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From: rbraun@spdcc.COM (Rich Braun)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: IPX & NET3 under VP/ix
Keywords: IPX & NET3 under VP/ix
Message-ID: <6805@spdcc.SPDCC.COM>
Date: 9 Mar 91 15:42:28 GMT
References: <191@epca.UUCP>
Organization: Kronos Inc., Waltham, Mass.
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ellis@epca.UUCP (Ellis Carter) writes:
>I am trying to connect to a Novell server using one of my vt's, IPX, and Net3.
>I also have NFS & TCP/IP running on this box....

I have a couple of followup questions to this one:

1)  Is it possible to do this under SCO Unix, as opposed to Interactive?
    If so, are there limitations as to which boards will work (for
    example, as I understand it DMA won't work under VP/ix)?

    SCO has claimed that its VP/ix will _not_ support any LAN card.  I refuse
    to believe this, considering Interactive wrote VP/ix and does support
    LAN cards under VP/ix.  My life would be much easier if I could get to the
    Novell LAN without having to shut down Unix.

2)  If running TCP/IP on the Unix system, would it not require a second
    LAN card to run IPX and Netware under VP/ix?  Or does the Unix TCP/IP
    driver serve as a packet driver, routing packets correctly between
    applications (as does the Clarkson driver I use with DOS systems)?

-rich