mikeg@steinmetz.UUCP (Mike Gionfriddo) (10/01/87)
We are undertaking a project to allow our minicomputer product (Search) to have a gateway into our on-line service via an X.25 connection (Telenet). Initially, this gateway will be for "dial-in" service only, but eventually we would like to have Search to be able to communicate to our on-line service with some application specific protocol. We must also permit an X.25 connection to exist on a LAN environment. This project is geared towards the university environment, hence our solution for an X.25 connection must be flexible. Search runs under UNIX, VMS, VM/CMS, and MS/DOS and supports a number of hardware configurations. The product is written entirely in C. I am looking for any advice in this area, however I have a few specific questions. 1) Assuming a site has a Telenet connection, am I looking at a hardware and software combination solution. 2) Is there a software product available that will allow my application to tap the X.25 connection directly from either the host or LAN? Ideally, something in the form of a library of function calls. 3) What type of LAN environments should I expect in a university environment? Will every LAN - X.25 configuration be different? 4) What are the costs of some of these communication packages? We would like to form an alliance with some software/hardware/communications organizations that can provide solutions for our networking/communications needs instead of re-inventing the wheel. Please reply via mail. If there is enough interest I will post a follow-up. Thanks in advance. -- |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| || Mike Gionfriddo || mikeg@brs.com || Umm, my favorite soup, || || (518) 783-1161 || ihnp4!dartvax!brspyr1 || Cream of Nowhere || ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||