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Conference jamin::pathworks32

Title:	Digital PATHWORKS 32

Moderator:	SPELNK::curless

Created:	Fri Nov 01 1996
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	337
Total number of notes:	1612

205.0. "Pathworks 32 remote access through decnet" by UTRTSC::ANBEEK () Thu Apr 03 1997 10:43

    Hello,
    
    
    I have installed Pathworks 32 on my NT Server with V4.0. Installed
    decnet on it. Now this system fuctions also as a RAS server. 
    I have configured my Windows 95 PC with Digitals PPP. When it connects
    to the NT server it stays up for exactly 1 minute and then disconnects.
    Should this work ?
    
    A customer wants to dial-in in the NT server with Decnet Digitals PPP. 
    When the connections is made, he wants to connect a Pathworks V4 serevr
    with decnet. Can he use the USE command to to this ?
    
    Best regards,
    
    Cees Anbeek
    Utrecht, Netherlands

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
205.1		JAMIN::WASSER	John A. Wasser	`Thu Apr 03 1997 11:13`	13
	> NT V4.0, installed PATHWORKS 32 DECnet. > Windows 95 PC with Digitals PPP. I don't know if it is supported but if you want to do a DECnet connection over PPP you will probably have to install DIGITALs PPP on the NT box as well as on the client PC. I suspect that the PPP that comes with Windows NT does not support DECnet over PPP just becasue DECnet is installed. If there is not an overriding reson to use DECnet, you might want to try NetBEUI since Windows NT and Windows 95 both know how to do NetBEUI over PPP.
205.2	Ras and Digital's PPP please help !!!!	UTRTSC::ANBEEK		`Fri Apr 04 1997 11:01`	17
	According to the documention which comes with this kit, Digital's PPP can be installed on a WIndows NT Server. I have followd the release notes and the installtion guide, but still it is not possible to use Windows 95 Dial-up adapter with Digital's PPP to connect to a standard Windows V4.0 server with decnet. It connects for 1 minute and then disconnect. As a customer wants this feature, should I escalated this with a IPMT case ? Or is there someone who has ever seen this working and if so can you help ? Best regards, Cees Anbeek P.S. With this option it's possible to keep this customer on to Pathworks. When this feature is not working as descripted, he is moving onto a complete microsoft platform, so please help !!!!
205.3	No can do	pcivb1.vbo.dec.com::BERGER	Vincent Berger	`Sat Apr 05 1997 12:10`	6
	PATHWORKS 32 does NOT provide a PPP implementation for Windows NT, it's Windows 95 only. And as John pointed out, Microsoft's PPP does not support DECnet. So you cannot do DECnet over PPP from Windows 95 to Windows NT. Vincent
205.4	thanks	UTRTSC::ANBEEK		`Mon Apr 07 1997 05:35`	5
	Thanks for the reply's. I think that I have misinterped the manual. best regards, Cees...
205.5		JAMIN::WASSER	John A. Wasser	`Mon Apr 07 1997 10:03`	6
	> Microsoft's PPP does not support DECnet. So you cannot do DECnet over > PPP from Windows 95 to Windows NT. You can't do Dial-Up DECnet directly to the NT box but you could do it to a terminal server that can do DECnet over PPP and get to the NT box that way.
205.6		VMSNET::S_VORE	Smile - Mickey's Watching!	`Thu Apr 10 1997 17:18`	10
	>You can't do Dial-Up DECnet directly to the NT box but you >could do it to a terminal server that can do DECnet over >PPP and get to the NT box that way. Please be sure to read note 208 before accepting this at face value. The above paragraph is what some (including myself) were lead to believe based on some documentation etc, but actually some ISDN equipment is required, from what I now understand.