From: jamie@vax.ftp.com  (Jamie O'Keefe)
Subject: Re: Does PC/TCP 2.11 work with DESQview/X?
Nntp-Software: PC/TCP NNTP
Keywords: DV/X, PC/TCP, use-old-init-scheme
Organization: FTP Software, Inc., Wakefield, MA
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 17:23:59

In article <724204605snx@arrakis.denver.co.us> @arrakis.denver.co.us (Bob Hood) writes:

  You must load the drivers (I?CUST.SYS) provided with version 2.1
  (for backward compatibility while vendors modify their software to
  deal with the new configuration method) in your CONFIG.SYS file,
  configuring them with IFCONFIG.EXE and IPCONFIG.EXE (be warned that
  some options in version 2.05 and before are no longer supported by
  the 2.1 drivers), and set the "use-old-init-scheme" in your
  PCTCP.INI file to "yes".
  
Ahh...well, you really do not want to set "use-old-init-scheme" to
"yes".   What you want to do is set the ip address in the device.sys
(ifcust.sys, wd8003.sys, etc.) and set the userid and host name in
the ipcust.sys.

Here is a better description that will appear in our next
Support@ftp.com newsletter.

There are several things you need to configure with PC/TCP before you
install Desqview/X.  First, since the current version of the Network
Manager takes advantage of the v2.0x configuration scheme you must
load the old configuration files in your CONFIG.SYS.  For example:

	device=c:\pctcp\ifcust.sys
	device=c:\pctcp\ipcust.sys

Second, you must set your host name and default user ID in the
IPCUST.SYS.  You would set these with the IPCONFIG command like so:

	c:\pctcp> ipconfig ipcust.sys hostname avalon userid karthur

Third, you must set the IP address of your PC in the IFCUST.SYS.  You
would set this value with the IFCONFIG command like so:

	c:\pctcp> ifconfig ifcust.sys 128.127.50.42

Once these variables are set you must reboot the PC.  The host name
that you set for this PC must be resolvable by the PC/TCP kernel
since the Desqview/X Setup program checks to see if the PC is a valid
host on the network.  The setup program does this by getting the host
name from the IPCUST.SYS and then passing it to the PC/TCP kernel to
resolve using either the local host table or Domain Name Services.
If the user does not have a Domain Name Server (BIND) on the network
then we recommend creating a host table with the following format:

	<ip_addr>	<host_name>

An example might look like this:

	#My host table
	128.127.50.42	avalon

Be sure to configure the PCTCP.INI file with the host-table variable
set to the proper drive, directory and file name for the local host
table.

You can use the PC/TCP HOST command to check whether the kernel is
resolving the PC's host name from the local host table properly.  You
would use the "only resolve via the local host table" option.  For
example:

	c:\> host -t avalon
	by host-table, avalon: 128.127.50.42, cname is avalon

If you are using a Domain Name Server to resolve your addresses and
are not using a host table then please be sure that your Domain Name
Server can resolve your PC's fully qualified domain name.  You can
check this by using the HOST command with the "only resolve via
Domain Name Servers" option enabled.  For example:

	c:\> host -d avalon
	by domain, avalon: 128.127.50.42, cname is avalon.ftp.com

If your PC is not setup properly then the Desqview/X Setup program
will tell you that it can not continue with the network setup and
list several possible reasons.  Double check all of your settings and
check the PC/TCP kernel's resolution of your PC's host name via the
HOST command as outlined above.

Aside from problems with host name resolution, we have found one
other possible reason why the Desqview/X Setup program would not be
able to configure the Network Manager.  If you are loading the PC/TCP
kernel at a software interrupt other than its default of 0x61, then
the Desqview/X Setup program will not detect that you are using
PC/TCP.  As a result you will not be able to configure the Network
Manager.  Thus, we recommend that you do not configure the PC/TCP
kernel to use a software interrupt other than 0x61.

I hope this explains things,

jamie
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