Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!image.soe.clarkson.edu!news From: nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Subject: Re: What is KA9Q ? Message-ID: Date: 20 Dec 89 15:00:09 GMT References: <424@yarra.oz.au> <14461@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> Sender: news@sun.soe.clarkson.edu Reply-To: nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu Organization: Clarkson University, Potsdam NY Lines: 24 In-reply-to: harish@guille.ece.orst.edu's message of 20 Dec 89 03:11:38 GMT In article <14461@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> harish@guille.ece.orst.edu (Harish Pillay) writes: KA9Q is a TCP/IP suite of protocols that was written by Phil Karn et al who did it specifically for Amateur Packet Radio. It has been enhanced to be able to support regular ethernet cards via the packet driver by Russ Nelson from Clarkson U. IMHO, it is a well written piece of networking software that supports telnet, ping, arp, finger, smtp, routing, and ftp. It is available via anonymous ftp from flash.bellcore.com [128.96.32.20]. Two things -- Phil has a 3c501[1] driver built-in, and it's free only to amateur radio operators and educational institutions. All others must contact Phil for permission. He has been known to give that permission. [1] Insert obligatory statement about how slow the 3c501 is, and how 3Com wishes they hadn't been forced by the marketplace to sell it for as long as they did. I'm guessing on the latter. -- --russ (nelson@clutx [.bitnet | .clarkson.edu]) Russ.Nelson@$315.268.6667 Live up to the light thou hast, and more will be granted thee. A recession now appears more than 2 years away -- John D. Mathon, 4 Oct 1989. I think killing is value-neutral in and of itself. -- Gary Strand, 8 Nov 1989. Liberals run this country, by and large. -- Clayton Cramer, 20 Nov 1989. Shut up and mind your Canadian business, you meddlesome foreigner. -- TK, 23 N.