legg@sirius.ua.oz.au (Christian Legg) (12/11/89)
Greetings netters. I am looking for some information about a program called
ECONFIG. This program is meant to allow the use of TCP on top of IPX, so that
it is possible for (say) an IBM PC connected to a Novell network to use both
its Novell connection and (say) a Telnet connection without need to reboot
the machine. I would like to know...
1 - where said program is available
2 - is it in the public domain? and
3 - if anyone out there has had any experiences with this program (does
it do what it claims to do, etc..)
Any information about this program, or a similar program that could modify
the IPX to allow TCP packets to travel would be greatly appreciated.
thanks in advance
Christian Legg
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******************************************************************************JRD@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik) (12/13/89)
ECONFIG is a Novell NetWare utility, only for NetWare, which patches their Ethernet drivers to deal with "regular/Blue Book" Ethernet packets used by just about everyone from the IEEE 802.3 packets. ECONFIG can be run on both shell (workstation) and server comms files. Here's the root of the other wild rumors. ECONFIG does nothing whatso ever about TCP or other non-NetWare protocols. But... There is a specification by FTP Software Inc. named Packet Drivers. That has taken life explosively in the form of real programs. With a Packet Driver owning the Ethernet board (currently, could be done on other stuff) it hands out packets to applications which have registered for certain Types (a number within regular/B.B. Ethernet packets). It's a demux-er. The upshot is that one can run say a TCP/IP package (configured for P.D.) at the same time as a Novell NetWare shell (also configured for P.D.) and so on. It's better than sliced bread, believe me. P.D. things are hot stuff and many many vendors are now offering such drivers with their boards. So, with NetWare in hand one needs the NetWare files to support P.D. rather than a particular board. The place to look these days is on Clarkson's servers and spy out the BYU contribution to P.D. support of Novell. The Clarkson files change frequently, and I'll be adding a set of my own to the list shortly. Packet Drivers really work! (but the code in many is in need of repair). I use P.D.'s and TCP and Novell all over this campus with good success. Joe D.