Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ns-mx!iowasp.physics.uiowa.edu!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu!csn! hellgate.utah.edu!fcom.cc.utah.edu!npd.novell.com!newsun!keith From: keith@ca.excelan.com (Keith Brown) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: TCP/IP via Token Ring Message-ID: <1991Mar7.224337.6332@novell.com> Date: 8 Mar 91 12:12:28 GMT Sender: news@novell.com ( Lines: 31 The News Manager) Nntp-Posting-Host: ca Reply-To: keith@ca.excelan.com (Keith Brown) Organization: Novell, Inc. San Jose, California References: <860@cns.SanDiego.NCR.COM> <9103060059.AA06214@asylum.sf.ca.us> <1991Mar7.193647.9815@dsuvax.uucp> Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1991 22:43:37 GMT In article <1991Mar7.193647.9815@dsuvax.uucp> ghelmer@dsuvax.uucp (Guy Helmer) writes: >Yes, but the Token Ring driver I looked at in the version 8 packet >driver distribution seems to want the IBM PC LAN Support Program >loaded. I don't want to load it, and would much rather have a token >ring packet driver that either loads with or coexists with >Novell's IPX that speaks directly to the Token Ring adapter. Is there >a freely available way to do this? > In our ODI workstation software we support both ways. There is an ODI driver for LANSUP and another that talks directly to the IBM Token Ring card. The reason for having two is that some folks actually want to load the IBM LAN support program. They tell me it allows them to run other bits and pieces of software that use LANSUP concurrently. I believe them, although I'd be interested to hear from folks that have done something along these lines and can give me specifics. I tend to use the "straight to the metal" driver myself. As for the part about freely available..... Alas we have to pay the salaries of some 2500 people every day, so we need money! Sorry..... Keith - Keith Brown Phone: (408) 473 8308 Novell San Jose Development Centre Fax: (408) 433 0775 2180 Fortune Dr, San Jose, California 95131 Net: keith@novell.COM