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From: Elric@tsc3b21.UUCP (Frank )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Subject: Re: Ether Net for an RT
Message-ID: <213@tsc3b21.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Nov-87 09:14:58 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 18 09:14:58 1987
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in article <4535@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>, kalra@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Devendra Kalra) says:
> 
> I have a desk top model RTPC and I would like
> to connect it to the ether net on campus. I
> have also have a 3COM ethernet card.
> 
> Does any one out there have any  software to
> drive the card. Specifically ftp, telnet etc.
> 
> Thanks
> Devendra

I'm not sure about this, but the RT has what they call "Distributed Services"
that they ship with their Ethernet product.  It includes *all* the software
needed from the kernel level on up.

We were supposed to receive the Ethernet hw/sw and install it on our customer's
equipment, but the order got mangled and we had to send out the units before
checking the installation.

If you have the IBM manuals (all 12-15 of them!), the one you can look in for
info is "Managing the AIX" and "Communications on the AIX".  The "managing"
volume is the standard blue color and contains info on the user level interface
to Ethernet software.  (Included is something called 'netmail'...)  And the
"Communications" volume is green and contains the set-up/installation info-
rmation for the net.  In one of these is how to use the 'INnet' for transfer
using ftp, internet, arpa, etc. protocols.  I'll attempt to isolate the
particular sections and re-post that stuff later.

Up to the point of the user-level software, the installation is alot like
the installation of a uucp direct link.

If you don't have the DS package mentioned above, things are gonna' be a little
more difficult.  I'll find out what I can about that, too.

In the mean time, what other computers are you trying to link up with?  And
what is the hardware on their end?


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