Re: Are WaisStation and ARA compatible?
From: VSMORTY@weizmann.weizmann.ac.il (Dr. Morton F. Taragin)
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 14:05:42 GMT
Organization: Weizmann Institute of Science

In article <FAD.92Jul24172419@turing.think.com>
fad@turing.think.com (Franklin A Davis) writes:

>
>In article <1992Jul22.121208.7266@scott.skidmore.edu> ldg@scott.skidmore.edu (Lo D. Geoffrion) writes:
>
>   In article <FAD.92Jul21105414@turing.think.com> fad@turing.think.com (Frankln A Davis) writes:
>   >   ldg> == ldg  <ldg@skidmore.edu>
>   >    ldg> So far, all MacTCP applications (NCSA Telnet, Gopher, TheNews,
>   >    ldg> Eudora) work fine, but WAISStation 0.62 fails with the error
>   >    ldg> message "configuration error -- unable to access remote
>   >    ldg> databases".
>
>   >It's probably an error configuring MacTCP on the remote machine.  It's
>   >tricky to get everything right: the zone, subnet, class, domain server,
>   >etc.  Get a netexpert to help.
>
>   Unfortunately, I am the closest thing to a local netexpert -- any
>   volunteers to help as an outside expert?  I'm fairly proficient with
>   MacTCP, having done the initial campus installations and supervised
>   its installation on dozens of computers across campus that connect via
>   an assortment of Gatorboxes and ethertalk/CAP configurations.  We have
>   no Shiva/Kinetics FastPaths.
>
>   MacTCP is set to obtain its addressing from the server (Gatorbox).
>   This is the identical arrangement as used in our offices.  It works
>   fine for other apps such as Telnet, Gopher, and TheNews.  Given the
>   instantaneous nature of the WAISStation error message, I doubt if it's
>   any sort of timeout error.
>
>Oops, I didn't notice that other apps worked--so you're right, it's
>probably not MacTCP.
>
>   Can anyone advise on what parameter(s) WAISstation might be looking
>   for that are not used by the other apps?
>
>You need to be sure the source is configured correctly.  As a start, you
>might want to use ResEdit or other tool to change the type of your
>directory-of-servers source to TEXT, edit it, and make sure it looks
>something like this, then change the type back and try again.  --Franklin
>
>(:source
>   :version  3
>   :ip-address "192.31.181.1"
>   :ip-name "quake.think.com"
>   :tcp-port 210
>   :database-name "directory-of-servers"
>   :cost 0.00
>   :cost-unit :free
>   :maintainer "wais-directory-of-servers@quake.think.com"
>   :subjects "general guide WAIS servers"
>   :description
>"Server created with WAIS-8 on Fri Mar  8 14:30:57 1991 by
> brewster@think.com
>This is a White Pages listing of WAIS servers.  For more information on
>WAIS, use the WAIS system on the wais-docs server, or add yourself to the
>wais-discussion@think.com mailing list, or get the newest software from
>think.com:/public/wais.
>
>To server makers: Please make new servers of text, pictures, music
>whatever.  We will try to list all servers in the directory that get sent
>in to: directory-of-servers@quake.think.com (use the -register option on
>the command waisindex), but I reserve the right to take servers out if they
>are not consistently available.  I will send notice to the maintainer
>before doing so.
>
>To get a list of all available sources, search for 'source'.  This may
>limited by the maximum number of results allowed by a client.
>
>Bugs and comments to bug-wais@think.com.
> -brewster@think.com
>"
>)
>--
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>
 as to the problem why mactcp does not work, I refer to the readme file
whihc states that a copy of the MACtcp control panel must be in the
system folder not in the controls panel folder where system 7 places it.

(for system 7 of course)
-Morty

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