Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!news.cs.indiana.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!apple!netcom!jbreeden From: jbreeden@netcom.UUCP (John Breeden) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Subject: Re: Lan's that support operating systems Message-ID: <18548@netcom.UUCP> Date: 11 Dec 90 15:22:36 GMT References: Organization: Netcom- The Bay Area's Public Access Unix System {408 241-9760 guest} Lines: 30 In article RWMIRA01@ulkyvx.BITNET (Rob Miracle) writes: >In Message <9012081820.aa02464@louie.udel.edu>, SCEF0003@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu >("James N. Petersen") writes: > >>In a recent article, Russ Nelson suggests: >> >> o Switch to another LAN operating system that supports the packet drivers, >> you know, ???????. Hmmm... That would seem to be a problem. Perhaps >> we could convince Artisoft or whomever to include packet driver support? >> >>I thought that the current version of AT&T's StarGroup software did just >>that. Please correct me if I am wrong. > >AT&T StarGROUP software version 3.3a and 3.4 support NDIS and will work >concurrently with the DIS_PKT.DOS file from FTP software (vax.ftp.com). You >must have version 3.3.1 of the ATTCSMA.DOS file. Our version of 3.3 didn't >have it. If not, contact your AT&T folks and have them get it for you. > Have your AT&T folks obtain the "StarGroup 3.4 Client Upgrade Diskette" from the Computer Systems Hotline - it contains the ATTCSMA.DOS v3.4 NDIS MAC driver. -- John Robert Breeden, netcom!jbreeden@apple.com, apple!netcom!jbreeden, ATTMAIL:!jbreeden ------------------------------------------------------------------- "The nice thing about standards is that you have so many to choose from. If you don't like any of them, you just wait for next year's model."