| Testing the TCP/IP Setup in Windows
This tests both the AGWPE IP address and AGWPE
port address.
You need to find either the Windows' TELNET.EXE
or HyperTerminal program to run this test. I have Windows XP which
has only a basic, hard-to-configure TELNET program, so I used
HyperTerminal.
First, start AGWPE. Click on the Packet Engine
icon on the system tray to bring up the AGWPE menu. On the menu,
click on Setup Interfaces. Make sure
Enable
Winsock TCP/IP Application Interface is checked and the TCP
port is 8000. Click OK
to close the menu.
Then, click again on the AGWPE icon and then click on About.
Notice that the last two lines should say "SocksAPIServer
Active" and "SocksAPIConnections 0".
Now open HyperTerminal or TelNet.
Using HyperTerminal:
a. Start HyperTerminal.
On some systems, it may be found by using the START menu:
Programs: Accessories: Communication.
Otherwise locate it by doing a Windows file search.
b. From the HyperTerminal menu bar, select
File, then New
Connection. For the New Connection Name,
enter a name of your choice, such as LocalHost
8000
c. On the resulting configuration dialogue
window titled "Connect To", go the
bottom field labeled "Connect using"
and use the drop down menu list to select "TCP/IP
(WinSock)".
d. On the resulting dialogue window (also
titled "Connect To:"):
- For Host Address: enter either localhost
or 127.0.0.1 , if AGWPE is located
on the same computer; otherwise enter the network address of the
computer where AGWPE is running.
- For Port Number: enter the AGWPE default
port number 8000 ,unless a
different port was selected in the AGWPE menu (Setup Interfaces:
WinSock Interface)
- then press OK.
e. If HyperTerminal can connect to AGWPE, you
will see "Connected" in the lower left
of the HyperTerminal window. You can
also confirm this in AGWPE: Click on the AGWPE icon for AGWPE menu,
and select About. The About screen should
now say "SocksAPIConnections 1".
If HyperTerminal can't connect to AGWPE, you
will get an error message from HyperTerminal saying "Unable to
connect to (IP Address Port Number)..." This means you need to
re-check the configuration steps at the top of this page.
Using TELNET
1. Start AGWPE. Click on the Packet Engine icon on the system tray. On
the menu, click on Setup Interfaces. Make sure
Enable
Winsock TCP/IP Application Interface is checked and the TCP
port is 8000. Click OK
to close the menu.
2. Click again on the AGWPE icon and then click on About.
The last two lines should say "SocksAPIServer
Active" and "SocksAPIConnections 0".
For Windows XP users:
a. from the Start button, select run and then enter "cmd"
and press the OK button.
b. At the DOS command prompt, enter
telnet 127.0.0.1 8000. If the
connection is successful, the DOS box's title bar will change to
Telnet 127.0.0.1. If the
connection to that port was unsuccessful, the Telnet window would
report the "Connect failed".
c. If the connection was successful, click the
Packet Engine icon again, and select About. It should
now say "SocksAPIConnections 1"
indicating that the TCP/IP connection to AGWPE is working.
d. Close the Telnet window and the About
window should
then say "SocksAPIConnections 0".
I'm not sure exactly how Telnet works on other
versions of Windows, but this method was reported to me for Windows
95. This won't work for Windows XP:
a. Run the Win95 Telnet program, TELNET.EXE. It's usually in the main Windows folder (or perhaps Windows/System32).
b. From the menu, select Connect, Remote System;
then Host Name: , Port: 8000
(type 8000 over the menu choices); Term Type: VT100
c. If the program title bar changes from Telnet -
[None] to Telnet - 127.0.0.1, then
everything is fine. TCP/IP is working in Windows.
If instead you get a message "Could not open a connection to
127.0.0.1", then there's something wrong with your
Windows TCP/IP set-up. Review the steps at the top of this page.
d. Click the Packet Engine icon again, and select About. It should
now say "SocksAPIConnections 1".
TCP/IP is working in AGWPE.
e. Go back to In Telnet. Select Connect,
then Disconnect, and close the program.
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