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From: brown@dlogics.UUCP (Steve Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: TCP/IP under OS/2?
Summary: Experience with OS/2 TCP/IP
Keywords: TCP/IP OS/2
Message-ID: <240@dlogics.UUCP>
Date: 10 Nov 89 16:18:21 GMT
Article-I.D.: dlogics.240
References: <294@edison.UUCP>
Organization: Datalogics Inc., Chicago
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In article <294@edison.UUCP>, don@edison.UUCP (Don Kossman) writes:
> i will shortly have the privilege (:-)) of porting a large
> application to OS/2.  the source code and some nice net
> resources (ie some Suns and Vaxen) are on an ethernet
> which is physically accessible.
> 
> environment will be PS2/80 with IBM OS/2 1.2, extended edition.
> 
> short of rebooting the machine under DOS and using one of
> the many available DOS TCP/IP packages, does anyone know of a
> such a package for OS/2 with ethernet drivers for the 3COM Etherlink
> card?

   I just finished testing a copy of TCP/2 from Essex Systems (508-532-5511).
It is a thoughtful hookup between the BSD 4.2 PD TCP/IP and Microsoft
NDIS link level drivers that are used with OS/2 Lan Manager.  I have
successfully used it with the 3Com 503 board and the version of the 
Western Digital 8003eb.  This has been used to talk with CMU's VAX/VMS
TCP/IP, Process Software's VAX/VMS and Xenix 2.3.2 running Excelan's
implementation.  
   Observations:
	1. The installation instructions are really awful.  It wasn't until
I make a typo during my n-th attempt to start it up that I got it
to work.
	2. I wish the Telnet did flow control.  It's not really
useful without it.  Although this may be some error on my part.
	3. The FTP is solid.

    I'm really impressed with the architecture of the package.  Welding
an existing TCP/IP implementation to the NDIS drivers is really creative!
Congradulations to the developer.  Absolutely every LAN card supplier that 
is interested in the OS/2 LM market will have to supply a NDIS link level
driver with his board and presto, TCP/IP too.
    If the developer is reading the net, I'd appreciate his e-mail address.

Steve Brown
Datalogics, Inc.
441 W. Huron St. 
Chicago, IL 60610
312-266-4380		uunet!dlogics!brown