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In response to popular demand, I am publishing a new
release of my paper on using Microsoft Windows to
access Internet resources. Thanks to everyone who has
e-mailed me and called me over the past year. I am delighte
that the paper has been useful. I have been even more
delighted to give permission for distributing copies at
Internet workshops, and for copies to be posted
on Internet servers. Perhaps this new release will find its
way into the hands of all those folks who are getting
their first computers this Christmas. I hope this paper
can play some small part in getting them over the rough spots.

A plain text version of this complete document i
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Harry M. Kri
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Part 1 of 4

A plain text version of this complete document i
available by anonymous ftp from:
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under filename wtcpip06.asc

A hypertext version is available at:
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Harry M. Kriz
University Libraries
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Blacksburg, VA   24061-0434
hmkriz@vt.edu
http://learning.lib.vt.edu/authors/hmkriz.html
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                                      Revised:  December 20, 1994
                                                       Release 06

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WINDOWS AND TCP/IP FOR INTERNET ACCESS

by

Harry M. Kriz
University Libraries
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Blacksburg, VA   24061-0434
hmkriz@vt.edu
http://learning.lib.vt.edu/authors/hmkriz.html


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ABSTRACT

Internet, the global network of computer networks, is arousing
enormous popular interest. In part this interest is being driven
by the availability of free or inexpensive shareware software for
Microsoft Windows. It is now technically simple for a personal
computer to become a host on the Internet. The casual user can
find, retrieve, and view information gathered from around the
world without having to learn complicated computer commands. In
this paper I describe the principal functions and services
available via the Internet. Then I outline the technica
background and terminology needed by the beginner who wants to
make his PC a host on the Internet. Finally, I describe several
Windows software packages and programs that facilitate using
Internet services. All the software is freely available over the
Internet.
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PUBLICATION HISTOR
The most recent plain text (ascii) version of this paper is
always available by anonymous FTP from nebula.lib.vt.edu in
directory /pub/windows/winsock under the name wtcpip**.asc. For
example, this version is available as wtcpip06.asc. A hypertext
version of this paper that is maintained on a more regular basis
is available through the World Wide Web at:
http://learning.lib.vt.edu/wintcpip/wintcpip.html

The first version of this paper was released via Internet news
and BITNET listserv on November 15, 1993. Revised and expanded
versions were released on January 16, February 9, and March 21
1994. A version was published by O'Reilly Associates in the March
14, 1994 issue of the "Global Network Navigator Toolkit," which
was then accessible at http://nearnet.gnn.com/GNN-ORA.html.

Release 05 (June 21, 1994) was a major revision that wa
published by the Virginia Tech College of Engineering on th
CD-ROM "1994-95 VT Engineering Tools." A print copy of Release 05
was also published by the Computing and Systems Technolog
Division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in "CAS
Communications," Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 6-14 (Summer 1994).


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INTRODUCTIO
Internet, the world-wide network of computer networks, has
captured the imagination of the general public. Eighteen months
ago, the Internet was barely mentioned in the popular computin
magazines. Now it is the topic of articles in national news
magazines, local newspapers, and grocery-store tabloids
Awareness of the Internet has spread primarily by word of mouth.
Computer pundits were not discussing the Internet in Spring 1993
when I first began investigating the Internet in my work as a
librarian. Indeed, most pundits seem to have acquired Interne
access only in the Spring of 1994. Thus, computer magazines have
not been helpful for those wishing to learn about the Internet.

Now, in December 1994, there is something of a feeding frenzy of
interest in the Internet. Bookstores are flooded with guides to
the Internet. Software vendors are rushing to market with
collections of software designed for navigating the resources on
the Internet. It is almost as if the crest of the Internet wave
has passed. Pundits who did not have access to the Internet last
year are already writing negative opinions about the difficulties
of navigating Internet resources, and about the uselessness of
those resources.

Complaints about the Internet are many. Certainly it can be
difficult to find information and resources on the Internet. A
great deal of information is unvalidated, non-authoritative, or
otherwise questionable. Some resources should not be available to
children. Some would argue that some of the information shoul
not be distributed even to adults.

It is important to remember that the Internet is not a service
Rather, it is a means of gaining access to services and of
retrieving information and other objects that can be represented
electronically. In considering complaints about the Internet, one
might draw an analogy between the Internet and New York City.

New York is big, complicated, and disorganized. The city's myriad
resources can be hard to find. Some of what happens or what is
available in New York should not be seen by children. For those
wishing to navigate the complexity of New York, there ar
guidebooks, phone directories, magazine articles, and individuals
with expert knowledge about areas of particular interest. One can
navigate the complexity of the city by subway, taxi, and bus. On
can even hire a private guide to conduct a tour of the city.

The Internet can be compared to the streets of New York City. The
services available on the Internet have their analogies in the
city's libraries, department stores, bookshops, art galleries,
street vendors, and street-corner zealots passing out literature
or lecturing the passing crowds. It is safe to assume that
somewhere on the streets of the city there will be found
information and services of interest to almost anyone. However
finding that information might take some time for someone who is
new to the city and its resources. Similarly, somewhere on the
Internet there also will be found information and services of
interest to almost anyone.

Traveling on the Internet requires only a few basic tools. First
is a computer with a network connection to the Internet. A direct
connection using a PC equipped with a network interface card that
interfaces with a local area network linked to the Internet is
common at universities, and becoming more common in businesses
If a direct network connection is not available, an alternative
is to connect to the Internet through the computer's serial port.
This involves a telephone connection to a terminal server that
offers SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol) or PPP (Point to
Point Protocol) service. Any of these connections can be used
with a variety of commercial or shareware software to make your
personal computer a host on the Internet and to access services
and information from the entire earth. This paper will emphasiz
the use of freeware and shareware versions of software running
under Microsoft Windows.

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INTERNET SERVICES

The Internet services of interest to most people consist of four
basic functions. These are electronic mail (e-mail), Internet
news, file transfer between computers (FTP), and remote login to
another computer (telnet). Access systems like Gopher and World
Wide Web now supplement these basic Internet functions by
assisting the user in searching for and retrieving relevant
information in a user-friendly manner.

Until recently, Internet functions were accessible primarily
through character-based interfaces using a variety of complex
command sets. Thus, until recently, best-selling books on the
Internet contained page after page of screen displays or command
sequences captured from UNIX-based systems executing basic
Internet functions.

Affordable Internet software for Windows first became availabl
in Spring 1993. Prior to that time, Windows users were dependent
for Internet access on expensive, proprietary, commercial
products in which each vendor's offerings were mutually
incompatible with every other vendor's offerings. Publication of
the Winsock applications programming interface provided a way for
individual client software (such as a telnet or FTP client) to be
compatible with every vendor's networking products. As a result
beginning in 1993 there was a blossoming of freeware, shareware
and commercial Internet software for Windows.

Of special interest has been the development of Windows
interfaces to the World Wide Web. Mosaic is the best known Web
browser. Other choices include Cello, Netscape, and WinWeb. Th
Web was developed by the high energy physics community to
distribute technical papers and other forms of data. WWW is now
widely viewed as a means for educators, businesses, and hobbyist
to distribute multimedia information to a world-wide audience.
Graphical WWW clients enable publication of data over the
Internet in a manner which allows the user to view text, color
graphics, sound, and video in a manner that approaches the
usability, and surpasses the functionality, of a printed
magazine. Those interested in publishing WWW documents may fin
it useful to read my paper "Teaching and Publishing in the World
Wide Web." A plain text version is available by anonymous FTP
from:
nebula.lib.vt.edu in directory /pub/www under the name
websrv01.asc.
A hypertext version is available through the Web at
http:/learning.lib.vt.edu/webserv/webserv.html.

*****
E-MAIL
Electronic mail is probably the most widely used Internet
function. A commonly used configuration requires that a user hav
an account on a POP (Post Office Protocol) mail server. The
e-mail client software accesses the server and downloads any
incoming messages to the user's PC. Mail composed at the user's
PC is transmitted to the Internet through the mail server.

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INTERNET NEWS
Internet news, also referred to as USENET news, is a conferencing
system made up of thousands of topical conferences known as news
groups. Those familiar with electronic bulletin board system
will compare Internet news to echo conferences. Others will draw
an analogy to mailing lists such as listserv on BITNET. The user
reads the news by using client software to subscribe to a
selection of news groups. When the client software accesses an
NNTP (Network News Transfer Protocol) server, the server
downloads to the client a list of subjects for all unread
messages stored on the server for the selected news group. The
user can then select any message for reading, post a response to
the message to the group, or reply directly to the original
poster of the message. The client software maintains on the
user's PC a list of all available groups on the server, along
with records of which messages have been read or skipped over.
Only the messages selected for reading are actually downloaded t
the user's PC.

**
FT
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) allows the transfer of files betwee
any two computers of any type. Files can be transferred from PC
to PC, PC to mainframe, PC to Mac, PC to UNIX machine, and vice
versa. Any kind of computer file, whether it be a text file or a
binary file representing software, graphics images, or sounds,
can be transferred. Of course, whether the file is usable on the
receiving machine depends on the nature of the file and the
availability of software to make use of the file.

*****
TELNET
Telnet enables the user of a PC to login to a host computer at
another site on the Internet. The user's PC then acts as a dumb
terminal attached to the remote host. Such access usuall
requires that the user have an account on the remote host. For
instance, a student or faculty member at one university might
have an account on a computer located at another university. A
increasing number of commercial services are becoming available
via telnet, including services such as the Dow Jones News Service
and the Lexis/Nexis service. In addition, some services are
available without charge. For example, hundreds of libraries in
all parts of the world allow free remote access to their
computerized catalogs and to some specialized databases.

******
GOPHER
Gopher is a system that enables the user to find files and other
Internet services by navigating a system of text menus and
submenus. As a corollary, it provides a means for information
providers to publish information on the Internet in 
discoverable manner. Prior to the development of Gopher at the
University of Minnesota, information on the Internet was located
by asking friends and strangers where to look.

The first step in using a Gopher client is to "point" the client
at the address of a known Gopher server. The client the
retrieves that Gopher's menu of topics. Typically, many of the
topics on a Gopher menu are pointers to yet other menu items on
other Gopher servers. The fact that items in the sequence of
selections might come from different Gopher servers in widely
scattered parts of the world is transparent to the user. The
Gopher client software presents the many different Gopher servers
as if they represented a single application on a single machine
Navigating such menus can lead the user to skip from one Gopher
server to another, literally retrieving information from servers
scattered around the world in just a few minutes.
Items on Gopher menus can be of many different data types in
addition to menus listing choices of topics. When an item such as
a text, graphics, or sound file is selected, the Gopher client
transfers the file to the user's PC. Then, as an option, it may
load the file into an appropriate "viewer" selected by the user.
A simple text file could be loaded into Windows Notepad. A
graphics file in GIF or JPEG format might be loaded into LVIEW, 
popular freeware graphics viewer for Windows. A binary program
file would simply be downloaded into a designated directory for
use at some other time. Finding relevant Gopher menu items is
facilitated through the use of Veronica, which is a database o
the text of Gopher menus. Most Gopher servers will include
Veronica access as a menu selection.

**************
WORLD WIDE WE
World Wide Web (WWW) is a system that enables users to find and
retrieve information by navigating a system of hypertext
documents. In a hypertext document, selecting a highlighted word
or phrase causes a new document to be retrieved and displayed.
Thus, WWW leads the user to skip from one document to another,
retrieving information from servers scattered around the world.

Viewing a WWW document with a Windows graphical client such as
Cello, Mosaic, Netscape, or WinWeb is similar to reading a
magazine. Information is displayed with typographic fonts and
color graphics. Unlike a magazine, the static display can be
supplemented by sound and video clips that are played by clicking
an icon embedded in the document. Clicking on a highlighted word
or phrase in the document may cause the reader to skip to another
part of the displayed document, or it may cause yet another
document to be retrieved.


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TECHNICAL DETAILS

It is helpful to know some Internet terminology when working wit
your local network specialist or Internet service provider to
make your PC a host on the Internet. The two common modes of
Internet access are through a direct network connection or
through a serial connection to a SLIP or PPP server
A direct network connection involves installing a network
interface card (NIC) in your PC. Most likely this will be an
ethernet card. This card in turn is connected to your
organization's local area network. Wiring usually consists of
coaxial cable (as in thin-wire ethernet) or twisted pair
telephone wiring (as in 10Base-T ethernet). The local network in
turn must be connected to the Internet, and it must be capable of
handling TCP/IP data packets.
TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) is the
method by which data on the Internet is divided into packets of
bytes. Each packet is delimited with header information that
includes the destination address where the packet is to be route
when it is transmitted over the Internet. The local network and
your PC may also be using other network protocols simultaneousl
with TCP/IP. For instance, your PC may already be connected to a
network using Novell, LANtastic, or Windows for Workgroup
network protocols.

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SOFTWARE LAYERS
Several layers of software are involved in implementing a direct
network connection. A commonly used method is to first install a
piece of software called a packet driver that deals directly with
the network interface card. This is loaded under DOS from the
AUTOEXEC.BAT file as a TSR (terminate and stay resident) program.
A packet driver should be included with the software that comes
with the card. If the manufacturer of the card does not supply a
packet driver, free packet drivers are available in the Crynwr
Packet Driver Collection as described at the end of this
document.

The next layer of software is the TCP/IP driver, which can be
implemented in a variety of ways. Until recently, this was often
another DOS TSR program loaded from the AUTOEXEC.BAT file
Increasingly this layer of software is implemented as a Windows
dynamic link library (DLL) or virtual device driver (VxD). The
DLL and VxD implementations do not require any modification of
the boot files on the PC.

The TCP/IP driver that implements TCP/IP functionality for the
system is referred to as the TCP/IP protocol stack. The driver
may be written to work with a specific network card, or it may be
written to interface with a packet driver. In the latter case, 
single TCP/IP driver can be used with any network card for whic
an associated packet driver is available. Thus, the packet driver
specification eliminates the need for software vendors t
customize their TCP/IP protocol stack for every network card with
which it is used. When using a packet driver with Window
applications, another DOS TSR referred to as a virtual packet
driver may be required to interface between the Windows-based
TCP/IP protocol stack and the DOS-based packet driver
When a direct network connection is not available, Interne
TCP/IP software can be used over serial lines to connect to a
SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol) or PPP (Point to Point
Protocol) server that provides a connection to the Internet. SLIP
and PPP do not require the software drivers that are necessar
with a direct network connection. The Trumpet Winsock shareware
package to be described later has all SLIP and PPP functions
included in the TCP/IP driver, which is configured through a
Windows dialog box.
SLIP and PPP are less transparent to the user than a direct
network connection. The user first obtains an account on a SLIP
or PPP server. Connecting to the Internet involves dialing the
server using normal serial communications software and
establishing a SLIP or PPP session. Once the session i
established, TCP/IP software running on the PC can be used just
as if the PC was connected directly to the Internet through a
network card. SLIP and PPP users are well advised to settle for
nothing less than transmission at 14,400 bits per second. World
Wide Web especially transmits a great deal of data when images or
sound are involved. Slow modems and slow connections will
discourage anyone but the most dedicated user from exploring the
possibilities of the Internet.

TCP/IP client applications work at the top of the layers of
software so far described. Client software runs independently o
the type of connection to the Internet. TCP/IP applications
frequently are referred to as clients because they access a
corresponding server (a daemon in UNIX terminology) on another
machine. An FTP client, for instance, is the application on the
user's machine that accesses the FTP server running on a host
computer located elsewhere on the Internet
Until recently, each TCP/IP client had to be written to interface
with a particular vendor's TCP/IP protocol stack. Clients that
worked with one vendor's TCP/IP driver would not work with a
driver from another vendor. This restriction was eliminated with
the development of the Windows Sockets Application Programming
Interface, otherwise known as the Winsock API, or more simply
Winsock. Winsock works in the layer between the TCP/IP client and
the TCP/IP protocol stack.


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University Libraries
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Blacksburg, VA   24061

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A plain text version of this complete document is
available by anonymous ftp from:
nebula.lib.vt.edu in directory /pub/windows/winsock
under filename wtcpip06.asc

A hypertext version is available at:
http://learning.lib.vt.edu/wintcpip/wintcpip.html

Harry M. Kri
University Libraries
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Blacksburg, VA   24061-043
hmkriz@vt.edu
http://learning.lib.vt.edu/authors/hmkriz.html

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WINSOCK

"Winsock" is the buzzword that dominates discussion about TCP/IP
and Windows. All of the software to be described here is based o
Winsock. The implementation of Winsock is transparent to the
user, but it is helpful for the end-user to know how it supports
Windows applications.

Winsock (short for Windows sockets) is a technical specification
that defines a standard interface between a Windows TCP/IP clien
application (such as an FTP client or a Gopher client) and the
underlying TCP/IP protocol stack. The nomenclature is based on
the Sockets applications programming interface model used i
Berkeley UNIX for communications between programs.

When you launch a Winsock compliant client like WSGopher, it
calls procedures from the WINSOCK.DLL dynamic link library. These
procedures in turn invoke procedures in the drivers supplied wit
the TCP/IP protocol stack. As described earlier, the TCP/IP
driver communicates with the computer's ethernet card through the
packet driver.

The WINSOCK.DLL file is not a generic file that can be used on
any system. Each vendor of a TCP/IP protocol stack supplies a
proprietary WINSOCK.DLL that works only with that vendor's TCP/I
stack.

The advantage of Winsock to the developer of a client is that the
application will work with any vendor's Winsock implementation.
Thus, the developer of an application such as a Gopher client has
to understand the Winsock interface, but he does not have to know
the details of each vendor's TCP/IP protocol stack in order to
make his client application compatible with that stack. Winsock
also eliminates the need for an application developer to include
a custom TCP/IP protocol stack within the application program
itself. This was a common means of implementing TCP/IP clients
under DOS, and some early Windows TCP/IP clients also used this
method. The use of protocol stacks internal to the client results
in conflicts when two clients try to access the single packet
driver that is communicating with the network card. The ability
to create applications compatible with any vendor's Winsoc
compliant protocol stack resulted in a blossoming of Winsock
compliant shareware applications beginning in Summer 1993.

The Winsock standard also offers advantages to the end-user. One
advantage is that several Winsock applications from differen
vendors can be used simultaneously. This is a marked improvement
over earlier packet driver applications in which each applicatio
contained a built-in TCP/IP stack. Such applications cannot shar
the packet driver except through the added complexity of a packet
multiplexer such as PKTMUX. A second advantage to the user i
that any Winsock compliant application will run with any vendor'
TCP/IP protocol stack and accompanying WINSOCK.DLL.

Unfortunately, some commercial vendors of TCP/IP clients are not
yet taking advantage of Winsock capabilities. There are still
TCP/IP clients that require dedicated access to the packet
driver, and there are clients that will run only with the TCP/IP
protocol stack supplied by one particular vendor. Fortunately,
the trend is for all commercial vendors to make their
applications more usable and portable through the use of the
Winsock standard.


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SOFTWARE DESCRIPTIONS

Once the required networking hardware is installed and an IP
address is assigned, or once an account is obtained on a SLIP o
PPP server, the user needs to install a TCP/IP protocol stack and
a selection of TCP/IP clients. The remainder of this paper
describes such software.

For each application, I briefly outline the installation
procedures. I do this primarily to illustrate the simplicity of
using Windows for Internet access. Please be sure to read any
text files included with each package in order to complete the
configuration and to learn about all functions of the software.

I have installed all the software described here for many of my
colleagues in the Virginia Tech Libraries. With some practice I
have found that I can install a complete suite of TCP/IP
applications in about half an hour. Some individuals who read the
previous versions of this document were up and running in less
than an hour after obtaining the software. They expressed their
delight at the ease of networking with Windows.
**********************************
DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITED WARRANTIES

I am not an expert on anything. I am just an enthusiasti
end-user of these products in my daily work. I have used all o
the client software with a direct connection to an etherne
network using a Western Digital or SMC ethernet card with the
Trumpet Winsock shareware TCP/IP protocol stack and WINSOCK.DLL.
In addition, I have used most of the clients with FTP Software'
commercial package PC/TCP version 2.2. In the latter case I
obtained the most recent version of FTP Software's WINSOCK.DLL
file by anonymous FTP from ftp.ftp.com in directory
/support/ftpsoft/winsock under the name winsock.exe (a
self-extracting ZIP file)(November 16, 1994 | 46,375 bytes). The
Trumpet and FTP products both use a packet driver interface t
the network card. I have also used most of the clients on a
Windows for Workgroups network using Microsoft's add-on TCP/IP
package. This package is available by anonymous FTP from
ftp.microsoft.com in the directory /peropsys/windows/public/tcpip
under the filename WFWT32.EXE (November 29, 1994 | 680,621
bytes), a self-extracting archive file. I also have used most of
the client software through a SLIP server using the Trumpet
Winsock. Both a dialup connection to the SLIP server and a
modemless connection through an IBM/ROLM digital switch were used
at various times.

I have no experience with PPP connections.

As discussed above, the client software described here should run
with any TCP/IP protocol stack that offers Winsock support. If
your PC is already using a network operating system that does not
include Winsock support, you should check with your vendor to
find out if Winsock support is available. If Winsock support is
not available from your vendor, then it may be possible to
install the Trumpet Winsock TCP/IP protocol stack over your
existing network drivers using a small program known as a packe
driver shim. Instructions for this configuration are included in
the Trumpet Winsock documentation
In the following descriptions, information about version numbers,
file sizes, and dates was verified on December 20, 1994
***************
TRUMPET WINSOCK  (TCP/IP protocol stack and basic clients, )
                 (including telnet, ping, and Archie       )

Comment:  You need this package (or some other TCP/IP protocol
stack that supports Winsock) before you can use any of the client
software described later. Trumpet Winsock does not require any
additional network software. Its TCP/IP functions can be
installed over other network software such as Novell or Windows
for Workgroups using a packet driver shim. Instructions for suc
installations are included in the ZIP file.

Author:     Peter Tattam, Trumpet Software International

Fee:        $25 shareware fee.

Version:    2.0 Revision B

File name:  twsk20b.zip    (November 3, 1994 | 179,015 bytes)
            (includes the TCP/IP protocol stack)
            winapps2.zip   (November 29, 1994 | 162,023 bytes
            (includes basic clients)

Available by anonymous FTP from:
  ftp.trumpet.com.au in directory /ftp/pub/winsock
or by Gopher from
  gopher.trumpet.com.au under menu item winsock
The Australian hosts can be slow. An alternative gopher site is
  biochemistry.bioc.cwru.edu under the menu item
  CWRU Biochemistry FTP Archive/trumpwsk. You can also FTP to
  this address and access the directory /gopher/pub/trumpwsk.
  However, only one anonymous FTP user is permitted weekdays
  during normal working hours from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM local
  time. Note that this site may not contain the latest versio
  of the files. For example, at this writing it did not contain
  the most recent winapps2.zip file
Installation:

  1.) Create directory C:\TRUMPWSK and unzip TWSK20B.ZIP and
      WINAPPS2.ZIP into this directory.
  
  2.) Install software drivers.

      Ethernet network:

      a.) Install packet driver for your ethernet card.
          The entry in my AUTOEXEC.BAT file is:
          
          C:\ETHERNET\8003PKDR.EXE /B:240 /R:D000 /I:10 /E:61

      b.) Install WINPKT.COM virtual packet driver included in
          TWSK20B.ZIP. The entry in my AUTOEXEC.BAT file is:
          
          C:\TRUMPWSK\WINPKT.COM 0x61

      SLIP or PPP:

      No special drivers are needed because SLIP and PPP suppor
      are built into the Trumpet Winsock TCPMAN.EXE program.

  3.) In Program Manager, create a program group named Network.
      Use File Manager to drag and drop the EXE files in
      C:\TRUMPWSK into the Network program group.

  4.) Edit the PATH statement in AUTOEXEC.BAT to includ
      C:\TRUMPWSK. This enables Winsock applications to fin
      WINSOCK.DLL when they are launched.

  5.) Reboot the computer and start Windows.

  6.) Launch TCPMAN from the Network program group.
      Select Setup on the menu bar. Enter your IP address,
      gateway address, and nameserver address as assigned by
      your local network administrator. (Some SLIP and PPP
      servers, as well as some direct network connections, do
      not use permanent IP addresses. Instead, the server
      assigns a temporary IP address at the start of each
      session. If the server provides a bootp service, the
      enter the text "bootp" (without the quotes) in place of
      the IP address. On some servers it may be necessary t
      enter the dummy IP address 0.0.0.0. Some servers report
      the assigned IP address during session startup, requiring
      the user to manually enter the assigned address in the
      Setup dialog box before proceeding into SLIP mode.) If you
      are using ethernet, enter the software interrupt used by
      the packet driver. If you are using SLIP or PPP, check the
      appropriate box and enter the appropriate COM port number
      in the SLIP port box. Exit from TCPMAN. The file
      TRUMPWSK.INI will be created in the C:\TRUMPWSK directory.

  7.) Launch any Winsock compliant application. TCPMAN.EXE will
      start automatically if it is not already running. (If you
      are using SLIP or PPP, you must first connect to the
      server and start a session. This can be done with th
      dialing function in TCPMAN.) Several clients are included
      with the Trumpet Winsock, including TRMPTEL.EXE versio
      0.07 for telnet, WINARCH.EXE for searching Archie
      databases, and PINGW.EXE to ping another machine on the
      network. PINGW provides the simplest means of verifying
      that you have a network connection. Launch PINGW and enter
      the name of an Internet host at the prompt. For example
      you might try to PING ftp.trumpet.com.au. If your
      connection is working, and if the host is operating, yo
      will receive a response from the remote host.
Note:  The WINSOCK.DLL file for the Trumpet Winsock remains in
the C:\TRUMPWSK directory. Some vendors may require that their
WINSOCK.DLL be copied to the C:\WINDOWS directory. If you have
used Winsock software from another vendor, but now want to try
the Trumpet Winsock, be sure to remove the other vendor's
WINSOCK.DLL so that it will not interfere with the Trumpet
Winsock implementation.

Tip:  The WINARCH client for Archie searching that is supplied i
WINAPPS2.ZIP defaults to searching the Archie server at
archie.au. You can access a different Archie server by using a
command line argument. For instance, to use the Archie server ru
by AT&T, use the command line
winarch.exe -archie=ds.internic.net.

SLIP or PPP usage:  Trumpet Winsock includes a simple dialing
function. You can connect to your server by manually issuing the
dialing commands. You can also write a script that will dial and
start your session automatically.

PITFALL:  After dialing with TCPMAN.EXE and establishing the SLIP
or PPP session, you must press the <ESC> key to escape from
dialing mode and to re-enable the TCP/IP mode in TCPMAN.EXE.

You may want to dial your server automatically without writing a
custom dialing script for TCPMAN.EXE. A utility named DIALER can
be set up to automatically issue the commands and password
needed to start a session on your server. DIALER version 2.0A is
available by anonymous FTP from:

     ftp.demon.co.uk
     /pub/ibmpc/windows/utilities/dialexe.zi
     (May 27, 1994 | 31,072 bytes
******
WSGOPHER (Gopher client)

Comment:  A fast client with a useful system for saving bookmarks
in a subject classified arrangement and a good help system
Author:     Dave Brooks

License:    Free

Version:    1.2

File name:  wsg-12.exe  (December 13, 1994 | 367,860 bytes
Available by anonymous FTP from
   dewey.tis.inel.gov in directory /pub/wsgopher

Installation:

  1.) Create the directory C:\WSGOPHER and copy the file
      WSG-12.EXE to this directory. This file is a self-
      extracting ZIP file.
  2.) Execute WSG-12.EXE. The files will be extracted to the
      directory.
  3.) Create a new program item in the Network program group for
      the program C:\WSGOPHER\WSGOPHER.EXE.
  4.) Launch WSGopher and read the Help file
  5.) Select the Configuration menu and set the various
      parameters and options as desired. The WSGOPHER.INI file
      and bookmark files are kept in the C:\WSGOPHER directory
END Part 2 of 
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Harry M. Kriz      hmkriz@vt.edu
University Libraries
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech)
Blacksburg, VA   2406
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Subject: "Windows and TCP/IP for Internet Access" (revised) (3/4)
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"Windows and TCP/IP for Internet Access"

Part 3 of 4

A plain text version of this complete document i
available by anonymous ftp from:
nebula.lib.vt.edu in directory /pub/windows/winsock
under filename wtcpip06.asc

A hypertext version is available at:
http://learning.lib.vt.edu/wintcpip/wintcpip.htm
Harry M. Kri
University Libraries
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Blacksburg, VA   24061-0434
hmkriz@vt.edu
http://learning.lib.vt.edu/authors/hmkriz.html

BEGIN Part 3 of 4


*******************
TRUMPET FOR WINDOWS  (Internet news reader and POP mail client
Comment:  To read Internet news, you need access to an NNT
(Network News Transfer Protocol) server. To use the mail
functions, you need an account on a POP (Post Office Protocol)
mail server. (I have not tested the mail functions in thi
application because I prefer to use PC Eudora for mail.)
Author:     Peter Tattam, Trumpet Software International

Fee:        $40.00 shareware fee. TSI has extended the free
            trial period until the final release of versio
            1.0B, which is in beta testing at this time.

Version:    1.0 Revision A

File name:  wtwsk10a.zip   (August 28, 1993 | 167,601 bytes)

Available by anonymous FTP from:
  ftp.trumpet.com.au in directory /ftp/pub/wintrump
or by Gopher from
  gopher.trumpet.com.au under menu item wintrump.
Installation:
  1.) Create the directory C:\WINTRUMP and unzip WTWSK10A.ZIP
      into this directory.
  2.) Create a new program item in the Network program group for
      the program C:\WINTRUMP\WT_WSK.EXE.
  3.) Launch the program.
  4.) Supply the address and other information in the dialo
      boxes for the menu selections File Setup and File Networ
      Setup. NEWS.PRM and other configuration files will b
      created and stored in C:\WINTRUMP.

PITFALL:  The list of available news groups on your news server
is stored by Trumpet in the file NEWS.GRP. At times, Trumpet
fails to fully update this file as new groups become availabl
from the news server. You can force Trumpet to create a new and
complete list of available groups by erasing NEWS.GRP befor
starting Trumpet
******************
EUDORA FOR WINDOWS (full featured mail client
Comment:  You will need an account on a POP mail server to send
and receive mail at your PC. QUALCOMM sells a commercial version
of Eudora for both Windows and the Macintosh.

Author:     Jeff Beckley, Jeff Gehlhaar, and Mark Erikson
            QUALCOMM, Inc.

License:    Shareware version is free. The author, Jeff Beckley,
            requests that you send him a postcard at QUALCOMM,
            Inc., 6455 Lusk Blvd., San Diego, CA  92121-2779 USA
            if you find the program useful. Information abou
            the commercial version is available throug
            QUALCOMM's QUEST group World Wide Web page a
            http://www.qualcomm.com/quest/QuestMain.html or from
            QUALCOMM's FTP server at ftp.qualcomm.com in
            directory /quest/eudora/windows. Questions abou
            Eudora can be sent by e-mail t
            eudora-sales@qualcomm.co
Version:    Shareware: 1.4.4
File name:  eudor144.exe   (December 7, 1994 | 292,942 bytes)
            (self extracting archive file)

Available by anonymous FTP from:
  ftp.qualcomm.com in directory /quest/windows/eudora/1.4

Installation:
  1.) Copy the file EUDOR144.EXE to the directory C:\EUDORA.
  2.) Execute EUDOR144.EXE to unarchive the program files.
  3.) Create a new program item in the Network program group for
      the program C:\EUDORA\WEUDORA.EXE.
  4.) Launch the program.
  5.) Select Special Configuration from the menu bar and supply
      the required information.
  6.) Select Special Switches and set characteristics as
      desired.
  7.) Create mailboxes and nicknames to taste.
  8.) The file EUDORA.INI and other configuration files will be
      created in the C:\EDUORA directory.

*******
WS_FTP    (FTP client
WS_PING   (ping client)

Author:     John Junod

License:    Free to individuals for any non-commercial use and
            for any U. S. Government Organization. Others should
            contact Ipswitch, Inc., 669 Main Street, Wakefield,
            MA, 01880, (617)246-1150, info@ipswitch.com.

Version:    94.10.18  (WS_FTP)
            94.10.20  (WS_PING)
File names: ws_ftp.zip     (October 20, 1994 | 113,252 bytes)
            ws_ping.zip    (October 21, 1994 |  60,496 bytes)

Available by anonymous FTP from:
  ftp.usma.edu in directory /pub/msdos/winsock.files

Installation:
  1.) Create the directory C:\WS_.
  2.) Unzip WS_FTP.ZIP into this directory.
  3.) Unzip the file WS_PING.EXE from its ZIP file into this
      directory also. (Full source code for WS_PING is included
      in the ZIP file with the name WSPI_SRC.ZIP. Source code
      for the current version of WS_FTP is not distributed
      However, source code for the 93-12-05 version of WS_FTP
      can be downloaded from directory /pub/msdos/winsock.files
      under the name ws_ftp_s.zip.)
  4.) Create new program items in the Network program group for
      the programs C:\WS_\WS_FTP.EXE and C:\WS_\WS_PING.EXE.
  5.) Launch the programs.
  6.) The WS_FTP.INI file remains in the C:\WS_ directory. A
      file named WINSOCK.INI is created by WS_PING in the
      C:\WINDOWS directory.

*****
CELLO  (World Wide Web browser
Comment:  Despite its age, Cello version 1.01a performs well. It
continues to be more stable than Mosaic, and it is the best
client for printing. It includes a useful Help system.
Configuration is done from within the application, not by
directly editing the CELLO.INI file. Unfortunately, Cello doe
not understand forms. Users of Diamond Stealth video cards report
problems with the mouse cursor, which virtually disappears while
the mouse is moving. The listserv CELLO-L is busy with message
about CELLO development and about shareware for creating HTML
documents for use on Web servers. Instructions for subscribing to
CELLO-L are included in the Cello Help file. Version 2.0 is now
in the hands of alpha testers.

Author:     Thomas R. Bruc
License:    Free

Version:    1.01a

File name:  cello.zip      (March 17, 1994 | 328,429 bytes)
Available by anonymous FTP from:
  ftp.law.cornell.edu in directory /pub/LII/Cell
Installation:
  1.) Create the directory C:\CELLO and unzip CELLO.ZIP into
      this directory.
  2.) Create a new program item in the Network program group for
      the program C:\CELLO\CELLO.EXE.
  3.) Launch the program.
**********
NCSA MOSAIC for Microsoft Windows  (World Wide Web browser
Comment:  Users should note the alpha version designation and use
caution about saving work in any other running applications
before launching Mosaic. As in previous versions over the past
year, simply launching and then exiting from Mosaic permanently
reduces by some 3 percentage points the Windows user.exe
resources on my machine. Launching Mosaic and exiting several
times can lead to conditions that require you to restart Windows.
However, Mosaic's previous problem of overwriting text when
displaying large files seems to be fixed in this version
Mosaic is a 32-bit application that will run under Windows NT,
Microsoft's advanced workstation operating system. Most user
will be using Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups, which are 16-
bit applications. To use Mosaic with these systems, you must
first install Win32s version 1.20 with OLE or later. This
addition to the Windows operating system enables current versions
of Windows to run 32-bit code that is not Windows NT specific.

NCSA recommends a 33MHz 486 with 8MB of RAM for running this
version
Authors:    NCSA (National Center for SuperComputing
            Applications
License:    Fre
Version:    2.0.0a8

File name:  mos20a8.exe (December 20, 1994 |   955,546 bytes)
            w32sole.exe (December 20, 1994 | 2,240,650 bytes)

Available by anonymous FTP from:
  ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu in directory /Web/Mosaic/Window
Installation:
  1.) Copy W32SOLE.EXE to a temporary directory and execute the
      program. This will extract the two component files
      INSTALL.BAT and WIN32DSK.EXE. The latter is another self
      extracting archive file.
  2.) Execute INSTALL.BAT.
      (This batch file issues the comman
      WIN32DSK.EXE -d
      to extract the component files into the subdirectories
      DISK1, DISK2, and DISK3. These subdirectories will b
      created below the temporary directory containing
      INSTALL.BAT.)
  3.) Change to the DISK1 subdirectory and execute SETUP.EXE.
      This will install Win32s version 1.20 with OLE. Many of
      the files will be installed in the directory
      C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WIN32S. If you have an older version o
      WIN32S already installed, it will be removed. You should
      allow installation of the game FreeCell in order to test
      that Win32s is properly installed on your machine. Onc
      this is verified, you can erase the files and directories
      in the temporary installation directory.
  4.) Copy MOS20A8.EXE to the temporary installation directory.
      Remember to erase any files and subdirectories left in the
      temporary directory from the installation of Win32s.
  5.) Execute MOS20A8.EXE to extract the component files,
      including SETUP.EXE.
  6.) Execute SETUP.EXE to install Mosaic version 2.0 alpha 8 in
      the directory of your choice. MOSAIC.INI will be copied t
      the C:\WINDOWS directory.
  7.) Launch the program. Read the files README.WRI an
      RELNOTES.HTM to learn how to fully configure Mosaic to
      your needs.
  8.) When installation is complete, you can remove the
      temporary installation directory.

NOTE: You can avoid the added complexity of installing Win32s and
the substantial demands it places on your PC by using the olde
Mosaic version 2.0 alpha 2 (June 27, 1994 | 243,749 bytes).

********
NETSCAPE  (World Wide Web browser)

Comment:  Netscape Navigator is generating enormous interest at
this writing as the logical successor to Mosaic. FTP sites
designated as sources for Netscape frequently are inaccessible.

Author:     Netscape Communications Corporation

License:    Free for academic or not-for-profit use. Others,
            including government users, should contact Netscape
            Communications Corporation.

Version:    1.0N

File name:  ns16-100.exe   (December 17, 1994 | 706,929 bytes)

Available by anonymous FTP from
  ftp.mcom.com in directory /netscape/windows or
  ftp2.mcom.com in directory /netscape/windows.
Frequently it is impossible to connect by anonymous FTP to
  servers distributing Netscape. The best mode of access is to
  use a World Wide Web browser and load the URL
  http://home.mcom.com/info/how-to-get-it.html.

Installation:
  1.) Copy the file NW16-100.EXE to a temporary directory and
      run it. This will extract the component files, including
      SETUP.EXE.
  2.) Run the program SETUP.EXE by selecting the file in File
      Manager or by using the menu selection File Run in Program
      Manager. SETUP will install Netscape in a directory of
      your choice, and it will create a program icon in the
      group you designate.
  3.) Launch the program. Configure Options and Preferences to
      taste. The file NETSCAPE.INI is kept in the Netscap
      program directory.


*****
WINWEB  (World Wide Web browser
Comment:  A fast and easy browser from EINet.

Author:     MCC-EINet (Microelectronics and Computer Technology
            Corporation)

License:    Free

Version:    1.0 Alpha 2.2

File name:  winweb.zip     (December 19, 1994 |  598,873 bytes)
Available by anonymous FTP from:
   ftp.einet.net in directory /einet/pc

Installation:
  1.) Create the directory C:\WINWEB and unzip WINWEB.ZIP into
      this directory.
  2.) Move the included file VBRUN300.DLL to the windows system
      directory, usually C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM. (This file is a
      runtime library for Microsoft Visual Basic. If you already
      have a copy installed from some other application, you can
      simply delete it from the \WINWEB directory.
  2.) Create a new program item in the Network program group for
      the program C:\WINWEB\WINWEB.EXE.
  3.) Launch the program and configure to taste. The file
      WINWEB.INI will be created in the C:\WINDOWS directory
****
WFTPD  (FTP server
Comment:  I had not imagined I would want or need to use my PC as
an FTP server. However, I have found this product useful on a
couple of occasions to transfer files from an IBM mainframe to my
PC. This is far easier than trying to FTP to the mainframe from
my PC. Note that WinQVT/Net, which is described later, has an FTP
server function also. However, the server in WinQVT/Net would not
work when I tried to use Fetch on my PowerMac to retrieve a file
from my Windows machine. WFTPD had no problems serving files t
Fetch.

Author:     Alun Jones
License:    $15.00. The unregistered shareware version displays
            a message to anyone accessing the server that the
            owner is unable or unwilling to pay the shareware
            fee. The shareware version is limited to five file
            transfers per session
Version:    1.9
File name:  wftpd195.zip   (October 20, 1994 | 147,612 bytes)
Available by anonymous FTP from:
  ftp.cica.indiana.edu in /pub/pc/win3/winsoc
or by gopher from:
  ftp.cica.indiana.edu under menu item
     PC and CICA Windows Files/
        CICA Windows Files/
           Winsock Compliant App
Installation
  1.) Create the directory C:\WFTPD and unzip WFTPD195.ZIP into
      this directory.
  2.) Create a new program item in the Network program group fo
      the program C:\WFTPD\WFTPD.EXE.
  3.) Launch the program.
  4.) Complete the information in the Security dialog box to
      establish security control using access passwords and
      restricted home directories for those you authorize to
      access your PC. The file WFTPD.INI will be created in the
      C:\WINDOWS directory
END Part 3 of 4
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Harry M. Kriz      hmkriz@vt.edu
University Libraries
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech)
Blacksburg, VA   24061

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        *****   Lion and his Lioness   *****
        *****       side by side       *****
        *****      always together     *****
____________________________________________________________________________
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Subject: "Windows and TCP/IP for Internet Access" (revised) (4/4)
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"Windows and TCP/IP for Internet Access"
Part 4 of 
A plain text version of this complete document is
available by anonymous ftp from
nebula.lib.vt.edu in directory /pub/windows/winsock
under filename wtcpip06.asc
A hypertext version is available at:
http://learning.lib.vt.edu/wintcpip/wintcpip.html
Harry M. Kri
University Libraries
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Blacksburg, VA   24061-043
hmkriz@vt.edu
http://learning.lib.vt.edu/authors/hmkriz.html

BEGIN Part 4 of 
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TELNET

The glaring deficiency in the Winsock pantheon of Internet
clients is the absence of a good stand-alone telnet client. Here
is a brief description of some alternatives I have tried.


**********
WinQVT/Ne
Comment:  WinQVT/Net is an integrated package that includes
telnet, FTP, FTP server, mail, and news reader functions. These
separate client and server functions are normally launched from a
console window. The telnet client is probably the best shareware
Winsock telnet client available. You can select terminal
emulations and customize the keyboard. The resizable telnet
window includes scrollback and session logging. A deficiency is
that telnet cannot be launched independently of the console
window. However, if WinQVT/Net is already running, then an
instance of the telnet client can be launched from anothe
application by invoking the TNSTART.EXE program that comes with
WinQVT/Net. This makes it possible to use this telnet client as
the telnet viewer or helper with Gopher or World wide Web
clients
Author:     QPC Software
License:    Shareware registration is $40 ($20 for students).
            There has been discussion in alt.winsock and other
            news groups about the difficulty of getting any
            response to e-mail and fax messages from the author
            of WinQVT/Net. Paying the license fee may be
            difficult as a result.

Version:    3.9
File name:  qvtws398.zip   (December 16, 1994 | 390,960 bytes)

Available by anonymous FTP from:
  biochemistry.bioc.cwru.edu in directory /gopher/pub/qvtnet
or by Gopher fro
  biochemistry.cwru.edu under the menu selection
  CWRU Biochemistry FTP Archive/qvtnet.
Gopher access is preferable as only one anonymous user is
  permitted weekdays during normal working hours from 9:00 AM to
  5:00 PM local time.


**************
TRUMPET TELNET

Comment:  This simple client is my favorite for use as a telnet
viewer or helper with Gopher or World Wide Web clients.
Unfortunately, it lacks sophisticated features needed by heavy
users of telnet.

Author:     Peter Tattam
License:    Free beta versio
Version:    0.0
File name:  trmptel.exe    (October 13, 1994 | 71,168 bytes
This file is included in the WINAPPS2.ZIP file distributed as
part of the Trumpet Winsock package
***
EWA
Comment:  EWAN (Emulator Without a Good Name) is a more complete
Winsock telnet client than Trumpet Telnet. It allows printing the
screen, printing the scrollback buffer, and logging a session to
a file. It can be used as a telnet viewer with Gopher or World
Wide Web clients.

Author:     Peter Zande
License:    Fre
Version:    1.0
File name:  ewan104.zip    (November 23, 1994 | 221,051 bytes)

Available by anonymous FTP from:
   ftp.lysator.liu.se in directory /pub/msdos/window
******
QWS3270

Comment:  Telnet clients usually emulate a VT100 terminal or one
of its variations, the standard for connecting to a UNIX host.
However, telneting to an IBM mainframe requires emulation of an
IBM 3270 terminal. QWS3270 provides this functionality. I was
especially pleased with the easily-configured, four-color
capability that makes it easier to distinguish protected
unprotected, and highlighted text on a VM screen.

Author:     Jim Rymerson

License:    Free

Version:    3.2e

File name:  qws3270.zip    (November 14, 1994 | 73,365 bytes)

Available by anonymous FTP from:
  ftp.ccs.queensu.ca in directory /pub/msdos/tcpi
-------------------------------------
OTHER SOURCES FOR WINSOCK INFORMATION

It remains true that the best guide to the Internet is the
Internet itself. The best software for navigating the Internet is
freely available on the Internet.

Considerable information about the Winsock API, along with some
application programs, is available by anonymous FTP at
sunsite.unc.edu in directory
/pub/micro/pc-stuff/ms-windows/winsock.

The anonymous FTP sites that I list throughout this paper as
sources for programs are the sites designated by the software
authors as their home sites. These sites will always have the
latest version of the software.

In addition, copies of the software may usually be obtained by
anonymous FTP from CICA (Center for Innovative Computer
Applications) at ftp.cica.indiana.edu in directory
/pub/pc/win3/winsock. Files are also available from this same
address using a Gopher client. Gopher access is preferabl
because the CICA FTP server is the main Internet site for Windows
applications. It is usually busy, and you may have difficulty
establishing an FTP connection.
It is the case that the collection at CICA will NOT alway
contain the latest version of software, even if a newer version
has been uploaded to CICA by the author. CICA does not allow
anonymous users to view or download program files from the
uploads directory, where the newest version might still be in th
holding pattern. Also, the versions at CICA may not have the same
file dates as those at the home sites.

There is a listserv that provides a daily listing of new uploads
to CICA. Included in the mailing are the content of any text
files accompanying those uploads and a list of files that have
been moved from the uploads directory to the public directories
so as to be available for downloading. You can subscribe to CICA-
L by sending e-mail with no subject and the messag
sub CICA-L Your Nam
to listserv@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu.

There are several other Internet sites that provide mirror copie
of the Windows collection at CICA. These are listed in the
message displayed if you are denied access to CICA. The list of
mirror sites also is included in the file README in CICA's
directory /pub/pc/win3. These mirrors can be just as busy a
CICA. As an example, the mirror at polecat.law.indiana.edu was
recently removed due to overload on the server.

When using CICA, it is helpful to download the file INDEX (ascii
about 285,000 bytes) or INDEX.ZIP (about 122,000 bytes) from the
directory /pub/pc/win3. INDEX contains one-line descriptions of
each file in the collection.

The news groups alt.winsock, and comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
carry discussions of the Winsock specification and Winsoc
compliant applications, as do the groups in the
comp.os.ms-windows.networking hierarchy. Trumpet Winsock and
related clients are discussed in several news groups in the
trumpet hierarchy.

Information about specific clients may be found in groups devoted
to that class of client. For instance, WSGopher is discussed in
alt.gopher and in comp.infosystems.gopher. Cello, Mosaic,
Netscape, and WinWeb are discussed in the sections of the
comp.infosystems.www hierarchy.

The BITNET listserv WIN3-L@UICVM carries discussions about all
topics relating to Windows, including Winsock applications. Some
news servers carry this listserv under the news group name
bit.listserv.win3-l.

A comprehensive list of FTP'able Winsock applications is
available from Larsen Consulting and Sales, Phoenix, Arizona,
USA. To get a copy of the list, send an e-mail message to
info@lcs.com with the Subject: FAQ. Nothing else should be in the
message. The list is also available on the World Wide Web at
http://www.lcs.com/.

Frequently Asked Questions about TCP/IP on PC-compatibl
computers are answered in a FAQ written by Bernard D. Adoba. Th
text is posted monthly on the news group
comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc. A copy of the newsgroup posting is
available as three separate files from rtfm.mit.edu in the
directory /pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/comp/protocols/tcp-ip/ibmpc.
The complete text of the files dated November 3, 1994 contains
over 214,000 bytes. The filenames are decidedly non-DOS, so you
will want to assign filenames if you download from this source.
The FAQ is also available as a single ZIP file named ibmtcp.zip
(79,454 bytes | October 29, 1994) from ftp.netcom.com in the
directory /pub/mailcom/IBMTCP. Each of these sites can be
troublesome. They frequently are busy or unresponsive to
commands.

Finally, the FAQ, and other publications about Internet software
for the PC, can be accessed on the World Wide Web page maintaine
by Bernard Adoba. The page entitled
"Internaut:  The PC-Internet Connection Update Page" is located
at http://www.zilker.net/users/internaut/update.html.

The Crynwr packet drivers collection is available by anonymous
FTP in the well-known Simtel20 collection, as well as through a
variety of other methods. The primary publicly available site for
Simtel20 files is at oak.oakland.edu. The packet drivers are in
directory SimTel/msdos/pktdrvr
pktd11.zip       (November 23, 1993 | 435420 bytes)
pktd11a.zip      (November 23, 1993 | 326152 bytes)
pktd11b.zip      (November 23, 1993 | 344847 bytes)
pktd11c.zip      (December 14, 1993 |  81834 bytes).


An early version of this document (dated February 9, 1994) wa
published in the "Toolkit" section of the March 14, 1994 issue of
"Global Network News." GNN is part of the "Global Networ
Navigator," a World Wide Web publication of O'Reilly Associates.
Articles in GNN are aimed at the reader with a general interest
in the Internet and networked information. You can read GNN by
pointing Mosaic or Cello at http://www.wimsey.com/gnn/gnn.html.
The most recent plain text version of "Windows and TCP/IP for
Internet access" is available by anonymous FTP fro
nebula.lib.vt.edu in the directory /pub/windows/winsock under the
name wtcpip**.asc. For instance, this version has the name
wtcpip06.asc. A more frequently revised hypertext version is
available at http://learning.lib.vt.edu/wintcpip/wintcpip.html
================================================================
I thank each of you who sent me personal messages following the
postings of earlier versions of this evolving document. I have
now received e-mail about this document from individuals on seve
continents. Thanks to AJO at McMurdo Station for sending me a
message from Antarctica.
I am grateful that I have been able to help many of you, and I
appreciate the suggestions and information you have sent me. My
efforts in producing this document can be only a small an
indirect repayment of the debt I owe to the developers who
produce this software and to the many Internet users who are s
willing to share information and expertise.

Please send error reports to me at hmkriz@vt.edu. I would be
grateful for suggestions for improvements and additions to thi
document. Thanks again to everyone who replied to my beginner's
questions over the past eighteen months. I greatly appreciate
your patience, and your willingness to share your knowledge
--Harry
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Harry M. Kriz      hmkriz@vt.edu
University Libraries
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech)
Blacksburg, VA   24061

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