TCP/IP Testing help, Round 2

[Gordon JC Pearce]

Michael B. Brutman wrote:
> 
> Happy New Year!
> 
> 
> I'm back at it again - I plan on doing better this time.  (I've fixed 
> the specific double delete bug that bit me last time, improved tracing 
> quite a bit, and added a lot of consistency checking code.)

Works for me

> Just like last time, all you need to do is telnet to 24.159.203.149, 
> port 2301.  Once again, that's my Linux box, but today it is forwarding 
> port 2301 to my PCjr.  The commands are slightly enhanced from the last 
> test, but it isn't anything highly interactive.
> 
> Up to 9 people can connect simultaneously.  We didn't get more than 2 or 
> 3 simultaneous connections last time, so I'm probably overly optimistic.

I can leave a telnet session connected indefinitely, if it won't time out...

> Some of you noted from last time that there is no character echoing or 
> line editing.  Telnet users on Unix machines will probably have local 
> line editing, which makes things a wee bit nicer.  The standard Windows 
> telnet client doesn't do that by default, so you will type but not see 
> your characters.  That's a project for a different day.
> 
> Here is a picture of the machine you are connecting to, complete with 
> the Western Digital 8003 Ethernet card grafted onto the side:
> 
> http://brutman.com/PCjr_WD_small.jpg
> 
> 
> And lastly, if you remember, type in your OS and machine type as a 
> command.  It will complain about it being an invalid command, but I'll 
> see it in the log and I'll have a better idea of what I'm testing against.

Done

Gordon