[comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc] 10Net Plus experiences

ohst@cogsci.ucsd.EDU (Ronald Ohst) (12/20/90)

Anyone out there have any experience with a peer-to-peer called
10Net Plus ??

Any comments appreciated, especially if you've used it with a card other
than DCA's 10Net card.  Also, if you've used it in conjunction with
TCP/IP I'd like to hear about your experience, (please!)

Thanks.

Ron Ohst
Department of Cognitive Science
University of California, San Diego
rohst@ucsd.edu

dsc3rjs@NMDSC20.NMDSC.NNMC.NAVY.MIL (Bob Stratton) (12/21/90)

   Date: 19 Dec 90 19:06:40 GMT
   From: Ronald Ohst <cogsci!ohst@ucsd.edu>
   Organization: University of California, San Diego
   Sender: pcip-request@udel.edu

   Anyone out there have any experience with a peer-to-peer called
   10Net Plus ??

   Any comments appreciated, especially if you've used it with a card other
   than DCA's 10Net card.  Also, if you've used it in conjunction with
   TCP/IP I'd like to hear about your experience, (please!)

	My site has been evaluating the 10Net product on a variety of
hardware, and I think that it is a neat front end to facilitate LAN
usage/resource allocation, especially for novice users. It is pretty
robust, and works well with certain memory expansion devices, like the
RYBS Hi-Card, allowing you to stuff drivers out of your 640K DOS
memory.

	There are a couple of little things that we've had to have
tweaked, but they generally deal with connecting to poor
implementations of NETBIOS over TCP (like Locus's SMB product). I also
haven't been able to get CB (a multi-user real time chat program) to
work. DCA has been quite responsive to our requests, and has even sent
people out with LAN monitors to determine why 10Net couldn't see
resources advertised by our 3B2's.

	I have tested several flavors of 10Net (8 user, 64 user, etc.)
on TRW 2001/2501/3001 cards, WD cards (can't remember which one),
DCA's card, and 3C503's, and they've generally all worked correctly.
This was under TRW OSC 4.06 (a modified FTP PC/TCP version 2.04). I
have also tested the MS-Windows version, and it is very nice to use.

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Disclaimer: The above opinions are mine alone - Who else would want them?
Disclaimer^2: I think my company might resell the above product, but I
don't know anything about that stuff...