[ On 2012-10-19 at 17:56:10, Bj”rn Felten wrote to All ]   
      
    BF>    And it works like a charm except for file transfers.   
      
   Are you using an external file transfer program?  Does it support/is it   
   configured to use a FOSSIL driver?   
      
    BF>    Every time a file transfer is requested, my (old, outdated and   
    BF> unsupported) BBS software tries to open a COM port that doesn't even   
    BF> exist, or is used for other purposes, on my computer. Mostly COM1.   
      
    BF>    Is there a way to make NetFoss, and then my BBS program, try   
    BF> another COM port? The NetFoss document indicate that it supports 256   
    BF> COM ports, but how do I make my BBS program understand this?   
      
   Since everything else is working, I assume you're running NetFoss in telnet   
   mode, not COM port mode?   
      
   In telnet mode, NetFoss is supposed to let you use any COM port up to 4096 on   
   up to 65535 nodes (including using COM1 on all your nodes concurrently).  But   
   this only works via the FOSSIL driver; if your file transfer program tries to   
   open the port directly it'll fail.   
      
   In COM port mode, you need to specify a separate COM port for each node.  You   
   can pass that from Argus with %C.  Alternatively, your BBS program probably   
   has a node-specific configuration that will pass the correct port to any doors   
   it runs.   
      
      
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    * Origin: sysgod@sysgod.org (3:712/848)