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From: heidnes@spurv.runit.sintef.no (Hans Eidnes)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Banyan and Interlan cards???
Message-ID: <1991Apr24.125622.20331@ugle.unit.no>
Date: 24 Apr 91 12:56:22 GMT
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Organization: Computing Center at the University of Trondheim, Norway
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In our Banyan based LAN we have some severe problems.  Some of the 
workstations (PS/2's and XT's) can not be used with Banyan drivers due to 
the network cards and the corresponding driver supplied with the server.  
I assume that the problem is in the Banyan software because NCSA Telnet 
works fine over packet drivers.  The LAN is connected to the university 
wide network, and there is *a lot* of traffic coming to us through the bridge.

The drivers that are causing troubles are made for their respective cards;
NI9210 (MCA) and NI5210 (ISA) both from Interlan.

My questions are:
1. Do anybody have any experience with Banyan and these cards in an 
   environment with heavy traffic?

2. Is our version of drivers "out of date"? (Have Banyan made a patch that
   has not reached us?)

3. Is it possible to run Banyan software on top of a packet driver?
   (Please describe.)

 
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- Hans Eidnes                           e-mail : heidnes@lise.unit.no
  Centre for Computer Aided Learning    phone  : +47-7-59 47 88
  The University of Trondheim           fax    : +47-7-59 14 37
  Norway