battle@umbc3.UMBC.EDU (Rick) (05/13/89)
A funny thing happened on the way to FTP... The sales literature from FTP Software, Inc. states that they are "incompatible with versions of NetWare available from Novell". A while ago I knew this was true because all TCP code could not talk to the Ethernet controller when ANet3 was booted. With NetWare 2.15 and IPX I am able to run NCSA telnet 3270 with IPX booted just fine. Does that mean I can run PC/TCP V2.xx with IPX booted also?????? Much hangs in the balance. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance... Rick Battle
jbvb@ftp.COM (James Van Bokkelen) (05/15/89)
In article <2031@umbc3.UMBC.EDU>, battle@umbc3.UMBC.EDU (Rick) writes: > The sales literature from FTP Software, Inc. states that they are > "incompatible with versions of NetWare available from Novell". As of the last I knew, Novell had not included Kelly McDonald's of BYU's Packet-Driver-compatible IPX in their distributions. Thus, the only Packet Driver versions of Netware were those available from OEMs, and the only "fully compatible" Netware versions were those which had Packet Drivers or some other vendor-specific interface sharing (e.g. BICC or Proteon). > A while ago I knew this was true because all TCP code could > not talk to the Ethernet controller when ANet3 was booted. With > NetWare 2.15 and IPX I am able to run NCSA telnet 3270 with IPX > booted just fine. Does that mean I can run PC/TCP V2.xx with > IPX booted also?????? Whatever you've got (the BYU IPX, or an OEM version), if NCSA runs with it, KA9Q, the Packet-Driver version of PC-IP, or PC/TCP part PC-210 should also (although we have found some driver bugs where people didn't support full-size 1514-byte packets). -- James B. VanBokkelen 26 Princess St., Wakefield, MA 01880 FTP Software Inc. voice: (617) 246-0900 fax: (617) 246-0901