HANK@TAUNIVM.BITNET (Hank Nussbacher) (08/29/88)
The Novell Netware TCP option allows TCP/IP interconnection via a Micom Interlan NP 600 card. But buried in the documentation is the following statement: "As mentioned earlier, the FTP services for suers on the TCP network are singlethreaded, meaning only one TCP user can be handled at a time. Users attempting to access the server while another user is logged in will receive standard TCP messages like Connection Unavailable." Does this mean that this expensive software/hardware is only going to work for one user at a time? Are they referring to Telnet and FTP together or seperately? Am I reading old documentation - which is no longer valid? Thanks, Hank
backman@interlan.UUCP (Larry Backman) (09/03/88)
In article <8808291219.AA06264@jade.berkeley.edu> Hank Nussbacher <HANK%TAUNIVM.bitnet@jade.berkeley.edu> writes: >The Novell Netware TCP option allows TCP/IP interconnection via a >Micom Interlan NP 600 card. But buried in the documentation is the >following statement: > >"As mentioned earlier, the FTP services for suers on the TCP network >are singlethreaded, meaning only one TCP user can be handled at a time. >Users attempting to access the server while another user is logged in >will receive standard TCP messages like Connection Unavailable." > >Does this mean that this expensive software/hardware is only going to >work for one user at a time? Are they referring to Telnet and FTP >together or seperately? Am I reading old documentation - which is no >longer valid? > [] I guess I should have read the manual draft's better! The manual is wrong; the gateway supports 32 sockets; the FTP server supports 4 concurrent incoming FTP data sockets. You can have any combination of Telnet's FTP's SMTP's, RSHELL's, etc within the following rules: There are only 32 total sockets on the board. FTP SERVER SMTP SERVER, RWHOD SERRVER take one each. Telnet's take a single socket. Both FTP clients and FTP server sessions take a single control socket plus a second temporary data socket while the file is being transferred. What does it really mean? Roughly 20 concurrent user's, possibly a few more, depending on what they are doing. Please refer me to the appropriate page in the doc. so I can fix it. Larry Backman Micom - Interlan
backman@interlan.UUCP (Larry Backman) (09/03/88)
In article <8808291219.AA06264@jade.berkeley.edu> Hank Nussbacher <HANK%TAUNIVM.bitnet@jade.berkeley.edu> writes: >The Novell Netware TCP option allows TCP/IP interconnection via a >Micom Interlan NP 600 card. But buried in the documentation is the >following statement: > >"As mentioned earlier, the FTP services for suers on the TCP network >are singlethreaded, meaning only one TCP user can be handled at a time. >Users attempting to access the server while another user is logged in >will receive standard TCP messages like Connection Unavailable." > >Does this mean that this expensive software/hardware is only going to >work for one user at a time? Are they referring to Telnet and FTP >together or seperately? Am I reading old documentation - which is no >longer valid? > [] I guess I should have read the manual draft's better! The manual is wrong; the gateway supports 32 sockets; the FTP server supports 4 concurrent incoming FTP data sockets. You can have any combination of Telnet's FTP's SMTP's, RSHELL's, etc within the following rules: There are only 32 total sockets on the board. FTP SERVER SMTP SERVER, RWHOD SERRVER take one each. Telnet's take a single socket. Both FTP clients and FTP server sessions take a single control socket plus a second temporary data socket while the file is being transferred. What does it really mean? Roughly 20 concurrent user's, possibly a few more, depending on what they are doing. Please refer me to the appropriate page in the doc. so I can fix it. Larry Backman Micom - Interlan
tim@j.cc.purdue.edu (Timothy Lange) (09/08/88)
Be aware also of the fact that the Micom-Interlan board will run only with Netware 2.1 and not a later version like 2.11 or 2.12. I have the latest version, came out about 3-4 months ago, when I called Micom I was told by Tech. Support that they have no plans to support 2.11 in the near future. Tim. -- Timothy Lange / Purdue University Computing Center / Mathematical Sciences Bldg West Lafayette, IN 47907 / 317-494-1787 / tim@j.cc.purdue.edu / CIS 75410,525
tim@J.CC.PURDUE.EDU (Timothy Lange) (09/08/88)
Be aware also of the fact that the Micom-Interlan board will run only with Netware 2.1 and not a later version like 2.11 or 2.12. I have the latest version, came out about 3-4 months ago, when I called Micom I was told by Tech. Support that they have no plans to support 2.11 in the near future. Tim. -- Timothy Lange / Purdue University Computing Center / Mathematical Sciences Bldg West Lafayette, IN 47907 / 317-494-1787 / tim@j.cc.purdue.edu / CIS 75410,525
backman@interlan.UUCP (Larry Backman) (09/16/88)
In article <7727@j.cc.purdue.edu> tim@j.cc.purdue.edu.UUCP (Timothy Lange) writes: >Be aware also of the fact that the Micom-Interlan board will run >only with Netware 2.1 and not a later version like 2.11 or 2.12. > >I have the latest version, came out about 3-4 months ago, when I >called Micom I was told by Tech. Support that they have no plans >to support 2.11 in the near future. > >Tim. [] The statement is incorrect. I found a Netware Cold Boot Loader bug in 2.1c & above that was preventing the gateway from running with those versions of Netware. The bug has been fixed, we will ship you a Netware patch program, and the gateway runs with all released versions of Netware. By the way, what was the name of the person in Tech. Support? Larry Backman Interlan, Inc
backman@interlan.UUCP (Larry Backman) (09/16/88)
In article <7727@j.cc.purdue.edu> tim@j.cc.purdue.edu.UUCP (Timothy Lange) writes: >Be aware also of the fact that the Micom-Interlan board will run >only with Netware 2.1 and not a later version like 2.11 or 2.12. > >I have the latest version, came out about 3-4 months ago, when I >called Micom I was told by Tech. Support that they have no plans >to support 2.11 in the near future. > >Tim. [] The statement is incorrect. I found a Netware Cold Boot Loader bug in 2.1c & above that was preventing the gateway from running with those versions of Netware. The bug has been fixed, we will ship you a Netware patch program, and the gateway runs with all released versions of Netware. By the way, what was the name of the person in Tech. Support? Larry Backman Interlan, Inc