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From: jbvb@FTP.COM (James B. Van Bokkelen)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: vendor provided Packet Drivers
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Date: 12 Jun 91 13:57:06 GMT
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    BUT... I have a client that is demanding a dual stack (IP and IPX) PC
    solution that is fully vendor provided/vendor supported....
    
At least Interlan, Hughes LAN Systems, Schneider & Koch, Gateway, Acer and
IMC Networks all have supported Packet Drivers and Netware which runs with
them (there are half a dozen more board vendors with supported packet drivers,
but I don't know if they have their own Netware drivers or rely on the BYU
stuff - ask them).  I wouldn't expect any of the vendors to support the use
of their own Netware with someone else's board, though.
    
3Com and Spry both have supported modules which allow Netware to run on NDIS
drivers (and NDIS is presumably as likely to be 'well supported' by the
average board vendor as ODI is).  We support the version of the DIS_PKT
adapter module that we ship with our commercial PC/TCP product (but we
don't support the version we released as freeware, or Joe Doupnik's improved
version).  TWG, Sun and B&W will presumably support their own products
running on an NDIS driver as well.  We're working on an ODI-to-Packet-Driver
converter module which we intend to support when sold with PC/TCP.  You
know about Novell's product on ODI.

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