jantypas@ucrmath.UUCP (John Antypas) (07/30/88)
Hello, Does anyone out there know of a network card for either SCO Xenix 386 or Microport Unix which will: - Support NFS/RFS - Do telnet/ftp and other TCP/IP on Dos -> Unix Furthermore, we'd prefer thinnet. If we go thinnet, how do we solve this problem? -------------------- ------------- -------------------- | 5 IBM PC-AT 286 | | 386 Intel | | Dec 4000x ether | | clones w. Dos 3.2|---------| Unix box |-------------| transiever | | and ether tools | ^ | SCO/Uport | ^ | (Thicknet connect| | (NFS/RFS/Telnet | | | | | | ion only ) | | FTP etc.) | | | | | | | -------------------- | ------------- | -------------------- Thinnet Thicknet or Thinnet after conversion somehow. Any ideas? -- John Antypas -- Soft21 --21st Century Software: UUCP: {crash, garp, killer, pyramid, reed, ucsd!ucrmath}!soft21!jantypas Internet: jantypas%soft21.uucp@{garp.MIT.EDU, ucsd.EDU} Domains: jantypas@{soft21.Riverside.CA.US, soft21.CTS.COM}
morrison@eecs.nwu.edu (Vance Morrison) (08/08/88)
Hello, I happen to know that Micom-Interlan makes a board that will do TCP/IP on SCO Xenix. There is also a company that makes TCP/IP software that uses 3Com and Western Digital card (unfortuately I dont remember it off hand, write me if you realy want it). The micom card is "smart" and does the TCP/IP code on the card. This is a selling feature on slow IBM PC's, but for 386's it may not make sense since the main cpu can do it faster than the card (unless it has better things to do). Thats why I actually lean toward the software solution (TCP/IP may change (again) and I can't believe it will be really easy to upgrade the cards). One problem you should know about. At present neither of these solutions alow the Xenix host to be a router. However both company's have promised this feature in the near future. As far as NFS/RCP, these sit on top of TCP/IP, thus it usually comes with your socket/streams library (or is an option). Vance Morrison Northwestern Univ. morrison@accuvax.nwu.edu