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From: ljm@TWG.COM (Leo J McLaughlin)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: Help making PC to VAX connection
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Date: 11 Jul 89 21:20:00 GMT
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Predag,

>
>	I need advice on:
>
>	o	Which card to buy for this particular setup
>

    Either the 3c503 or WD8003 cards are good choices.  We [Wollongong]
get better FTP performance (~330K/sec vs ~260K/sec) with the 3c503 cards
but other vendors have reported the reverse.

>	o	Which software to buy

    Many, many vendors support TCP/IP on DOS.  The current PC Magazine
has a review of the products offered by Excelan, IBM, 3Com, CMC, Fusion,
Sun, FTP Software, and The Wollongong Group.  The article gives a
description of each product and will give you telephone numbers and
addresses of the various vendors.  In addition, a number of public or
quasi-public domain code packages are available including NCSA, Phil Karn's
KA9Q, and PC-IP.

>	Would software be included with the card by any chance??

    Excelan, CMC, and 3Com's PCS/1 package come with their own smart board
(the protocol stack lives on the board).  Generally speaking, smart board
systems are more expensive but take up less RAM.  Also, their performance is
bound by the on-board processor -- good news if your host is an 8088, bad
news if it is an 80386.  In addition, Fusion offers the WD8003 board as
an option on their host resident software.


enjoy,
leo j mclaughlin iii
Project Manager
The Wollongong Group
ljm@twg.com