| Don't ya just love this stuff??
It appears as though some bit of NT code is being to smart for it's own
good. After trying a number of differant things, it seems that when you
point to a locally attached cdrom drive, it checks the disk label and
assumes you have inserted the wrong cdrom, hence prompting you to put
in the NT distribution. If I copy the contents of \v032\files\drivers
off the cd to a directory on the hard disk, and point at _that_, the
RAS install finds everything it wants and completes with no errors.
ARRGGHHHHH!!!!
Does anyone know off-hand if the files in \v032\files\drivers are the
"original" NT 3.51 version, or do they include the SP4 updated drivers?
Dave
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| All this 'new-fangled' stuff better yeild one hell of a productivity
boost, considering the time and effort I've spent on it...
Well, I've got RAS installed, and I went through the various config
steps; as far as I can tell I did everything right (it would really be
helpful if the WNT online docs were included on the cdrom). However,
when I dial my local office modem pool and try to start PPP, the
Multia hangs up the line and displays an error 720 panel.
After poking around, it seems that there are no bindings for TCP/IP,
even though all the TCP/IP software has been installed.
After further poking around, if I tell 'Customize this desktop' to
enable TCP/IP, then when it's finished I now have bindings for both
RAS and the Ethernet. Great, except I don't want or need TCP/IP on
the Ethernet. The only thing connected to the Ethernet is a VS3100,
and thus I enabled DECnet and LAT (and NetBEUI because the Multia
didn't seem to like it when all I had was Decnet and Lat enabled,
and in case I decide to install Pathworks on the VS3100 later).
To me, what I'm trying to do seems fairly simple; DECnet and LAT to
the workstation on the Ethernet, dial-up TCPIP to the office. No WINS,
no DHCP, no IPX, no PAP, no CHAP, no NetBEUI, no NWLink, no SNMP, just
plain old TCPIP via PPP dialup into a DS700. (Note: I have successfully
used this same dialup pool under both Win95 and MacOS without problems.)
Can someone tell me what 'Customize this desktop' does when you don't
have TCP/IP enabled that prevents the WNT Network control panel from
creating the appropriate bindings between RAS and TCP/IP, even though
all the Microsoft TCP/IP software has been installed?
Thanks,
Dave
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| Hmmm... Only problem with disabling bindings is that it's not clear
to me which ones to hit. I've tried what you suggest, and I'm now
getting some startup errors in the event log as a result.
Off-hand, do you know/remember what registry items are twiddled?
Thanks,
Dave
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