Xref: utzoo comp.dcom.lans:8076 comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc:5838 Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans,comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!clarkson!grape.ecs.clarkson.edu!nelson From: nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) Subject: Re: Network cards for PCRoute (also PCbridge??) Reply-To: nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu (aka NELSON@CLUTX.BITNET) Organization: Clarkson University, Potsdam NY Date: 14 May 91 09:49:13 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: mkd@cbnewsj.att.com's message of 14 May 91 11:49:46 GMT References: <1991May2.091728.5683@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au> <1991May14.114946.23588@cbnewsj.att.com> Sender: usenet@grape.ecs.clarkson.edu In article <1991May14.114946.23588@cbnewsj.att.com> mkd@cbnewsj.att.com (mark.k.darby) writes: In article <1991May2.091728.5683@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au>, exnirad@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au (Nirad Sharma) writes: > I am going to be using PCroute to route packets between two networks. A > 386sx will probably be used. I know that the software was written for a > WD8003 (8-bit) but will it run with the 16-bit version, WD8013 (I think) ? > What cards have people used with this software ? Any horror stories ? Up until now, I have been under the assumption that the PCroute (or PCbridge) software is based on the packet driver interface spec, so that any network card with the appropriate packet drive could work under it. Is this a false assumption? Somebody please set me straight. PCRoute has built-in drivers for the wd8003, wd8013e, and 3c507. It also has packet driver support, but PCRoute (and PCBridge) do an extra memory-to-memory copy using the packet drivers, so packet drivers are going to be slower. -- --russ I'm proud to be a humble Quaker. Clear cutting is criminal, spiking trees is criminal, and using hyperbole of this magnitude in a serious discussion is criminal. -- Irv Chidsey