Re: ftp client

["william strutts" <wrstrutts1@home.com>]

Cool.  How well does it hook into a LAN?  Can you view
network drives and printers?  Will it work via  a proxy
server on a Win2k Pro machine to connect to the internet?

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"Howe Family" <khowe@omninet.net.au> wrote in message
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> In article <3B2B3D80.7F70645F@swbell.net>, Rubywand
> <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >      Thanks for the info. Isn't Marinetti limited to connecting with
just
> > certain ISP's which still support special connection options?
> >
>
> Not really. It supports SLIP and PPP, which are the normal means of
> connecting to an ISP via modem. It also supports connection via ethernet
> with the LANceGS card.
>
> >      Suppose a IIgs user has the telecom program Spectrum, the SAFE ftp
> >      client
> > stuff, and the current version of Marinetti.
> >
> >      Can the IIgs user connect with and log onto any standard ISP and
> >      start the
> > ftp client and connect to, say, Ground in approximately the same way
that
> > a PC
> > user can connect from the Windows desktop by clicking a Dialer and
> > starting an
> > ftp client like Ws_FTP?
> >
>
> Exactly so. In fact there are other ways to do it too. You can use
> GWFTP, but it has a bug which crashes the GS when you close the ftp
> connection. You can also use Arachnid, but you have to give it a full
> url to the file you want. (ie it doesn't display directories and let you
> choose from them. This isn't a problem with the Trenco site, for
> example, since it has web sites listing the files, with ftp links to
> download, so you can browse the site and click on the files you want to
> download. I'm also in the process of writing an FTP NDA, which will be a
> full featured ftp client. (I hope to have this ready for release in the
> next few weeks.)
>
> There's other things you can do with an FTP client on the GS too. If you
> have a Mac or a PC with ethernet, and run an ftp server on it, you can
> then download and upload files from the GS at ethernet speeds (if you
> have a LANceGS).
>
> You might find it interesting to check out my software at:
> http://www.a2central.com/~kimhowe
>
> I have my GS connected to the net via a Linux box with IP masquerading,
> so I can use the connection for the other machines I have here. Before I
> got a LANceGS I used to connect to it via Slip, but now I use Ethernet.
> It's a great way to have things set up, and avoids double handling of
> stuff. (download to PC or Mac, transfer to GS).
>
> Kim Howe
> khowe@omninet.net.au