TCPIP/MacIP and Appletalk

[apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu (ground.ecn AppleII Librarian)]

In article <mt1Q9.4892$L61.551391@news1.west.cox.net>,
Scott Alfter <salfter@salfter.dyndns.org> wrote:
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>In article <auq3re$f2u$1@server05.icaen.uiowa.edu>,
>ground.ecn AppleII Librarian <apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu> wrote:
>>I must admit I was pretty excited to telnet into my unix box on ethernet
>>from my IIGS.  Reality is dampening enthusiasm, but I wiil keep playing.
>>Appleshare is more important to me than telnet.  If I can get stable
>>telnet service I will try to install SAFE.v1.1 for FTP service.  So
>>far, zmodem does NOT work either.
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>ZMODEM won't work over Telnet.  It needs an 8-bit-clean communications path,
>which Telnet doesn't provide.  Since I can use AppleTalk to move files
>between my IIGS, my Mac, and my Linux server (and SMB between my Win2K boxen
>and my Linux server), I can move files between any of my machines without
>needing ZMODEM.
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Touche, Appletalk works for GS<->Mac file xfer.  But I want GS/Mac<->unix
host file xfers.  FTP and zmodem seem the easiest.

ZMODEM works over telnet when using ProTermMac (v1.5) with no special
setup needed.  It just works faultlessly for my systems.
Spectrum zmodem/tcpip/MacIP/IPNR/->ground.ecn does NOT work, but
PTMac zmodem/tcpip/macIP/IPNR/->ground.ecn DOES work. Duh, reverse the
direction ground->PTMac zmodem downloads work, uploads have been a problem
so I use Fetch (FTP) for uploading to unix boxes.

As Lyle S. pointed out, zmodem can work over telnet sessions in some
cases.  In my case, it should work since the Mac and GS communicate
through the same IPNR gateway, and the Mac works.  I do not know if the
problem lies in TCPIP, MacIP, or Spectrum.  (Probably not Spectrum since I
can do zmodem using a direct null-modem connection to a unix box sitting
next to it.)

If Spectrum/SAFE doesn't work, is Geoff Weiss' GSFTP available anywhere to
test?

  --Steve

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 --Steve  (apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu)