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From: PAP4@AI.AI.MIT.EDU ("Philip A. Prindeville")
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: TCP/IP Versus WANG, ARCNET/NOVELL Netware, & Honeywell
Message-ID: <315728.880124.PAP4@AI.AI.MIT.EDU>
Date: 25 Jan 88 04:43:55 GMT
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    forum.  I see no evidence to indicate to me that you can get the
    ARCNET/Novell Netware to interoperate via TCP/IP at the present
    time.  Again, any comments from users having experience in trying
    to get the ARCNET to sing along with TCP/IP in an internet
    environment would be most appreciated.

Your assumption about TCP/IP & NETWARE co-existance is correct: they
don't (at this time).  The actual standard for IP over ARCNET is
quite new.  You can get a copy of my draft RFC as "pub/arcnet.rfc"
on the host gmu90x.gmu.edu (via anonymous/ftp).  John Romkey of
FTP Software, Inc. devised a standard LLC level access method for
applications to access a network interface that is not datalink
or hardware dependent (see the PCIP archives for details).  Novell
supports this interface for several network types (including
ethernet), and could be convinced to support it on ARCnet as well
(if you have the bucks to make it worth their while).

I had intended to write such a driver myself, but haven't had time.
Should someone care to provide me with such software, I will make
a version of PCIP to utilize it concurrently with Netware.

Lastly, ARCNET packets do contain sufficient information to
demultiplex IP and Netware protocols, so they can be run over
the same wire.

Good luck in resolving you situation,

-Philip