LAN Messaging

[MikeyC]

Been away, but they've let me out for good behaviour.

I'm looking for a simple (text based) messaging tool to chat between a WiFi XP laptop and my WiFi 7Book over an ad-hoc network (no internet access).

So, two machines, each with WiFi NIC's, want to chat. I was thinking of something I could address by using the static IP of the NIC's (or the DNS name).

Was thinking about something like IM+ but both machines would need to be connected to the inernet. Ideally I'm after something like the Windows 'NET SEND' command for both the Psion and XP machine.

Any suggestions?

[diem]

I'm not aware of any existing software that could do what you require, but there are two ways this could be written I think.

1. Take advantage of an existing high-level protocol on one machine and write a client for the other.
2. Disregard any existing high-level protocol and write software for both machine that communicates raw TCP/IP on a given port.

A while ago I considered writing a 'Windows Networking' (SMB) stack for EPOC ER5, signed up for the documentation from MS, then gave up because I've dumped Windows for Linux :D

[donkeyontheedge]

What about a JAVA IM client? Have you had a look to see if there is one available anywhere?
I had a quick look on google and there were plenty listed so have a look and see if you can find one that would work with the Psion JVM.

John

[stolkjo]

Looking for SMB protocol capability to either use with wifi or with the Psion wired lan card. Anybody aware of an option?

Thanks,

John