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z2 Remote Winsock Installation steps

RWSOCK.ZIP Content

The file RWSOCK.ZIP contain 4 files:

1. rwsock.exe
2. wsock32.dll
3. rDial.exe
4. setup.html (this file)
5. dflow.gif (diagram on this page)

Rwsock.exe

This program runs on the PC (with modem) which is going to act as the Remote Winsock server on your LAN. You can click on Port number or Code key to change their value.

Use the menu 'View | Clients list ...' to add the IP addresses of your client PCs.

z2 Wsock32.dll

This dll should be copied to every client PC that requires Remote Winsock services. Wsock32.dll should be copied to the subdirectory where your browser is installed. In normal setup, the subdirectory is either

c:\Program Files\Netscape\Navigator\Program or c:\Program Files\Internet Explorer.

Note: This Wsock32.dll is specially written for this shareware. There is a Wsock32.dll file that comes with Windows 95. Dont mixed up these two files. Do NOT copy this file to c:\windows\system. Doing so will overwrite Microsoft version of Wsock32.dll. Microsoft Wsock32.dll is needed in the communication between clients and Rwsock.

Rdial.exe

This program is a remote dialer. It is also used to setup the server address and portnumber at the client machines. Make sure that rDial.exe is not in the same folder as z2 wsock32.dll.

Remote Winsock server address

Each client PC need to know the Remote Winsock server address. You can specify Remote Winsock server address as Computer Name. You can find the Computer Name by looking in Network Property under Identification tab. Hostname. You can find Hostname in TCP/IP properties under DNS Configuration tab. If you have a domain name you need to append it to the hostname. IP address format. You can find in TCP/IP properties under IP Address tab. From my experience, this address format is necessary when the server PC does not appear in the Network Neighboorhood of the client PC.

You can change the server address at any time using Rdial.exe. Click on 'Server Setting' button in rDial.

Note: Rwsock.exe is NOT a proxy server. Do not set proxy server address in your browser.

Changing Port Number

Remote Winsock by default uses port number 5000. You can change the port number by clicking 'Server Setting' in Rdial. At the server you can change the portnumber by clicking at it in Rwsock. The port number value set at the server and the clients must be the same.

Testing Remote Winsock on a Single PC

If you wish to test Remote Winsock with only 1 PC, install Rwsock.exe and wsock32.dll on separate subdirectories. This is to avoid Rwsock.exe from calling z2 version of Wsock32.dll

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