[comp.dcom.lans] UB NICPS2 boards...close but no cigar

pcb@gator.cacs.usl.edu (Peter C. Bahrs) (08/02/90)

I have received a lot a feedback from the net.  THANKS.

I have an Ungermann Bass (32 of them) NICPS2 boards.  I am trying
to get the clarkson drivers to work with them.

So I ran the new driver ubnic.com.  The parameters needed for
this are sft_int_addr interuupt_number and memory address.  I did
not see this driver listed in drivers.doc?

So I used 0x62 and 0x7E as the first parameter and 3 as the second.
What is the third parameter?  The io address or Ram address?

eg.   ubnic -n 0x7E 3 0xD0000     worked on one machine and
      ubnic -n 0x7E 3 0x1550  worked on another but I could not
               swap settings on either machine! hmmm....

Anyway, It seemed to load.  I could run several of the p*.com utility
files and access it.

Now, I then ran ipx and net3 for netware access and it ran fine.  However,
I think this was a goof.  I did not econfig the client ipx as it
says not a configurable driver (both client ipx and server net$os.exe say
this).  So I don't know if ipx bypassed ubnic, if that is possible.
I can login to the server...

Now I got some kaq9 (spelling?) software and tried to configure it with
ubnic.  Someone who is familiar with the setup for a 3com board helped.
Everything set up okay but the invocation of ftp or telnet froze
the machine.  Hence, the close but not cigar.  

Is there a better suite of tcpip software I should try?  Such as the
ncsa stuff.

Any ideas?

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