Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!ubc-cs!uw-beaver!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!percy!percival.rain.com!nerd
From: nerd@percival.rain.com (Michael Galassi)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: TCP-IP with ArcNet
Message-ID: <1991May19.152902.6475@percy.rain.com>
Date: 19 May 91 15:29:02 GMT
References: <6511@fuhainf.fernuni-hagen.de> <NELSON.91May18220840@sun.clarkson.edu>
Sender: news@percy.rain.com (news maintainer)
Organization: Percy's UNIX, Portland, OR.
Lines: 19
Nntp-Posting-Host: percival.rain.com

nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) writes:

>In article <6511@fuhainf.fernuni-hagen.de> ironduke@fuhainf2.fernuni-hagen.de writes:

>   Last question: is there any other GOOD and CHEAP tcp-ip - packet 
>   that can use the ArcNet-card ?   

>The only TCP/IP package that can run directly over ARCNET is Phil
>Karn's.  It can be FTPed from thumper.bellcore.com:pub/ka9q/nos/*.
>It is free only for educational institutions and radio amateurs.

Not so, you can use the packet-drivers that ka9q/ftp/cutcp use
with pc-route as well.  Of course you have to be willing to
accept rip updates on point-to-point (slip) links being addressed
to the broadcast address <ugh>.
-m
-- 
Michael Galassi				| nerd@percival.rain.com
MS-DOS:  The ultimate PC virus.		| ...!tektronix!percy!nerd