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From: kdb@macaw.intercon.com (Kurt Baumann)
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Subject: Re: Adaptec Nodem and TCP/IP
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Date: 6 Sep 90 15:53:05 GMT
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In article <1990Sep5.213250.21521@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, klefstad@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
(Sue Klefstad) writes:
> Has anyone had experience using Adaptec's Nodem and NCSA Telnet?
> (This is a SCSI EtherTalk device.)
> I can only get it to work with VERY poor response time and am
> wondering if I am doing something wrong.
> 
> I have tried both Telnet 2.3 MacTCP and Telnet 2.3 with internal TCP/IP
> drivers.  And my Eudora email program, which worked beautifully
> with an EtherPort adapter, gives a MacTCP Receive Buffer Pointing To 0
> error message with the Nodem or times out after 20 seconds of no response.
> 
> I'm running system 6.0.4 on an SE and the internal hard disk is
> the only other SCSI device.  (I have a SCSI terminator on the
> second Nodem SCSI connector.)
> 
> Any help would be appreciated!
> -- Sue

Sounds like you have an old version of their EtherTalk driver.  Take a look
at the version number and let me know I will check it against ours.  We use
the Nodem around here and find that it's a very good piece of hardware.

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Kurt Baumann
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