mjhammel@Kepler.dell.com (Michael J. Hammel) (11/23/89)
I have a copy of NCSA 2.2TN from Clarkeson that I'm going to try to install. Unfortunately the documenation doesn't mention what NICs it supports. I have a copy of Hank Nussbacher's PC/IP Scorecard and it says Telnet does not support the card I need, 3Com 3c503, except when you use the packet drivers package which is apparently different from the package I have. My questions, in no particular order: 1. Is there a driver for the 3C503 card available for the NCSA Telnet package from Clarkeson? 2. If so, where can I get it (by e-mail, as I don't have FTP access anywhere but locally). 3. Just what is a packet driver and how does it relate to other NIC drivers? 4. Anyone have any suggestions for texts on how to write device drivers? I've never written one and want to know how they work. Michael J. Hammel | UUCP: ...!cs.utexas.edu!dell!Kepler!mjhammel Dell Computer Corp. | internet: Kepler!mjhammel@dell.dell.com or | 73377.3467@compuserve.com Disclaimer equ standard
nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) (11/30/89)
In article <4400@dell.dell.com> mjhammel@Kepler.dell.com (Michael J. Hammel) writes:
1. Is there a driver for the 3C503 card available for the NCSA
Telnet package from Clarkson?
Yes, a packet driver.
2. If so, where can I get it (by e-mail, as I don't have FTP
access anywhere but locally).
See below.
3. Just what is a packet driver and how does it relate to other
NIC drivers?
A packet driver is a small TSR that hides the difference between
Ethernet cards and also allows multiple protocol stacks to use the
same Ethernet card (typically Novell && TCP/IP).
At Clarkson we boot from TCP/IP via BOOTP && TFTP. A boot prom on the
Ethernet card downloads a pretend floppy disk to RAM then continues the boot
by reading this disk. This boot disk starts a packet driver and starts
up Novell. The user can then run NCSA Telnet (among other things).
4. Anyone have any suggestions for texts on how to write device
drivers? I've never written one and want to know how they work.
Packet drivers or DOS device drivers?
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