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From: bart@videovax.tv.Tek.com (Bart Massey)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: Novell and TCP/IP integration
Message-ID: <5426@videovax.tv.Tek.com>
Date: 12 May 89 18:41:08 GMT
References: <8905110903.AA04354@mcvax.cwi.nl>
Reply-To: bart@videovax.tv.tek.com (Bart Massey)
Organization: Tektronix TV Measurement Systems, Beaverton OR
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In article <8905110903.AA04354@mcvax.cwi.nl> haho@huldra.UUCP writes:
> 
> Wollongong WIN/TCP & WIN/ROUTE.  
> Netware TCP/IP Option (MICOM-INTERLAN).
> 
> I have heard that there is some public domain software somewhere around,
> but don't know where.  We can accept alternative solutions if we can 
> realize the above requirements. Although we would like to change out as 
> little hardware as possible, we are prepared to change out the network
> cards if it will help us to realise our goal.

Apparently it is possible to combine (1) an appropriate version of NetWare,
(2) FTP Software's TCP/IP, and (3) any Ethernet card driver meeting the
"Packet Driver" spec, to get the functionality you're interested in.  It
seems non-trivial, though, so we decided not to try to do it ourselves.
After looking at the options you mention above, we settled on a canned
package from SyTek which supplies all three of the above mentioned
elements.  We've been using this package on several machines for a while
now, and are pretty happy with it.  The main drawback is that it only works
with SyTek's Ethernet card -- fortunately, this card isn't much more
expensive than most of its competitors'...

					Bart Massey
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