[comp.protocols.appletalk] NCSA Telnet subnetting

gaige@ncsa.uiuc.EDU.UUCP (10/30/87)

Brad,
   NCSA Telnet attempts to route packets to the best of its ability, but as
far as the K-Box is concerned it has no say in the matter (although this
feature does work with the EtherSC, EtherPortSE, and EtherTalk cards).  
Since I have a very similar networking problem, I know what you are going
though, I was unable to find an "off the shelf" gateway that would handle
class B with 8 bit subnets and no promiscuous gateways.  To the rescue comes
the KIP code.  Although it doesn't handle the subnetting correctly by default,
source code is available, so a small tweaking of the code makes routing
more effective.

Good luck!
Gaige B. Paulsen
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
University of Illinois

gaige@ncsa.uiuc.edu
(217)255-1957

lafleur%net1@SDCSVAX.UCSD.EDU (Tom Lafleur) (11/01/87)

I am running a 12 K-box networks with a 12 bit class B mask using the
combo gateway code from kinetics, ver EX05. This all works find here....call
kinetics for a copy of EX05, You should also ask them for a copy of NET-MONITOR
and of ECHO (a packet echo client)

Our net runs lots of standard APPLE TALK, lots of TCP/IP and some PACER PIP
packet, connection is to VAX'S and SUN's with a gateway to ARPA via a SUN.

tom lafleur
lafleur@net1.ucsd.edu