-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In article <21076.9507180656@exe.dcs.exeter.ac.uk>, aba@atlas.ex.ac.uk wrote:
Is there an easy way to integrate machines who are not on-net 24-7 into this protocol? Not all of us have dedicated lines.:)
Well you could run a local master, ... or as you are using NT right? you could use Andy's code when he adds socket support to interface to masters.
As to the problem of not having 24-7 connectivity, you could either use the WWW page, or the server (it will do this anyway) will keep re-trying to get a socket connect to the master until it suceeds, so when you next go on-line ... wham it gets through again as connectivity is resumed and says whatever it has been trying to say. We need it to retry in case of network out (or horror) big master falling over, until it gets resumed.
On many machines that will mean that it will try to initiate a connection to the host. Please allow for a manual connect option. - -- - -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred. - --- [This message has been signed by an auto-signing service. A valid signature means only that it has been received at the address corresponding to the signature and forwarded.] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Gratis auto-signing service iQBFAwUBMAwdryoZzwIn1bdtAQHrDwGArifMl83/simhOGutmo8FhYgtCMZ+9g5E stSoeOysXuLCvv3EK3PTTUO4LdtPbhnn =rq/L -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----