Main advantage of Async Pro is that it suitable provide native serial port
dial out function and all modem functions. You can control all by yourself
which quit suit for requirement for remote access. Maybe you can combine
with ICS free component.
Just a suggestion.
Best Regards
Leigh Wanstead
----- Original Message -----
From: Grant Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 10:38 AM
Subject: RE: [DUG]: Dialup.
> Why Async Pro when the ICS component can handle 100/1000's users & already
> comes with sample FTP clients and Servers?
>
> Looking at the suggestions for using pc-A (which I have also used & like
for
> support), I must have mis-understood the orginal post.
>
> Are you trying to roll your own Back Orifice style system where by you can
> dial into a remote PC & browse & transfer files, or trying to implement
> automated store & forward file transfer system?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leigh Wanstead [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, 18 February 2000 10:28
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: Re: [DUG]: Dialup.
>
>
> In that case, I would use TurboPower Async Professional FTP component to
> develop a FTP server. APD FTP component has one shortage, only allow one
> connection at server, but I suspect it will not be the probem for you.
>
> Best Regards
> Leigh Wanstead
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Matthew <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Comb
> To: Multiple <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> recipients of list delphi
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 10:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [DUG]: Dialup.
>
>
> Thanks Jeremy,
>
>
>
> yer we use PCA here as well for fixing our machines in Oz, works really
> well.
>
>
>
> In this scenario the receiver would not be able to have PCA, so I think I
> might try the FTPapproach, what I was more getting at was handling the
> dialup connection if the receiver has 95/98 - it does not have RAS does it
> or am I out of the loop so what do I look at to program the receiving of
the
> connection etc.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> Matt.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: Jeremy Coulter <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> delphi
>
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 8:34 AM
>
> Subject: RE: [DUG]: Dialup.
>
>
>
>
> I suspect that the best thing to do would be to use the FTP protocal for
> sending and receiving files.
>
> You could write an FTP server for the dailup machine. Then the client
could
> then be any ftp program.
>
>
>
> BUT from my own excepriences here, you might be best to go one of these
> following ways:-
>
>
>
> 1. Use an NT or Linux box to do the dialing part and authentificaion and
use
> the above FTP idea.
>
> 2. Purchase something like PCAnywhere which will then give you a nice
> GUI(but slow) interface, and also does authentification etc. and use its
> file transfere part, which also does SpeedSync. which only uploads the
> changed bytes of the program...IF it exists alreadyon their machine,
> therefore cutting back on traffice, and obv. time.
>
>
>
> I have used both methods, but it really depends on the $$ involved, and
the
> type of interface you want your client to have/see.
>
>
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Jeremy Coulter
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Matthew Comb
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 10:23 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: [DUG]: Dialup.
>
>
>
> Hi Guys,
>
>
>
> if you had to write an app to allow someone dialling in to connect then to
> copy files back and forth where would you start?
>
>
>
> I assume I would have to write an app for both ends. The receiver would be
> 95/98/NT but the dialler would be NT based.
>
>
>
> Any thoughts?
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> Matt.
>
>
>
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