[SunRescue] Large networks [OT]

Bill Bradford rescue at sunhelp.org
Tue Mar 13 01:21:46 CST 2001


On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 11:02:09PM -0500, Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:
> Slight nitpick here - AOL's service does not use TCP/IP.  They have
> their own custom protocol; then they convert from AOL/IP (or whatever
> name they have for it) to TCP/IP traffic on their gateway servers.

How the heck do I run tcp/ip apps using AOL, then?  In a pinch, I've
got an insta-AOL account, dialed up with their software, minimized it,
then run "normal" apps on top of their IP stack...

If they're using a custom protocol, its at least winsock compatible.

Bill

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Bill Bradford
mrbill at mrbill.net
Austin, TX



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