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From: TEMNGT23@ysub.ysu.edu (Lou Anschuetz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ncr
Subject: Re: SVR4
Message-ID: <90346.083039TEMNGT23@ysub.ysu.edu>
Date: 12 Dec 90 13:30:39 GMT
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In article <773@safn2.UUCP>, rey@safn2.UUCP (rey) says:
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>In article <90344.175456TEMNGT23@ysub.ysu.edu>, TEMNGT23@ysub.ysu.edu (Lou
>Anschuetz) writes:
>> This sounds like the not-very-good-decision to use Wollongong TCP/IP....
>
>The vendors I have heard of are Banyan, Ftp, Lachman, Wollongong, Excellan.
>I sure would like to see a post or reference discussing the merits
>of the various products. Tower Net has been around for years.
> (lots o' stuff deleted)
Let me clarify my earlier point a bit.  NCR
now supplies a truly excellent Ethernet board by Excelan.  NCR
also used to get their software from Excelan, but for some unknown
reason now uses software from Wollongong.  The problem is that
Wollongong software is host based rather than using the intelligent
ethernet card from Excelan.  This means that some things execute
VERY SLOWLY (ie: a "netstat -r" on my tower 32/700 with 1-2 users
can take over 30 MINUTES!  CODAR indicates this is correct.)

Also, a lot of basic functions, like the
ability to send mail to sites with MX records, don't exist.  The
Wollongong software is sort of barebones ethernet.  Since we are
increasing our dependency on the ethernet (and doing away with
HPSIO board connections via a terminal server), we are seriously
considering replacing our ethernet components as well.  At the
present time, the best option appears to be "Sea Change Corporation"
in Ontario.  They have a product called TCP/IP+ for the tower family
that uses an intelligent ethernet controller.  Their product comes
from CMC, which is also a fairly large supplier of network components.
Note, however, that we have not tried this product yet, so cannot
really comment on functionality, only on the literature.

I am not affiliated in any way with NCR or Sea Change, just an
average user of the tower, which I must say we otherwise like very
much!.  It is just a mystery to us how some of these decisions get
made.....

Lou Anschuetz
temngt23@ysub.ysu.edu
root@yfn.ysu.edu (at home on the tower)