rocks@nmsu.edu (Dave Rocks) (03/16/91)
Now that there is more discussion of NDIS and the packet driver to NDIS converter, I'd like to discuss some problems that have occurred with this software. We run a 3+Open network and have been using the DIS_PKT.dos program with no problems with CUTCP(after an initial fix). But this is the only PD package that works. The POPMAIL pgms from Minnesota and NASA-AMES don't work, and nither does the NETMON pgm(a very nice package). All 3 pgms work fine in a straight packet driver environment, but fail with NDIS and DIS_PKT.DOS. They also work with the Novell BYU package and the packet drivers. So far the response I get is "3+Open? Too bad, but we don't use it here". But if the NDIS drivers are going to appear in common use, maybe others have seen these problems in non-3+Open environments, and maybe someone could address these probelms. I will try it with the NASA-AMES POPMAIL because source is available. Everywhere else I'm stuck.