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Skriven 2004-08-25 00:08:02 av Alex Shakhaylo (2:461/701)
    Kommentar till text 135 av Frank Vest (1:124/6308.1)
Ärende: Dial-up + FTP
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Hi, Frank!

24 Aug 04 01:11, Frank Vest said to Alex Shakhaylo:

 FV> I think we are not understanding here. I will try again.

 FV> Windows 98 does not have a TAPI or other IP networking server. Windows
 FV> 98 has a Dial Up Networking client that can connect to a PPP, SLIP or
 FV> a couple of other IP servers.

TAPI has nothing to do with IP networking.

===
TAPI Telephony Services
The telephony model covered here is the Microsoft Telephony API (TAPI). Just as
with message services, there are competing telephony service models, too. The
primary advantage of TAPI to the programmer is that Microsoft has committed to
providing the TAPI model as part of the basic operating system for all future
versions of Windows. For example, TAPI is shipped as part of every Windows 95
operating system. Version 4.0 of Windows NT is also designed to contain TAPI
services as a fundamental part of the operating system.

Another major advantage of the TAPI model is that it is designed to work with
multiple hardware products. Programmers who use TAPI can be assured that their
programs will work the same from one installation to the next as long as
TAPI-compliant hardware is used at all locations.
===

Your dialup networking works using TAPI. TAPI is a way to share modem
or other telephony devices between different programms. For example
incoming call may be accepted by FAX program and then hand off to your
dialup networking server.

 FV> Unfortunately, Radius is not a PPP server. If Radius were a PPP
 FV> server, it would be great.

Heh .. This question was raised many times in different programmers
ehoes. All I saw was "it is just impossible for a user program to
work as PPP server" in Windows. In other words there is not an API
which would help to implement this, so you have to write all the
PPP server from the scratch.

 FV> With Radius, or Tarius, supporting HTTP and other protocols via IP,
 FV> why not support the HTTP, SMTP/POP and other IP stuff via dial-up?

I'm not ready to write the whole PPP server. From the other side
there is a way to pass a modem connection from Radius to your
dialup networking server. This makes it possible to use Radius's
IP stuff via dialup.

Bye, Sinc, Alex

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