DOS & UNIX ethernet board wish list (was Re: TCP/IP over Starlan)
Dr. Scump
aland at infmx.UUCP
Sat Feb 10 12:21:50 AEST 1990
In article <26490 at cup.portal.com> thad at cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) writes:
>mike at glisten.UUCP (Michael Wendel) in <195 at glisten.UUCP> mentions:
>
> AT&T has announced Ethernet compatability (IEEE 802.3) with its
> Starlan 10 product. I have AT&T literature on this product offering.
> It is available directly from AT&T. They provide a toll free number
> for more information: 1-800-247-1212.
>
>The original 1Mbit/sec StarLAN is also 802.3 compatible; more specifically,
>ANSI/IEEE 802.3e-1988, Type 1BASE5.
>The "new" StarLAN-10 is Type 10BASE5.
> <etc.>
This brings to mind a question. Does anybody know of an ethernet
board which will operate for *all* the following uses:
a) under UNIX Sys V/386 Rel 3.2.2 on a 6386:
* uucp
* tcp/ip
* NFS or RFS
* etc.
b) under MS-DOS 3.30 or 4.01, also on a 6386:
* PC-NFS (or, FTP Software's PC/TCP will do in a pinch)
* Novell NetWare (I can live without this, but it'd be nice)
A couple of 3Com cards come close - they are supported for PC-NFS and
for UNIX use under 386/ix or SCO (but not AT&T). The AT&T Micom/
Interlan hardware for UNIX won't work with the DOS needs, nor will
the EN100/Wollongong combo, as far as I know. (Plus, the Informix
I-NET products are only ported to the Micom combo so far).
Is this a pipe dream? Any advice appreciated.
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