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From: bartont@next2.msci.memst.edu (Tom Barton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: AT&T Starlan 1 and BYU drivers
Message-ID: <1991May26.140441.55@memstvx1.memst.edu>
Date: 26 May 91 20:04:40 GMT
References: <1991May26.042350.28282@lsuc.on.ca>
Organization: Mathematical Sciences, Memphis State University
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In article <1991May26.042350.28282@lsuc.on.ca> jim@lsuc.on.ca (Jim Mercer) writes:
>
>we have a novell network which is based on WD 8003 UTP and AT&T Starlan 1Mbit
>controllers.
>
>i am planning on linking these to our TCP backbone.
>
>i am fairly convinced that the BYU stuff will work with the WD controllers
>when i ECONFIG the NET$OS.EXE and IPX.COM's of the equipment with the WD
>controllers in them.
>
>what can i do for the servers that have the link to the Starlan 1's?
>
>there are Packet Drivers for these cards, but when i ECONFIG, it tells me
>some message that indicates to me that the NET$OS.EXE and IPX.COM's can't
>be configred.
>
>is this a problem?
>
>thanx
>-- 

Since you will need an IP router to link your starlan and the campus backbone,
you might find it simpler to continue to use existing ipx.com's to drive the
hardware (and not bother econfig'ing), and then use the ipxpkt.com program
which accomanies the Clarkson packet driver distribution for IP protocol
stacks. Ipxpkt presents a packet driver interface to applications like telnet
clients, but wraps IP packets up in IPX packets for transmission and routing
over your Novell network.  Each workstation would load ipxpkt.com after the
original ipx.com (with -n specified if you don't econfig). The router which
will provide the gateway to the campus backbone would use the same scheme for
its starlan interface. Its ipxpkt will unwrap the IP-in-IPX packets and
present them to the routing software. Both PCROUTE and KA9Q are suitable as
IP-routing software in this scenario, and they are freely available. If your
Novell network will not constitute an IP subnet, then these routers will need
to be modified to function as "transparent gateways".

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