dricej@drilex.UUCP (Craig Jackson) (09/26/86)
I have a need to connect several IBM AT's and Compaq 286's, running IBM
Xenix 2.0, to a TCP/IP Ethernet. I am looking for packages which do this.
The only one that I have found so far comes from Network Research Corp.
Are there any others?
Am I restricting it too much by specifying IBM Xenix instead of SCO?
(Note that the IBM Xenix is already here, and serving well.)
Please mail responses. If I get the time, I will try to summarize.
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Craig Jackson
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BIX: cjacksondavid@varian.UUCP (David Brown) (09/26/86)
> I have a need to connect several IBM AT's and Compaq 286's, running IBM > Xenix 2.0, to a TCP/IP Ethernet. I am looking for packages which do this. > The only one that I have found so far comes from Network Research Corp. > > Are there any others? I've heard of 2 companies that sell TCP/IP for Xenix - Excelan and CMC. Both use on-board processors to handle most of the protocol on the board, though I believe that Excelan handles more on the board (including telnet/rlogin processing). We purchased the Excelan product, but switched all of our PC's to PCDOS before we tried it out under Xenix, so I can't relate any experiences. Before we purchased, we visited Excelan and saw it running on PC/AT's running Xenix, talking to VAX 4.2BSD. With both companies, you get the standard set of utilites (telnet, ftp, rlogin, rsh, etc.), plus a socket library. Unfortunately, the Excelan socket library calls are at the 4.1C level, and so porting programs from 4.2/3 requires modifications. Also, some utilities that we would like to use (tftp, remote lpr) are not provided. CMC claims that their socket library is 4.2-compatible. We went with Excelan because they're local, they have a good reputation around here (I know of several other sites using their products), and they have a broad range of products (including TCP/IP for PCDOS -- CMC's PCDOS version was still in beta test when we were looking in January). I talked to one CMC user (for Multibus) who was happy with them as well. Excelan 2180 Fortune Dr. San Jose, CA 95131 (408) 434-2300 CMC (Communication Machinery Corporation) 1421 State St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (805) 963-9471 I believe that NRC only makes software (FUSION) and OEM's the hardware from elsewhere - either 3COM, Excelan, Interlan, CMC or Ungermann-Bass. -- David Brown (415) 945-2199 Varian Instruments 2700 Mitchell Dr. Walnut Creek, Ca. 94598 {ptsfa,lll-crg,zehntel,dual,amd,fortune,ista,rtech,csi}!varian!david