tucker@ccvaxa.UUCP (07/04/85)
A friend and I were talking about 2.9 the other day and disagreed about whether 2.9 had networking (option) or not. Does 2.9 have TCP/IP networking? Does it work? Is it 4.2 like or like 4.1 Berknet (yech!)? Tim Tucker ..ucbvax!ihnp4!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!tucker ..pur-ee!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!tucker
ddl@harvard.ARPA (Dan Lanciani) (07/18/85)
> > 2.9BSD has the networking from 4.2BSD, but it doesn't work too > well. Sigh. We run a much-modified UNET on sys V release 2, and have > full IP/TCP support on our PDP 11/70, but UNET is a defunct 3COM product > and uses the defunct 3COM UNIBUS Ethernet board. Also sigh. > > John Nagle No, actually it has the networking from 4.1c with its slightly different system calls and slightly less general protocol switch. Dan Lanciani
keith@seismo.UUCP (Keith Bostic) (07/19/85)
In article <499@wdl1.UUCP>, jbn@wdl1.UUCP writes: > > 2.9BSD has the networking from 4.2BSD, but it doesn't work too > well. Sigh. We run a much-modified UNET on sys V release 2, and have > full IP/TCP support on our PDP 11/70, but UNET is a defunct 3COM product > and uses the defunct 3COM UNIBUS Ethernet board. Also sigh. > > John Nagle 2.9 does not have 4.2 networking, in any available version. The 2.9 released by Berkeley has the networking from somewhere around 4.1b and 4.1c. While the basic 4.2 functionality is there, some of the mechanisms are different. Also, it was never actually ported to the 2.9 kernel and doesn't compile or run. The 2.9 that I and some other people are offering has roughly the same networking -- but it works. The only way to get true 4.2 networking on a PDP is to buy DEC's Ultrix for 11's, or wait until we get it done. On the other hand, I agree about UNET. Empathy, sympathy, etc. Keith Bostic ARPA: keith@seismo UUCP: seismo!keith
jbn@wdl1.UUCP (08/05/85)
2.9BSD has the networking from 4.2BSD, but it doesn't work too well. Sigh. We run a much-modified UNET on sys V release 2, and have full IP/TCP support on our PDP 11/70, but UNET is a defunct 3COM product and uses the defunct 3COM UNIBUS Ethernet board. Also sigh. John Nagle