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From: ung@felix.UUCP (Bill Ung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Better UB Ethernet software?
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Date: 15 Aug 90 16:49:40 GMT
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In article <12466@hydra.gatech.EDU> ce1zzes@prism.gatech.EDU (Eric Sheppard) writes:
>My department seems to be teetering on the brink of disaster.  Six months ago
>we were encouraged to purchase Ungermann-Bass ethernet cards for PCs and PS/2s
>What we didn't know was that this company's cards are so proprietary, only PCs
>containing UB cards can access a server that also contains an UB card.  This
>means that we are locked into relatively high-priced UB hardware, while other
>departments are investing in lower-cost and better-supported generic cards
>(3Com, WD).  My question is this:  Does any software exist out there that will
>support a UB server, while allowing the same services to non-UB ethernet cards

Yes, there is.  Novell, maker of the 3Com ethernet cards, has written several
drivers for use with the UB NIUPC, NIUPS and NICPS/2 ethernet cards.  These
drivers allow the UB cards to connect to a Novell server and to communicate
with other 3com/UB cards.  You will need to see Novell about obtaining such
drivers, however.

>Other areas of interest:  Could the server's card be replaced with a non-UB
>card, new network software installed, and have the UB-based PCs use its 
>services?  In this manner, we could make the network more flexible and useful.

Essentially the same as above.  We use NetWare 2.15 from Novell.

>Eric

Bill Ung
  ung@felix.UUCP