reneni@wundt.psy.vu.nl (Rene Nieuwboer) (04/27/89)
I think I have a couple of simple questions. 1) What is the status of the SCO Xenix-Net package? 2) What is the compatibility with BSD4.3 networking? Can you easily connect it with 2.10/4.3 machines? Does it support SLIP (for those poor guys without Ethernet or Ring)? 3) If anyone has used it, how much does it cost? Thanks in advance for all those answers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rene Nieuwboer, Computersection Psychology, VU, Amsterdam, Holland. (reneni@psy.vu.nl, compd@psy.vu.nl) ----------------------------------------------------------------------
bruce@mdi386.UUCP (Bruce A. McIntyre) (04/30/89)
In article <495@wundt.psy.vu.nl>, reneni@wundt.psy.vu.nl (Rene Nieuwboer) writes: > 1) What is the status of the SCO Xenix-Net package? > 2) What is the compatibility with BSD4.3 networking? > Can you easily connect it with 2.10/4.3 machines? > Does it support SLIP (for those poor guys without Ethernet or Ring)? > 3) If anyone has used it, how much does it cost? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Rene Nieuwboer, Computersection Psychology, VU, Amsterdam, Holland. > (reneni@psy.vu.nl, compd@psy.vu.nl) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- We are using Xenix-Net primarily to provide a few DOS users access to the XENIX machines in an invisible fashion. We also use it to provide access to a FAX board in a PC. Since the FAX home directory exists on a virtual drive on a XENIX host, people have only to deposit there faxes in that directory, and the FAX system will send them.. I first tried running the fax board under VPIX, but it would crash the system. This seems to work well. We also use the XENIX-Net for file transfers and mail. NOTE: We are using only ASYNC-NET (rs232 @ 9600) for this as the speed requirements were secondary to the cost requirements. When we purchases the first sytem, it included a single server, and a single PC ASYNC-NET version. We are running Xenix386 2.2.3 with the connections on an ARNET SmartPort board. They supply RFS drivers for those that need it.(Version 2.3.x) Cost to use was about $800 for the setup. We also use it to provide printer services to the remote PC as well. We bought additional copies of the PC-ASYNCNET to work with this for more PC's. (don't remember thecost) I have used the patches on SMAIL to work with our XENIX-NET network, and uses have VTP for unix sessions as well as PC-DOS sessions. I would have probably used PC-INTERFACE from LOCUS if it was available for XENIX386, as it could do most of the same thing, but they said they would only support XENIX386 V.3.x and above... bruce -- ========================================================================= Bruce A. McIntyre, McIntyre Designs, Inc. VOICE(215)322-1895 143 Bridgetown Pike, Langhorne, Pa. 19047 DATA (215)357-2915 {wells|lgnp1|prapc2}!mdi386!bruce bruce@wells tbit+ Unix, Xenix, Netware and PC-DOS Applications development. Specializing in Database Applications since 1980.