Everhart,Glenn From: Mark D. Jilson [jilly@clarityconnect.com] Sent: Thursday, May 07, 1998 12:21 PM To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com Subject: Re: PPPD on OVMS 7.1 You will also want to explore the ALPPPD01_071 patch kit. Geoff Bryant wrote: > Michael Moroney wrote: > > > > Prof Dave Miller writes: > > > > >Gang: > > > > >Just reading my OVMS 7.1 new features book and ran across PPPD. > > >Point-to-Point-Protocol I presume. Hanven't had time to look further. > > > > >Anyone tried it out yet? Does it work? > > > > You need UCX 4.2 to use it. But yes it works. > > Don't know if any other IP packages know of it yet. > > TCPware and Multinet do not use the new PPP support in VMS. > PPP support has been available with the products for some time. > I doubt that we would switch to the VMS PPP support as we also > support PPP on VMS versions prior to VMS 7.1. > > > >Does OVMS Netscape work with it? FTP? Etc. > > PPP provides a network interface and therefore any application > can send packets across it. > > > Anything that can use UCX will work. FTP comes with UCX. Netscape > > is at a higher level and doesn't care what is used at the lower layers. > > > > -Mike -- Jilly - Working from Home in the Chemung River Valley - Waverly, NY - jilly@clarityconnect.com - Brett Bodine fan - m_jilson@csc32.enet.dec.com - since 1975 or so - http://www.clarityconnect.com/webpages2/jilly -