From: Joseph Webster (J.Webster@centenary.usyd.edu.AU)
Date: Mon Mar 13 1995 - 18:42:19 EST
Re Steve Micko's networking question (reproduced below): I ran a (sort-of) similar system a few years ago, using WinQVT software on a 386 with a Western Digital ethernet card. We transferred all flow data direct from FACSnet to a Magneto-Optical drive on the PC, so both storage and archiving were done in a single step. Assuming Chameleon can communicate with the Compaq hardware, and you have enough information to configure both hardware & software, it *should* be easy! This worked for me: a) I ran an ftp SERVER in WinQVT on the Windows PC, and did all logins and file transfers from BD FACSnet. b) BD FACSnet talking to a PC can only log in as user "ftp" with password "ftp", so the ftp server must be configured to accept logins from that user. c) Both ends must be configured with a valid IP address. If there is no connection outside the room then the actual address is not important, BUT if there is (or will be in future) a link to the greater IP world, then you must get an appropriate set of addresses from your friendly network administrator... These were the critical things I can remember, there might have been others. When you get it working, I strongly recommend that FACSnet be set to BINARY file type! Much Faster transfers! Hope this is useful! Cheers, Joseph. > I would like to network a B-D HP Consort 32 workstation with a Compaq > Deskpro XL 560. The Compaq has an "Embedded-Integrated NetFlex > ENET/PCI Controller (Ethernet)" as part of the (Pentium) motherboard, > and I am running the Cameleon TCP/IP software package (version 4.0) > for MS-Windows. The Consort 32 uses B-D's standard FACSnet software. I > have tried just about every permutation of switches and settings I can > think of on both ends, and the computers still do not communicate with > each other. I have verified that the RG-58 thin coax is conducting > electricity between the two computers. If there is someone on the > flownet who has worked with this configuration or who can suggest > something I have not tried, I would very much appreciate the help. At > this point, I may be too close to the forest to see the trees ... > > Thanks in advance, > > Steve Micko steven_micko@email.eushc.org > FCM Facility > Emory University Hospital > Atlanta, GA Joseph Webster (O.I.C. Flow Cytometry & Computing) === Centenary Institute of cancer Medicine & Cell Biology / \ Locked Bag No.6 || o o || Newtown, NSW 2042 || | || AUSTRALIA. | \___/ | Ph: 61-2-565-6110 \ / Fax: 61-2-565-6101 ||||| E-Mail: J.Webster@centenary.usyd.edu.au
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