Testing the TCP/IP Setup in Windows
This tests both the AGWPE IP address and the 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, which comes
with versions of Windows before and including XP.
HyperTerminal does not come with versions of Windows after XP, so you might find
one of these free programs useful:
TerraTerm -
http://www.ayera.com/teraterm/
PuTTY --
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ or
http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty.exe
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.
Testing TCP/IP 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.
Testing TCP/IP 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".
For Pre-XP Users
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. Another check on SocksAPIConnections in AGWPE should
show 0."
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