Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!clarkson!grape.ecs.clarkson.edu!nelson From: nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Subject: Re: Coexistence problem: 3com 3+share NCSA TELnet Message-ID: Date: 25 Dec 90 05:24:27 GMT References: <90358.173638PVJQC@CUNYVM.BITNET> Sender: @grape.ecs.clarkson.edu Reply-To: nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu (aka NELSON@CLUTX.BITNET) Organization: Clarkson University, Potsdam NY Lines: 23 In-Reply-To: PVJQC@CUNYVM's message of 24 Dec 90 22:36:38 GMT In article <90358.173638PVJQC@CUNYVM.BITNET> PVJQC@CUNYVM writes: I recently got 7.1.1 ver. packet driver for 3c523 boards which we are using in our PS/2-80s. I have 3com 3+share network running on these PS/2s and I use ncsa telnet/ftp from the same machine to login to SUN and other machines on the same ethernet. Right now I can not run both of 3com 3+share and ncsa telnet simultaneously on my PS/2. When I boot my PS/2 without 3com 3+share drivers and then run 3c523 packet driver ncsa telnet/ftp works fine. 3com 3+share does not use the packet driver. Instead, it has its own incompatible Ethernet driver. They could implement a packet driver client for 3+share in less than a week if they realized their customers wanted one. The thing for you to do is call 3Com and tell them that you want packet driver support for 3+share. If the person you talk to doesn't know what a packet driver is, tell them to contact James Hsia. He is a manager in 3Com's Ethernet board area, and he knows very well how popular the packet drivers are. -- --russ (nelson@clutx [.bitnet | .clarkson.edu]) FAX 315-268-7600 It's better to get mugged than to live a life of fear -- Freeman Dyson I joined the League for Programming Freedom, and I hope you'll join too.