[comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc] IPX for T-R,Arcnet

dave@glv.uucp (David L. Cohen) (04/02/91)

I understand TCP/IP and Netware single-adapter coexistence on 
ethernet fairly well.
However, several people have asked me how to get the same thing
for Token-Ring or Arcnet. LAN Workplace for DOS 4.0 does this via
ODI. Are there NDIS and/or PDS solutions as well? Presumably,
I need an IPX driver for T-R or Arcnet similar to the BYU ethernet
IPX. Also, if the TCP/IP host is on an ethernet network, I need
a Netware - or other - router. I can't figure out what the IBMTOKEN
and IPXPKT packet drivers buy me.
Thanks for any help, clarification.

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fks@FTP.COM (Frances Selkirk) (04/03/91)

Running Netware and TCP/IP over Token Ring is easy! Just use the 
IBM ASI driver (TOKREUI or the newer LAN Support Program) versions
of the packages. The ASI driver will take care of the demuxing, and 
the shell you get from Novell (for ASI) will be fine. Since the 
packets are standard, you don't have to alter them for the TCP/IP
package. It's much less complicated than for ethernet.

For Arcnet, I can't help. I believe we only run on it in a Banyan
Vines encapsulation.


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