sco xenix-net and bsd4.3

[Bruce A. McIntyre]

In article <495 at wundt.psy.vu.nl>, reneni at wundt.psy.vu.nl (Rene Nieuwboer) writes:
> 1) What is the status of the SCO Xenix-Net package?
> 2) What is the compatibility with BSD4.3 networking?
>    Can you easily connect it with 2.10/4.3 machines?
>    Does it support SLIP (for those poor guys without Ethernet or Ring)?
> 3) If anyone has used it, how much does it cost?
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Rene Nieuwboer, Computersection Psychology, VU, Amsterdam, Holland.
> (reneni at psy.vu.nl, compd at psy.vu.nl)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
We are using Xenix-Net primarily to provide a few DOS users access to
the XENIX machines in an invisible fashion.  We also use it to provide
access to a FAX board in a PC.  Since the FAX home directory exists on
a virtual drive on a XENIX host, people have only to deposit there faxes
in that directory, and the FAX system will send them.. I first tried running
the fax board under VPIX, but it would crash the system.  This seems to work
well.  We also use the XENIX-Net for file transfers and mail.  NOTE: 
We are using only ASYNC-NET (rs232 @ 9600) for this as the speed requirements
were secondary to the cost requirements.  When we purchases the first sytem,
it included a single server, and a single PC ASYNC-NET version.  We are 
running Xenix386 2.2.3 with the connections on an ARNET SmartPort board.
They supply RFS drivers for those that need it.(Version 2.3.x)
Cost to use was about $800 for the setup.  We also use it to provide
printer services to the remote PC as well.  We bought additional copies
of the PC-ASYNCNET to work with this for more PC's. (don't remember thecost)

I have used the patches on SMAIL to work with our XENIX-NET network, and
uses have VTP for unix sessions as well as PC-DOS sessions.  
I would have probably used PC-INTERFACE from LOCUS if it was available for
XENIX386, as it could do most of the same thing, but they said they would
only support XENIX386 V.3.x and above...
bruce
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