mark lewis (1:3634/12) wrote to Steven Horn at 09:39 on 02 Jun 2003:

 ml> COM/IP should still work perfectly fine... is it not, afterall,
 ml> nothing more than a shim that packages the data within telnet
 ml> protocol packets?? a shim doesn't care what kind of line it is
 ml> riding on as long as it can emulate a modem for the bbs side and
 ml> pack/unpack the data in telnet packets for tcp/ip transfer... that
 ml> tcp/ip packets may be further carried within atm packets is of no
 ml> concern...

You will have to look at the documentation itself but it is it is
explicitly declared to establish a "TCP/IP network through a Windows
com port".  I read everything available from pcmicro.com and found
nothing to indicate that one could use this with ADSL. 

 SH> It prevents the use of Win2K in EVERY WAY if the Win2K user is
 SH> using ADSL or Cable to access the Internet.

 ml> how so?

You can play with it but MS-Kermit can't find the Windows 2000 stack and I
have not yet found a way of installing a DOS stack which will co-exist with
the Win2K stack.  The last time I tried it (with Arachne) resulted in
instant lockup.

 ml> i really doubt that there are any, these days, who are migrating to
 ml> w2k... there are probably more trying to get to nt4 but even that
 ml> is very limited now that m$ is not providing /all/ the necessary
 ml> bug fixes and security updates for it that are necessary... m$ is
 ml> forcing everyone to the XP series...

For whatever reason, our systems people would rather install Win2K than XP
Pro.  I imagine that they would not mind NT4.0 but that eliminates the use
of USB.
 
Take care,

Steven Horn (steven_a_horn{at}yahoo.ca)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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