Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!uunet!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!meyer From: meyer@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Don Meyer) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Subject: Re: TCP/IP, PC LAN, and token ring Message-ID: <1991Feb5.182711.18532@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 5 Feb 91 18:27:11 GMT References: Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 39 OWEN@DUCVAX.AUBURN.EDU (Larry Owen) writes: >new token ring presents a problem for us. This department runs the IBM >PC LAN network operating system, and uses an OS/2 server. I assume this means you're using IBM LAN Server. >I am far from an expert on PCs, but my understanding of the issues in >putting a tcp/ip stack on these machines is that there are 2 basic >approaches: > ... > 2. A stack written to the ASI interface, allowing NetBIOS traffic > to be multiplexed with the ip traffic (using IBM's device drivers, > which, if I understand IBM's marketing, is the PC LAN Support > Program). The vendors that I *think* support this are FTP, > Wollongong, and IBM. Is this correct? Are there others? > What about U. of Maryland's stuff? Well, We have a similar setup, and we use an *old* version of IBM's tcp/ip suite for DOS. Now, the local IBM rep is recommending the UMaryland suite -- they say they even use it. The FTP system is supposed to work, as well, but I have never tried it. Also, if you have IBM PCATs, you can use the Clarkson packet drivers in tandem with the DOS LAN Requestor portion of LAN Server. However, we have found that the packet drivers do not work in tandem when used on PS/2s, nor on our PCs with accererator adapters. (For some strange reason...) As for the OS/2 machine(s), IBM & FTP sell tcp/ip suites for OS/2 -- we haven't tried either. >Larry Owen Bitnet: owen@auducvax >Campus Network Administrator Internet: owen@ducvax.auburn.edu >Auburn University Phone: (205) 844-4110 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Don Meyer internet: dlmeyer@uiuc.edu "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin 1759