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Title:note 3 has pointer to current kit
Notice:note 3 has pointer to current kit
Moderator:PEACHS::GHEFF
Created:Wed May 29 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3301
Total number of notes:14905

3264.0. "Excursion 2.1 and LanWorkplace 4.2" by NETRIX::"[email protected]" (Stephen) Thu Apr 10 1997 07:14

Hi there,

I have got a customer who is trying to run Excursion v2.1309 with Windows 3.1,
Lan WorkPlace 4.2, DOS 6.22 and a 3com card using TCP. When starting an 
application from the client the following error message appears: 
    "Network routine connect failed, econ refussed".
He is connecting to a VAX station running VMS 5.5-2 and using TCP ware from 
Process Software Corp. We are able to fire an application back from the server

to the client without a problem. 

I have looked around and not found anything that seems to fix this  - is this
a supported configuration and how does it work if at all ??

Thanks in advance for your help.

Stephen Langstaff
PCI Support  Basingstoke.
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3264.1PEACHS::GHEFFGot a head with wingsThu Apr 10 1997 10:076
    ECONNREFUSED usually means that the rexec (or rsh) "service" is not 
    available.  Check the TCPWare side to be sure that rexec is functional.
    
    Lanworkplace should work.  
    
    #Gary  
3264.2still no joyMIPSBX::"[email protected]"StephenMon Apr 14 1997 06:258
I checked that REXEC is configured and running corectly but it is still
not working - the same errors are appearing. Any further suggestions as
to where I might look ??

Cheers

Steve
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3264.3PEACHS::GHEFFDo you feel like swimming?Mon Apr 14 1997 10:074
    How did you determine that rexecd is responding?  Did you use an rexec
    client? (NT and Unix have rexec commands.) Did you telnet into port 512?
    
    #Gary
3264.4NNTPD::"[email protected]"StephenThu Apr 17 1997 13:477
Hi there,

I got the cust to telnet into the rexec port 512 and this worked no
problem. Any more help will be appreciated.

#steve
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3264.5JAMIN::OSMANEric Osman, dtn 226-7122Thu Apr 17 1997 15:1813
    Try the usual diagnosis to narrow down where problem is occurring:
    
    o	Try app both as an excursion control panel app, and running app
    	from a terminal emulator.  Do both fail ?
    
    o	If decnet available, try both decnet and tcp.  Do both fail ?
    
    o	Try rsh and rexec.  Do both fail ?
    
    o	Try with node numerical addresses instead of names.  Does this work
    ?
    
    /Eric
3264.6PEACHS::GHEFFDo you feel like swimming?Thu Apr 17 1997 18:3128
    I took a quick look at the 2.1 source and it looked to me like the
    launcher was looping on a read, waiting for either real information or 
    something like an econnrefused message to come back from the rexec
    daemon on the remote system.  In the event of an error it cleans up
    some memory and closes its socket.  (Really there's little else it can
    do in the event of a disconnect on the remote end.)
    
    I also took a quick look at www.process.com and www.novell.com for any
    rexec connection issues and didn't find anything interesting.  
    
    I really don't believe that this is a problem with the eXcursion
    software, I've got to think it's either something at the TCPware end
    or (less likely) a problem with the Lanworkplace configuration.
    
    I have not seen such a message come back when PCX$SERVER.COM was out of
    date before, but I suppose it's worth checking on the age of the file.
    Edit sys$system:pcx$server.com and look at the very first line of the
    file.  If it contains something like 
    
    $ SET NOVERIFY !V502
    
    then you're probably okay.  If the first line is not a SET NOVERIFY
    followed by a version number, please replace the existing file
    with a newer version off the eXcursion kit.
    
    #Gary
    
    
3264.7NNTPD::"[email protected]"StephenTue Apr 22 1997 10:216
I shall post the results of these once I have managed to get hold of the cust.

Cheers

Steve
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